Winter

Hamedan is one of the most beautiful cities of Iran, with a long history that goes back to thousands of years, as the capital of different Iranian dynasties, including Medes.

Photo by Maral Shirinkhan

On the occasion of the arrival of the Ten-Day Dawn, marking the anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, and the Lunar month of Rajab, with the help of Hamedan Municipality, a snowman making festival was held in the city in western Iran.

The director of Iran's Roads Management Center says 45 roads in several provinces are currently closed due to floods, blizzards and lack of safety.

Extreme weather conditions have wreaked havoc on several provinces across Iran.

In Iran’s southwestern province of Fars, heavy snowfalls have blocked roads leading to the Pouladkaf Ski Resort in Sepidan County.

Ardabil is getting a heavy snowfall, the second of its kind this winter, with reports of slowed traffic across the northwestern Iranian city.

Kaboudan Island (Quyun Daghi) and Ashk Island are the largest islands of Lake Urmia in West Azerbaijan, which were declared protected areas by the Environmental Protection Organization in 1967 and then became a national park in 1976.

Early autumn snow has covered the heights of the northwestern Iranian cities of Ardabil and Khalkhal.

The Sorkhrud wetland in Mazandaran province, northern Iran, annually hosts a huge number of migratory swans in the cold season.

Photos taken in Gharib-Mahalleh village of Behshahr in northern Iran by Gholam-Reza Ahmadi, Tasnim

Ganjnameh waterfall, located in Iran’s western city of Hamadan, is one of the most famous and attractive waterfalls of the country which becomes more beautiful when frozen in the winter.

Photo by Gholamreza Shams Nateri, Fars News Agency

The historical village of Masuleh in northern Iranian province of Gilan looks more beautiful when it becomes snowy.

The carrot halva is made with carrots, milk, flour, sugar or grape syrup, and walnuts or pistachios.

Beautiful blossoms sprout and bloom in Golestan province, northern Iran, during the last days of winter.

Sanandaj, the capital of Kurdistan province in western Iran, is covered by snow during its winter days.

Bojnurd is a beautiful city located in North Khorasan Province, northeast of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The international ski resort of “Tarik-Darreh” is located in the slopes of Alvand Mountain, western Iran.

Hyrcanian forests in northern Iran are home to various species surviving millions of years.

At least seven people have been killed and 85 others wounded in the heavy snowfall and avalanches that hit northern Iran, especially Gilan and Ardabil provinces.

Photo by Khashayar Javanmardi, Tasnim

The surface of water at Choghakhor wetland in south-western Iran is frozen during cold winter days.

Chahardangeh region in northern Iran has unique beauties throughout all four seasons, especially winter.

Persepolis and Pasargadae, two prominent monuments of ancient Persia, have been covered with snow during the cold winter days of Fars province, southern Iran.