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2022-11-27 20:25
Meeting discusses World Heritage sites’ opportunities in Alamut
TEHRAN– On Friday, Alamut, a semi-mountainous region in Qazvin province, west-central Iran, hosted a conference on the potential and importance of World Heritage sites for local communities.
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2022-09-09 19:09
Historically-rich Alamut possesses great capacity for tourism: official
TEHRAN—The historical region of Alamut has a great capacity for sightseeing and tourism, Qazvin’s governor-general said on Thursday.
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2022-05-11 20:00
Police arrest illegal diggers in Alamut
TEHRAN – The Iranian police have recently arrested four illegal excavators and antique smugglers in Alamut, a semi-mountainous region in Qazvin province, west-central Iran, the provincial tourism chief has said.
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2022-02-13 18:32
Five Iranian monuments win ICESCO heritage status
TEHRAN - Five Iranian monuments have joined the cultural heritage list of the Islamic Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), ISNA reported on Sunday.
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2021-12-06 20:00
Police bust gang of illegal excavators near Alamut Castle
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently busted a gang of illegal diggers in Alamut, a semi-mountainous historical region in Qazvin province, west-central Iran, CHTN reported on Monday.
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2021-06-19 18:13
Alamut Castle: a visit to once impenetrable fortress of ‘Assassins’
TEHRAN – Perched on top of a steep hill, Alamut Castle was once sheltering the followers of Hasan-e Sabbah (1070–1124), the spiritual leader of a heretical Ismaili sect that spawned the word ‘Assassins’.
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2021-01-03 20:42
Iranian police arrest illegal excavators in Alamut
TEHRAN - Iranian police have recently busted a gang of illegal diggers in Alamut, a semi-mountainous region in Qazvin province, west-central Iran.
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2020-11-23 10:47
By Afshin Majlesi
14 of the greatest castles, fortresses, and citadels in Iran
Since antiquity, mankind has assumed the need to fortify properties to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest.Commencing from simple earthworks and wooden walls, fortifications were gradually evolved into complex, unconquerable imposing citadels.
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2020-07-07 22:29
Rice planting commences at paddy fields in Alamut
Farmers plant rice seedlings on paddy fields across Alamut, a semi-mountainous region in Qazvin province, west-central Iran, July 5, 2020.
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2020-06-30 10:00
Photo: ISNA/ Mahsa Ramezani
Harvest season brings new life to Iran’s Alamut
A farmer harvests red cherries in a garden on the outskirts of Alamut in Qazvin province, north-central Iran, June 29, 2020. The harvest season commenced couple of days ago in numerous lush gardens that are dotted in the mountainous region.
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2020-03-14 21:19
On the track of Iran’s ‘Assassins’ in once impenetrable mountainous castle
TEHRAN – Nested on top of a hill in a relatively remote village amidst the northern Iran’s Alborz Mountains, a well-fortified castle was sheltering the followers of Hasan-e Sabbah (1070–1124), spiritual leader of Islam’s heretical Ismaili sect, known as ‘Assassins’.
