Magnitude 4.4 quake rattles northwestern Iran

TEHRAN – A 4.4-magnitude earthquake struck near the city of Sarab, northwestern East Azarbaijan province, on Sunday morning.

Online marketplace for handicrafts launched in East Azarbaijan

TEHRAN – An online crafts marketplace, aimed to boost sales of local handmade products and souvenirs, was launched in northwestern East Azarbaijan province on Wednesday. 

Crafts marketspace opens in troglodyte cliff dwellings of Kandovan

TEHRAN – A permanent handicrafts exhibit and marketplace has been constructed on the premises of Kandovan’s troglodyte cliff dwellings in northwest Iran.

Other Iranian antiquities added to national heritage list

TEHRAN – A total of nine historical moveable properties in East Azarbaijan province have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list. 

East Azarbaijan to boost tourism infrastructure

TEHRAN – A total of 16 tourism-related projects are scheduled to be inaugurated soon across East Azarbaijan province on the occasion of Ten-Day Dawn (Jan. 31- Feb. 10, marking the victory anniversary of the Islamic Revolution).

Commodities worth $893m exported from East Azarbaijan Province

TEHRAN- Commodities valued at $893 million were exported from East Azarbaijan Province, in the northwest of Iran, during the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2020-January 19, 2021), according to a provincial official.

East Azarbaijan caravanserais made shortlist for collective UNESCO tag

TEHRAN –Four caravanserais, scattered across the northwestern East Azarbaijan province have recently received cultural heritage experts’ preliminary approval to join the shortlist of historical Iranian caravanserais being prepared for a possible inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Ancient mosque to gain former glory

TEHRAN –The historical Jameh Mosque of Marand, which stands tall in East Azarbaijan province, northwest Iran, is scheduled to undergo rehabilitation works in the near future, the provincial tourism chief has said. 

Iranian province says ready to help restore cultural heritage in war-torn Karabakh

TEHRAN – Tourism chief of Iran’s East Azarbaijan said on Monday the province could soon start restoration of cultural heritage sites and monuments in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Iron Age Museum in Tabriz to be equipped, organized

TEHRAN-The Iron Age Museum in Tabriz, northwestern East Azarbaijan province, is planned to be equipped and organized, provincial tourism chief has said. 

5th-century church being restored in northwestern Iran

TEHRAN – The ancient Saint John Church has undergone some rehabilitation works in the village of Sohrol, near Shabestar city in East Azarbaijan province, the deputy provincial tourism chief has announced. 

Ancient jug discovered accidentally in northwestern Iran

TEHRAN – An ancient clay jug has recently been discovered by security guards while patrolling one of the historical sites of the city of Bonab in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan. 

Lengthy ancient bridge being reinforced, restored in northeast Iran

TEHRAN –- A new round of restoration work has been commenced on the Safavid-era (1501–1736) Shaharchay bridge, which is considered one of the longest of its kind in northeast Iran. 

5th-century church in northwestern Iran restored

TEHRAN – The Saint Hovhannes Church in the city of Maragheh, northwestern East Azarbaijan province, has undergone some rehabilitation works, the provincial tourism chief has said.

Archaeological map to be prepared for East Azarbaijan 

TEHRAN – An all-inclusive archaeological map of the northwestern East Azarbaijan province is planned to be prepared in collaboration with the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute, the director of the institute has said.

Missile fired strikes Iran’s border province of East Azarbaijan

TEHRAN – An official in East Azarbaijan has said that a missile fired by the warring sides in Nogorno-Karabakh conflict has struck Heris County, 70 kilometers northeast of Tabriz on Tuesday.

Tabriz, Istanbul bazaars agree on sisterhood agreement

TEHRAN – The director of the UNESCO-registered bazaar of Tabriz has said that signing a sisterhood agreement with the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul is in process.

Ancient stone ram discovered in northwestern Iran

TEHRAN – An ancient stone ram was discovered during a seemingly unauthorized excavation in an old cemetery in Anbardaran village, Bostanabad county, northwestern East Azarbaijan province.

Some $9m spent to revive 14th-century Rab’-e Rashidi

TEHRAN – A budget of 370 billion rials (about $9 million at the official dollar rate of 42,000 rials) has spent on reviving the Rab’-e Rashidi in northwestern East Azarbaijan province over the past three years, a provincial tourism chief has said.

23 properties in East Azarbaijan added to National Heritage List

TEHRAN – Twenty-three historical and natural sites as well as industrial properties in the northwestern East Azarbaijan province have been inscribed on the National Heritage List, CHTN reported on Sunday.

Quarterly exports from East Azarbaijan Province hits $710m

TEHRAN- The value of exports from East Azarbaijan Province in the northwest of Iran reached $710 million in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-June 20), according to an official with the province’s customs department.

Human skeletons dug up at subway construction site in northwest Iran

TEHRAN – Skeletons of an individual, estimated to be laid to rest centuries ago at a once Islamic cemetery, have recently been unearthed at a subway construction site in the city of Tabriz, the capital of northwestern East Azarbaijan province.

Fire inflicts no damage to 14th-century Rab’-e Rashidi

TEHRAN – The fire that broke out in Rab’-e Rashidi in northwestern East Azarbaijan province on Wednesday has inflicted no damage to the 14th-century educational complex. 

75 tourism projects to come on stream in East Azarbaijan

TEHRAN – A total of 75 tourism-related projects are scheduled to be completed across Iran’s northwestern East Azarbaijan province in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), provincial tourism chief has said.

Hotel projects worth $380m underway in northwest Iran

TEHRAN – A total of eight five- and four-star hotels are being built in Iran’s northwestern East Azarbaijan province with a total budget of 16 trillion rials (about $380 million).

By Faranak Bakhtiari

Iranian northwestern national parks share incredible biodiversity

TEHRAN – The precious national parks of northwestern Iran are the most diverse of any in the country, differing from rainforest to wide shrub lands which share a great biological diversity, this time we will take a quick look at three incredible national parks located in East Azarbaijan province.

Aras Geopark one step closer for being global

TEHRAN – Iran is completing an all-inclusive dossier for its Aras Geopark hoping the northwestern area to be registered on the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization’s Global Geoparks list.

Six dead, hundreds injured as 5.9 magnitude earthquake hits northwestern Iran

TEHRAN - A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck northwestern Iran early Friday, killing at least six people and injuring 584 others so far.

Remnants of centuries-old structure found in northwest Iran

TEHRAN – Archaeologists have recently unearthed a vast centuries-old structure during excavation in Rab’-e Rashidi, a 14th-century educational complex in East Azarbaijan province, northwest Iran.