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.

Development projects worth $2.38b come on stream

TEHRAN – Some 518 development projects worth over 100 trillion rials (about $2.38 billion) were inaugurated during President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to East Azarbaijan Province on Thursday.

Kordasht Bathhouse; a tourist destination famed for intricate interior design

TEHRAN – Photos depict exterior and interior views of the historical Kordasht Bathhouse, a tourist destination famed for intricate geometrical arrangements and spectacular wall paintings, July 27, 2019.

Historic bazaar of Tabriz sustains blaze thanks to regular restorations: tourism official

TEHRAN – Historic bazaar of Tabriz in Iran’s East Azarbaijan province could sustain a blaze, which erupted around 10 p.m. on Wednesday, a fortune that provincial tourism chief attributes to rounds of previous restoration work on the UNESCO-tagged marketplace.

Silver smugglers arrested in East Azarbaijan

TEHRAN – The Iranian Intelligence Ministry has managed to arrest members of a silver smuggling band in East Azarbaijan province, Mehr reported.

East Azarbaijan exports $4.3m of handicrafts

TEHRAN – Handicrafts exports from East Azarbaijan province reached some $4.3 million during the previous Iranian calendar year 1396 (ended March 2018), CHTN reported.