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2020-06-27 18:46
Golestan Forest: Iran’s oldest national park shares spectacular landscape
TEHRAN – Golestan National Park or Golestan Forest, located in the northeastern province of Golestan, is the oldest national park registered in Iran and a unique refuge for wildlife, which offers a wide spectrum of flora and fauna.
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2020-06-02 02:14
Lohondor projected to be named national village of Hinji-Duzi
TEHRAN – Lohondor, a small village in the northern province of Golestan, is planned to be named as the national village of Hinji-Duzi, a traditional type of beadwork.
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2020-05-30 19:30
Suitcase trade exports of handicrafts fetches Golestan province $308,000 in year
TEHRAN – Iran’s northern Golestan province earned some $308,000 from exporting handicrafts via suitcase trade (allowed for customs-free and tax-free transfer) mostly to the U.S. and Europe during the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 19).
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2020-05-29 20:30
Over 5,000 ancient relics confiscated from antique dealer
TEHRAN – Some 5,415 ancient relics have recently been confiscated from a smuggler in Gonbad-e Kavus, northern Golestan province.
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2020-05-09 20:30
Flash floods unearth human skeletons dating to later Islamic times
TEHRAN – Two human skeletons, which have newly been discovered in Iran’s northern Golestan Province, are estimated to date from the later Islamic times, CHTN reported on Friday.
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2020-04-15 00:12
Golestan tourist sites available online
TEHRAN – Over 420 tourist attractions in the northern province of Golestan can be visited online, said provincial tourism chief Ahmad Tajari, CHTN reported on Tuesday.
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2020-04-11 23:38
Golestan exports of handicrafts up 53% yr/yr
TEHRAN – Handicrafts exports from Golestan province hit $308,000 during the previous Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended March 20), showing 53 percent growth year on year.
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2020-01-20 09:34
Police seize over 250 kg of narcotics in northern Iran
TEHRAN - A sum of 251 kg of narcotics has been seized in the northern province of Golestan, the province’s police chief announced on Saturday.
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2019-12-27 18:21
Iran celebrates Hyrcanian Forests becoming World Heritage
TEHRAN – Iran on Thursday held a ceremony to officially celebrate Hyrcanian Forests for being designated as a World Heritage site. Experts say that parts of the woodland date back some 50 million years.
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2019-12-10 21:15
President Rouhani invited to Hyrcanian Forest World Heritage celebration
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani has been invited to attend a ceremony to celebrate registration of Hyrcanian Forest as a UNESCO World Heritage.
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2019-11-18 20:25
Festival showing nomadic rituals, crafts and arts
Tribespeople from every corner of Iran are showing their nomadic rituals, lifestyle, cuisine, crafts and arts in a four-day festival, which opened to the public in Gonbad-e Kavus, northern Golestan province, on November 17, 2019.
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2019-11-17 19:43
Sales of Gorgan tribal festival jump 70 percent yr/yr
TEHRAN – Sales of handicrafts, souvenirs and foodstuff in an annual nomadic festival in the city of Gorgan, northern Golestan province, rose 70 percent from a year earlier, a provincial tourism official has said.
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2019-11-13 19:55
New postal stamp marks UNESCO’s designation of Hyrcanian Forest
TEHRAN – Iran has issued a new commemorative postal stamp to mark UNESCO’s designation of Hyrcanian Forest, which form a green arc of jungle, separated from the Caucasus to the west and from semi-desert areas to the east.
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2019-11-13 19:33
Gorgan festival showing deliciousness of nomadic arts, crafts, dishes and rituals
TEHRAN – Clusters of Turkmen people, who are natives of Iran’s Golestan province, are doing their best in a four-day festival to well introduce and show nomadic arts, crafts, dishes, rituals and genuine hospitality they have preserved from generation to generation.
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2019-11-11 18:16
Foreign ambassadors, diplomats invited to tribes festival
TEHRAN – A number of foreign ambassadors, diplomats, as well as cultural and economic attaches have been invited to attend a regional nomadic festival, which opens today in Iran’s northern Golestan province.
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2019-10-06 19:34
Visits to Golestan tourist attractions at 15.7m in H1
TEHRAN – More than 15.7 million visits to Golestan province’s tourist attractions were registered during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), provincial tourism chief announced on Saturday.
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2019-09-23 22:52
Eco-lodges thriving in Iran’s Golestan province
TEHRAN – The idea of staying at an eco-lodge has been welcomed by thousands of travelers to Golestan province, northern Iran.
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2019-08-20 21:38
Explore Indian architectural marvels at Tehran’s Golestan Palace
TEHRAN – A loan exhibit featuring architectural marvels of India is underway at the UNESCO-registered Golestan Palace in downtown Tehran, which has long been a major destination for foreign travelers.
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2019-07-16 21:05
Entrepreneurship: Horse breeding in northern Iran
A small-scale entrepreneur who breeds animals in northern Iran feeds a Turkoman (Turkmen) horse in a modest stable in the village of Komdarreh, Amol county, Mazandaran province, July 15, 2019.
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2019-07-13 21:35
Major gun-smuggling team disbanded in Golestan
TEHRAN – Iranian intelligence forces have dismantled a gun-smuggling team in the northern province of Golestan, the Intelligence Ministry has announced.
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2019-07-05 19:56
Gonbad-e Qabus World Heritage registration anniversary celebrated
TEHRAN – People in Iran’s Golestan province on Thursday celebrated the 7th registration anniversary of Gonbad-e Qabus on UNESCO World Heritage list.
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2019-07-01 19:51
Iranian nomads attend festival in Kazakhstan
TEHRAN – A number of Iranian nomads, who are natives of Golestan province, promoted traditions, skills and arts at Koshpendiler Alemi, a festival of ethno-culture of nomads, held in Kazakhstan.
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2019-05-13 21:18
By Syed Zafar Mehdi
‘Women and children have suffered the most in devastating floods of Iran’
TEHRAN - Iran was recently hit by devastating floods, which claimed more than 70 lives and left trails of destruction in many parts of the country. Some of the worst hit provinces include Golestan, Khuzestan, and Lorestan. In the absence of international assistance due to the U.S. sanctions, many Iranian organisations have come forward to provide help and assistance to flood victims.
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2019-05-10 21:58
Post-flood repair to finish by end of spring: interior minister
TEHRAN — Repair to the flood-hit houses will be finished by the end of the spring, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said on Thursday.
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2019-05-04 10:12
Horse beauty contest wraps up in Golestan province
A breeder handles horses during a beauty contest festival dedicated to Turkmen horses, which wrapped up in Sufian village, Golestan province, on May 1, 2019.
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2019-05-04 00:03
Hot tea raising esophageal cancer risk in Golestan province
TEHRAN — A new study has revealed that drinking hot tea has substantially increased the prevalence of esophageal cancer in Iranian province of Golestan, said the deputy health minister for research, technology and medical education.
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2019-04-30 21:05
Charity foundation donates livestock to flood victims
TEHRAN — Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam has donated some 1,500 livestock to flood victims in the northeastern province of Golestan on Sunday.
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2019-04-14 22:53
Intl. Environment Exhibition dedicates revenues to flood victims
TEHRAN—Revenues generated from the 18th International Environment Exhibition will be allocated to the victims of the recent floods in various provinces across the country, the exhibition’s executive director has said.
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2019-04-13 22:01
Iranians donate $31m in cash and kind to the flood victims
TEHRAN — Iranians have so far donated some 1.3 trillion rials (nearly $31 million) in both cash and kind to the flood victims, Iranian Red Crescent Society Chief Ali Asghar Peyvandi said on Saturday.
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2019-04-13 20:18
Resistance groups help flood victims in Iran
TEHRAN — While hundreds of Iranians are hit by floods and are displaced, various campaigns have been launched by Lebanese, Afghan, Pakistani, Iraqi, Tunisian, Syrian, Palestinian, Yemeni, Nigerian, and Bahraini resistance groups to help the victims get back on their feet again.
