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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.
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2019-04-13 20:07
Leader calls forces killed in Gomishan floods ‘martyrs of service’
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has labeled as “martyrs of service” the popular forces who lost their lives in the city of Gomishan during the floods.
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2019-04-13 09:36
Social media created over 532,000 contents on ‘flood’ in Persian: data
TEHRAN – Over 532,000 contents about ‘flood’ were created in Persian language from March 15 to April 8 on Instagram, Telegram and Twitter, an Iranian big data company revealed, Mehr reported on Wednesday.
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2019-04-13 08:37
International humanitarian aid still arriving for the flood-hit in Iran
TEHRAN — Humanitarian aid from international organizations to the flood victims are still ongoing in Iran, deputy health minister for international affairs Mohsen Asadi Lari has said, IRNA news agency reported on Thursday.
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2019-04-10 22:09
Iraq, Azerbaijan provide aids to flood-hit regions in Iran
TEHRAN — Iraq and Azerbaijan have dispatched humanitarian aids to flood-stricken regions of Iran.
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2019-04-10 22:08
WHO airlifts medical supplies to people affected by the floods in Islamic Republic of Iran
The World Health Organization (WHO) today airlifted essential medical supplies to the Islamic Republic of Iran to respond to the growing health needs of thousands of people who have been displaced as a result of the flooding in many provinces in the country.
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2019-04-10 09:11
National, international aids mobilized for flood-hit Iranians
TEHRAN — While some flood-hit victims are still struggling with adverse effects of torrential rainfalls in the past three weeks, national and international aids have been sent to the affected regions since the very first days.
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2019-04-09 22:01
Remote sensing technology to estimate flood damage to agriculture in Golestan
TEHRAN -- Iranian Space Research Center is to perform a plan for estimating the damage caused by the recent flood to the agriculture sector in Golestan province through using remote sensing technology, Mehr reported on Tuesday.
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2019-04-07 08:56
Kuwait, Russia, Armenia send aids for flood-hit victims in Iran
TEHRAN — Kuwait, Russia, and Armenia have dispatched humanitarian aid to flood-hit people in Iran.
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2019-04-05 19:49
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
Will recent floods ease Iran’s water bankruptcy?
TEHRAN— Since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year on March 21 some provinces across the country, in northern, northeastern, western and southwestern Iran were hit hard by devastating floods incurring a dramatic loss.
