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2025-06-04 13:14
By Afshin Majlesi
Minister outlines visa-free travel agreements, cultural initiatives, and infrastructure plans
TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, unveiled a series of major developments in regional tourism cooperation, heritage protection, and tourism infrastructure during a press conference held on Tuesday at the ministry headquarters in Tehran.
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2025-04-21 17:04
Aerial mapping of Jiroft archaeological sites conducted for first time
TEHRAN - For the first time, aerial mapping and imaging have been conducted over key archaeological sites in Jiroft, a region renowned for its Bronze Age ruins dating back to the 3rd millennium BC.
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2025-04-08 18:05
Another section of 1,200-year-old mosque of Jiroft unearthed
TEHRAN - Director of the archaeological team working on the ancient city of Jiroft (Daqyanoos), Hamideh Choubak, said on Tuesday: “We have found another section in this area which shows the spread of a mosque. It is around 1,000 square meters. We guess that it is more than this.”
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2025-03-07 18:50
Jiroft is not just a city but a symbol of identity, history, and civilization: tourism minister
TEHRAN - Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, has emphasized the global significance of Jiroft’s ancient civilization and called for greater efforts to showcase its historical and cultural value to the world.
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2025-03-05 17:55
Ten Bronze Age artifacts from Kerman registered as national heritage
TEHRAN - Ten ancient artifacts from the Bronze Age have been officially registered in Iran’s National List of Movable Heritage, according to Nader Alidadi-Soleimani, head of the Registration Office for Cultural Heritage in Kerman province.
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2024-12-15 18:17
Children of Jiroft take a journey back 5,000 years!
TEHRAN - Under the banner “I Am a Heritage Guardian,” a cultural initiative aimed at connecting children with their ancestral heritage, several kids and students from the Jiroft region recently embarked on a symbolic journey back 5,000 years.
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2024-12-03 18:22
Heritage official highlights significance of Konar Sandal archaeological site
TEHRAN - Mostafa Dehpahlavan, head of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism, has emphasized the importance of archaeological excavations at the Bronze Age site of Konar Sandal in southern Iran’s Jiroft region.
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2024-11-12 17:35
Efforts begin for UNESCO registration of Old Jiroft in southern Iran
TEHRAN - Kerman province’s tourism chief announced on Monday that efforts have begun for a possible registration of the ancient site of Old Jiroft, also known as Dakyanus in the UNESCO World Heritage list.
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2024-11-01 17:11
New excavation phase to begin at Konar Sandal, a Bronze-Age site in southern Iran
TEHRAN - The Kerman province’s Department of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts has announced the launch of a new phase of archaeological excavations at the ancient site of Konar Sandal, a prominent Bronze-Age settlement located in Iran’s Jiroft region.
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2024-06-25 17:43
Old Jiroft’s boundaries defined after decades of wait
TEHRAN – The legal boundaries of the ancient Jiroft have been officially determined after nearly half a century, Kerman province’s tourism chief said on Monday.
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2024-05-04 18:01
Kerman province to host loan exhibit of its local treasures
TEHRAN - A collection of relics discovered from Kerman and being kept at the National Museum of Iran, has been returned to the southern province for a loan exhibition during Cultural Heritage Week (May 17 to 23).
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2024-04-22 18:18
Clay sculpture in Bronze-Age site restored
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts has recently restored an ancient earthen sculpture excavated from Konar Sandal, a Bronze-Age site in Iran’s Jiroft region of Kerman province, southern Iran.
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2024-02-13 22:52
Cosmetic dating back 3,600 years unearthed in Iran
In an enthralling revelation that bridges the chasm between the modern world and the distant past, archaeologists have unearthed a 3,600-year-old artifact in the Jiroft region of southeastern Iran.
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2023-12-30 17:45
Individuals in Kerman donate dozens of historical artifacts to cultural heritage museums
TEHRAN - In a heartwarming display of support for their cultural heritage, several people of Kerman generously contributed 281 historical and cultural items to the local unit safeguarding the province’s heritage.
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2023-12-23 17:10
Konar Sandal undergoes excavation after a 17-year pause
TEHRAN – A fresh archaeological season has commenced on Konar Sandal, a Bronze-Age site in Iran’s Jiroft region, after a 17-year hiatus.
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2023-10-30 17:08
Konar-Sandal: project to map treasured Bronze Age site
TEHRAN – Iran’s cultural heritage ministry seeks to map legal boundaries for Konar-Sandal, which is a treasured Bronze Age site situated near a rural village of the same name in southern Iran.
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2023-01-23 21:30
Massive cultural heritage museum under construction in Jiroft
TEHRAN – Construction work is underway to establish a vast cultural heritage museum in Jiroft, known as an ancient cradle of civilization in southern Iran.
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2023-01-16 19:32
5000-year-old stoneware workshop discovered in Jiroft
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have found the ruins of a stoneware workshop, estimated to date from the third millennium BC, during their recent excavations conducted in Jiroft, which is known as a cradle of civilization in southern Iran.
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2022-11-25 20:00
Ski resort to come on stream in Jiroft
TEHRAN – A ski resort equipped with a chairlift is being constructed in Jiroft, southern Kerman province.
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2022-09-04 20:00
Prehistorical objects, recovered from illegal diggers, restored
TEHRAN–A cultural heritage laboratory in Kerman has restored 12 prehistorical objects, previously recovered from unauthorized excavators in the southern Iranian province.