Mazandaran

2021-03-05 15:22

Half a million Hyrcanian saplings being planted in Mazandaran

TEHRAN – On the occasion of National Tree Planting Day, some half a million saplings endemic to Hyrcanian forests are being planted across the northern province of Mazandaran, IRNA reported on Friday.

2021-03-03 18:17

Mazandaran overnight stays cut by 58 percent due to virus

TEHRAN – Overnight stays in Mazandaran province, one of the most touristic Iranian provinces owing to vibrant lush green landscape and an attractive stretch of coastline, has plunged 58 percent over the past 12 months.

2021-02-16 22:01

Three excavators arrested in northern Iran

TEHRAN – Three men, part of a gang of illegal excavators, were detained early on Monday while doing some drilling in a rural house in northern Iran.

2021-02-12 22:26

Tourism projects worth $5.9b underway in Mazandaran

TEHRAN – A total of 250 tourism-related projects worth 250 trillion rials ($5.9 billion at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) are being implemented across the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran.

2021-01-09 18:17

Mazandaran prisons to run handicraft courses broadening job opportunities for inmates

TEHRAN – Prisons across Mazandaran are scheduled to hold handicraft training courses to broaden job opportunities for the inmates in the northern Iranian province.

2021-01-06 22:37

33 Iranian traditions, living expressions win national heritage status

TEHRAN – A total of 33 Iranian traditions and living expressions, passed down from generation to generation in three provinces of the country, won nation heritage status on Tuesday.

2021-01-06 22:36

Hamidinava, architect of Sari’s clock tower, dies aged 90

TEHRAN - Mohammad-Ali Hamidinava, a traditional Iranian architect who constructed a landmark clock tower in Sari, has died. He was 90.

2020-12-21 18:36

Iranian crafters honored at Afghanistan Art Week

TEHRAN –Two crafters from the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran have been honored at the Afghanistan Art Week, which came to an end in Tehran on Friday.

2020-12-07 19:30

Fire inflicts no damage to UNESCO-tagged garden

TEHRAN – A fire that broke out in the UNESCO site of Abbasabad Garden in the northern province of Mazandaran on Sunday has inflicted no damage to the plant life of the historical site.

2020-11-09 21:24

Training course aims to raise quality of wickerwork

TEHRAN - A training course for wickerwork, one of the popular handicraft fields in the northern province of Mazandaran, is being held in the city of Babol, with the aim of improving the quality of the handmade product.

2020-11-08 20:00

Relics may hold clues to Iron Age cemetery in northern Iran

TEHRAN – The discovery of an Iron Age clay as well as the remnants of a human skeleton in the village of Valam, northern province of Mazandaran, has led experts to conclude that the area might be an ancient cemetery.

2020-11-08 18:27

Some $4m paid to support tourism businesses in Mazandaran

TEHRAN – The Iranian government has paid more than 171 billion rials ($4 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) in loans to the tourism businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the northern province of Mazandaran.

2020-11-06 19:45

Millennia-old relics, skeleton on show at Babol museum

TEHRAN –A collection of 3,000-year-old relics, tools, and utensils, as well as the skeleton of a 35-year-old woman, are on display at Babol Archeological Museum in the northern province of Mazandaran.

2020-11-06 19:45

Confiscated smuggled relics up fourfold in Mazandaran

TEHRAN – Police in the northern province of Mazandaran has seized 2,044 historical objects from smugglers during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-September 21), showing a fourfold rise compared to the same period last year.

2020-10-18 20:30

Safavid-era palace in northern Iran undergoes restoration

TEHRAN- Parts of the walls of the Safavid-era (1501-1736) Jahan-Nama Palace in the northern province of Mazandaran, which had been destroyed due to natural and human factors, have undergone some rehabilitation works, a provincial tourism official has said.

2020-10-13 18:28

Waterfalls, canyon, wetland and oak trees added to National Heritage list

TEHRAN – Twelve natural spots and landscapes in the northern province of Mazandaran have recently been inscribed on the National Heritage List.

2020-09-23 22:00

Coronavirus cuts arrivals in Mazandaran by 71 percent

TEHRAN – The number of travelers visiting Mazandaran province has decreased by 71 percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21) in comparison with the same period last year over the lockdowns and travel limitations amid the coronavirus pandemic.

2020-09-06 19:30

Iranian police bust gangs of illegal excavators

TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently busted two gangs of illegal diggers in southwestern Khuzestan and northern Mazandaran provinces.

2020-08-30 17:53

Ground broken for first recreational pier in Mazandaran

TEHRAN – Construction of the first recreational pier in the northern province of Mazandaran began on Wednesday, August 26, in the city of Ramsar, neighboring the Caspian Sea.

2020-08-02 21:19

Stratigraphy study reveals vestiges of Iron, Bronze, Copper, and Neolithic ages in northern Iran

TEHRAN – A recent stratigraphy study has revealed historical vestiges dating back to various eras of history including Iron Age, Bronze Age, Copper Age, and Neolithic era at Touq Tepe, a historic region in northern Mazandaran province, bordering the Caspian Sea.