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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2020-07-26 21:46
Police bust gang smuggling antiques in northern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently busted a smuggling gang that was illegally trading ancient relics in Sari, northern Mazandaran province, IRNA reported.
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2020-07-03 20:39
Museum, featuring objects from 5th BC onwards, inaugurated in northern Iran
TEHRAN – On Thursday, a cultural heritage museum, featuring relics from 5th BC to the contemporary era, was officially inaugurated in the premises of the Ramsar Palace Museum, in Mazandaran province, northern Iran.
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2020-06-30 19:20
Voluminous Taxus baccata spotted in Hyrcanian Forest
TEHRAN – The thickest-ever Taxus baccata L. (European yew) in Iran, which is said to be one of the most voluminous in the world, has been found in the northern Hyrcanian Forest.
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2020-06-29 19:26
49 tourism projects worth $273m to come on stream
TEHRAN – A total of 49 tourism projects, worth 11,500 billion rials (some $273m at the official rate of 42,000 rials) will soon be inaugurated across the country.
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2020-06-01 11:05
Rice planting starts at paddy fields in Mazandaran
Photos depict rice seedlings freshly planted at paddy fields, which are sandwiched between green hills in Zirab county, northern Mazandaran province, May 24, 2020.
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2020-05-19 13:18
Tea harvest begins in northern Iran
Tea harvest season has started in farmlands across the northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran.
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2020-05-06 23:07
More tourists visit Mazandaran province and spend more
TEHRAN – The number of foreign tourists visiting the northern Iranian province of Mazandaran rose by 81 percent during the past Iranian year 1398 (ended March 19) while spending rose by almost a quarter, according to a senior provincial official.
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2020-04-29 22:55
Coronavirus: grave of Parthian warrior accidentally unearthed in Iran
TEHRAN – An ancient tomb chamber has recently been discovered in a graveyard near Sari, northern Iran, as an excavator was digging down quite deep to entomb a coronavirus victim, IRNA reported on Wednesday.
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2020-04-24 20:30
Police seize Iron-Age relics in northern Iran
TEHRAN - Iranian authorities have recently confiscated tens of relics from a gang of illegal diggers and smugglers in northern Iran. The objects are estimated to date from the Iron Age to the Parthian era, CHTN reported on Wednesday.
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2020-03-08 18:25
Some 35% of COVID-19 patients in Iran recovered so far
TEHRAN - Some 35 percent of people infected with the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, in Iran have so far recovered.