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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.
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2020-03-01 18:27
Mazandarani folk singer Abolhassan Khoshru dies at 73
TEHRAN – Mazandarani folk singer Abolhassan Khoshru, who made great efforts to familiarize the younger generation in northern Iran with their native music, died at his home in Qaemshahr on Saturday night after years of suffering from cancer. He was 73.
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2020-02-23 13:28
Iran confirms 43 COVID-19 cases, 8 dead
TEHRAN – The number of people diagnosed with the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, in Iran has increased to 43, of whom eight have so far lost their lives.
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2020-01-14 19:13
Foreign arrivals in Mazandaran surge 38 percent
TEHRAN – The number of foreign visitors arriving in Iran’s northern Mazandaran province surged 38 percent since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2019), compared with the same period last year, provincial deputy tourism chief has said.
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2020-01-13 21:45
22 tourism projects worth $60m inaugurated in Mazandaran
TEHRAN – A total of twenty two tourism projects, worth 2,515 billion rials (some $60 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) have been inaugurated in northern Mazandaran province during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2019).
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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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2019-12-24 19:27
Newly-excavated site yields pre-historic to Islamic-era relics in Iran
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists and researchers has recently unearthed pre-historic to Islamic-era relics and fragments of objects from a piece of land, which is speculated to be once a historical cemetery, in Asiabsar village, northern Mazandaran province.
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2019-12-18 18:52
Birdwatching can propel tourism growth in Caspian Sea island
TEHRAN – Ashuradeh, Iran’s sole island in the Caspian Sea, and its surrounding wetlands constitute a rich ecological haven for many migratory birds. However, birdwatching has remained somehow an untapped potential for tourism growth in the coastal region.
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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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2019-11-13 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.
