Iranian experts build replica of two-million-year-old elephant skull

TEHRAN – A life-size replica of the skull of an elephant, which is estimated to have lived some two million years ago, was unveiled at Zanjan University on Sunday.

Damascus Int. Fair to host large number of Iranian exhibitors

TEHRAN- Figures show that the 61st Damascus International Fair will witness wide-scale participation of Iranian firms, Mehr news agency reported.

$2.8b government aid paid to quake-stricken Kermanshah

TEHRAN – The government has so far spent 120 trillion rials (about $2.8 billion) to make up for the damages caused by earthquake in the western province of Kermanshah, Esmaeil Najjar, head of the National Disaster Management Organization has said.

2,500 houses reconstructed in quake-affected Kermanshah

TEHRAN – Some 2,500 residential units have been reconstructed in quake-stricken regions of the western province of Kermanshah, and will be inaugurated by the end of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 20), deputy director for housing department of Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has said.

Reconstruction in quake-hit Kermanshah will be completed by late September

TEHRAN – Reconstruction work in quake-hit areas of Sarpol-e Zahab, the western province of Kermanshah, will finish by the Iranian calendar month of Shahrivar (September 22), Ismail Najjar, head of the state-run National Disaster Management Organization, has said.

By Afshin Majlesi

‘Reconstruction of heritage museums atop agenda’

TEHRAN – Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has assigned a high priority to reconstruct its affiliated museums that are deemed as timeworn or vulnerable to massive quakes.