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2020-11-27 22:11
Discover an original style of pottery in Kalpurgan
TEHRAN – Archaeological surveys suggest the village of Kalpurgan in southeast Iran has long been a hub for potters.
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2020-11-17 19:30
Book exploring history of Sistan-Baluchestan goes out of print
TEHRAN – A book on Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan region, its history, arts, and anthropology has recently been published in the country.
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2020-11-08 19:30
National Heritage list adds objects from Burnt City, Espidej cemetery
TEHRAN – Thirteen historical objects found at the ancient Burnt City and 5,000-year-old Espidej cemetery, both in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, have been inscribed on the National Heritage list.
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2020-11-08 18:28
Online markets in Sistan-Baluchestan aim to promote handicrafts
TEHRAN –While the sales of handicrafts in southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province has decreased due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, online markets try to boost sales, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.
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2020-09-29 21:00
Beauties of Iranian desert in limelight at photography exhibit
TEHRAN – Scenes of the magnificent Lut Desert, a UNESCO World Heritage in the Iranian heartland, are on show at a specialized photography exhibition in Zahedan, the capital of Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2020-09-18 23:16
Three millennia-old sites discovered in southeast Iran
TEHRAN – Three millennia-old have been discovered on the outskirts of the UNESCO-registered Burnt City, which is situated in Sistan-Baluchestan province, southeast Iran.
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2020-09-05 20:30
Makran coast holds potential to gain UNESCO tag
TEHRAN – The natural and historical attractions of the Makran coastal strip in southern Iran hold the potential to be registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
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2020-09-02 17:12
Water donation campaign to help ease drought in four
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) will launch a campaign for the third time to solicit public donations to ease water stress in four provinces of the country. The long-standing 20-year-old drought in the region is forcing many to have to provide their water from tank trucks delivering water to the areas.
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2020-08-25 19:00
Tourism projects worth $6.6m to come on stream in Sistan-Baluchestan
TEHRAN – A total of 17 tourism-related projects, worth 280 billion rials ($6.6 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) are scheduled to be inaugurated across Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province on the occasion of the Government Week (August 24-30), provincial tourism chief has said.
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2020-08-18 20:00
Restoration of Safavid-era fortress resumed
TEHRAN – The second round of restoration work has recently commenced on Paskuh Fortress in the city of Sib and Suran, the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, CHTN reported.
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2020-08-17 21:30
Darak, where desert meets sea, added to National Heritage list
TEHRAN- The coastal village of Darak in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan has recently been inscribed on the National Heritage list, CHTN reported.
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2020-08-16 21:00
Historical Seb Castle in southeastern Iran undergoes restoration
TEHRAN – The historical Seb Castle, a tourist attraction in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, has undergone some rehabilitation works, a provincial tourism chief has said.
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2020-08-15 22:40
Archaeological survey sheds new light on ancient societies in southeast Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have discovered new evidence of prehistorical architecture and pottery belonged to societies once lived across Sefidkuh in Makran region, southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2020-08-03 23:26
Sistan-Baluchestan is a collection of tourist attractions: governor general
TEHRAN – The governor general of Sistan-Baluchestan province has said that the southeastern province is a collection of unique historical, natural, and tourist attractions, however, its tourism industry has not been developed due to “neglects and historical backwardness”.
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2020-08-01 10:22
Iran’s quarterly exports through southeastern border to Pakistan up 26%
TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s exports to Pakistan through the border in the southeast of the country has risen 26 percent during the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-June 20), compared to the same period of time in the previous year, an Iranian provincial official announced.
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2020-07-27 20:30
Chabahar airport project a ‘major stimulus’ to attract tourists, investors
TEHRAN - Chabahar Free Trade–Industrial Zone Organization is planning to build an international airport which would be a major stimulus to attract both tourists and investors to the region in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2020-07-22 20:46
Iranian consortium for incoming tours to visit Chabahar
TEHRAN – Members of the Iranian consortium for incoming tours have been invited to pay a visit to Chabahar with the aim of getting acquainted with the southeastern region’s attractions.
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2020-07-07 20:30
Two sites in Sistan-Baluchestan added to national heritage list
TEHRAN – Two natural sites in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list, CHTN reported.
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2020-07-04 19:30
Historical objects unearthed in Burnt City added to National Heritage list
TEHRAN – Twelve moveable properties, which had been previously unearthed in various excavations in the Burnt City, a UNESCO-registered site in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, have been inscribed on the National Heritage list, CHTN reported on Saturday.
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2020-07-01 17:55
Weird but true: rare tree capable of producing oil in Iran
TEHRAN – Euphorbia tirucalli, a rare tree growing well in dry regions of Sistan-Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran is capable of producing 10 to 50 barrels of oil per hectare.
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2020-06-29 19:24
Iran, Oman to launch joint tours for European travelers
TEHRAN – Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province and Oman are scheduled to operate joint travel tours for European nationals in a bid to boost cooperation between the two neighbors.
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2020-06-06 19:00
Rask holds potential to become a tourism hub
TEHRAN – Rask city in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan has the potential to become one of the tourism hubs of the country, governor of the city has said.
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2020-06-05 20:30
Iran getting Asbads ready for UNESCO tag
TEHRAN – Several centuries-old windmills, locally called Asbads, that are still standing tall in Hamun county, southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, are being restored in order to be prepared for possible inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage list.
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2020-05-29 19:00
Adimi to be named national city of Khameh-Duzi
TEHRAN – Adimi, a small city in Nimruz County, southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, is planned to be named as the national city of Khameh-Duzi, a traditional type of embroidery.
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2020/05/29
By Salman Parviz
Regional initiative for locust infestation
Already hard-hit by coronavirus, a second wave of locust swarm invasion from East Africa threatens region
A trilateral plan among Iran, Pakistan and India is being formulated to address locust swarm infestations that devour crops and threaten the livelihood and sustenance in the region, already struggling with coronavirus pandemic.
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2020-05-25 18:20
Centuries-old Iranian windmills being rehabilitated
TEHRAN – Several centuries-old windmills, locally called Asbads, are being rehabilitated in the oasis city of Tabas-e Masina, eastern Iran.
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2020-05-22 12:32
Major water, agriculture projects inaugurated in southeast of Iran
TEHRAN- A number of development projects were put into operation in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan on Thursday, IRNA reported.
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2020-05-19 10:54
Over 40 historical monuments restored in Sistan-Baluchestan
TEHRAN – Some 43 historical buildings and structures in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan were restored during the previous Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended March 19).
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2020-05-17 20:30
Over 30 sites in Sistan-Baluchestan added to national heritage list
TEHRAN – Some 34 historical and natural sites in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list, ISNA reported.
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2020-05-10 20:17
Tourism development in Sistan-Baluchestan among top priorities: minister
TEHRAN – Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan has said that development of the travel industry across Sistan-Baluchestan province is among top priorities.
