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Photo exhibit features ancient Iranian windmills
TEHRAN – A photo exhibition, featuring arrays of ancient Iranian windmills, is currently underway at Khorasan Great Museum, which is located in the holy city of Mashhad, northeast of the country.
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2021-02-21 21:06
Sassanid coins cleaned, restored in lab southeast Iran
TEHRAN – A total of 23 historical coins have been cleaned and restored at a museum laboratory in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.
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2021-02-20 19:30
Iranian archaeologists begin demarcation project on Bronze Age site
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage experts has recently commenced a thorough demarcation project on a Bronze Age site in southeast Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2021-02-19 13:47
Photo: Amin Berenjkar
Mohsen Jafari, martyr of order and security, laid to rest
In a ceremony on Friday morning, the body of Mohsen Jafari, who was martyred along with two of his comrades in the fight against armed gangs on Tuesday, Feb. 16, in border province of Sistan-Balouchestan, was lied to rest at Martyrs Cemetery in Shiraz, capital of Far Province. The funeral ceremony, attended by Provincial law enforcement and security officials as well as Shirazi people, was held at the Shah-Cheraq shrine. Jafari has got the title of “martyr of order and security”.
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2021-02-14 17:47
Sistan-Baluchestan tourism boom continues with new job opportunities
TEHRAN – A total of 212 job opportunities will be generated by implementing 46 tourism-related projects in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2021-02-12 14:29
Chabahar to host Takhti Cup
TEHRAN – Chabahar, located in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, has been chosen to host the 41st edition of Takhti Cup.
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2021-02-12 12:33
40 idle mines revived in Sistan-Baluchestan Province
TEHRAN- As announced by a provincial official, 40 idle mines have been revived in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, in the southeast of Iran, since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2020).
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2021-02-05 18:10
Sistan-Baluchestan loses $34.2 million in tourism earnings as a result of COVID-19
TEHRAN – Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province has lost 1,440 billion rials ($34.2 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) in earnings from tourism as many potential visitors stay away due to the impact of the coronavirus, according to Alireza Jalalzaei, the provincial tourism chief.
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2021-02-03 18:10
90% of Chabahar coral reefs are dying: official
TEHRAN – Up to 90 percent of coral reefs in Chabahar waters along the Sea of Oman have been bleached and are dying, an official with the Department of Environment has said.
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2021-01-29 19:41
Accommodation facilities come on stream in UNESCO-designated Burnt City
TEHRAN – The construction operations of a tourism complex, which includes overnight accommodation facilities, have been completed in the UNESCO-registered Burnt City, southeast Iran.
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2021-01-29 19:40
New restoration work starts on windmills in southeast Iran
TEHRAN – A fresh round of restoration work has been commenced on windmills situated in Hozdar historical area, Sistan-Balouchestan province, southeast Iran.
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2021-01-19 21:00
Cultural development, early settlements to be documented in Shahr-e Deraz
TEHRAN – Cultural background and the history of human settlement is set to be probed and documented across Shahr-e Deraz and its surrounding areas, which are situated in Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2021-01-10 21:16
25 restoration projects launched across Sistan-Baluchestan
TEHRAN – A total of 25 restoration projects have been launched across Sistan-Baluchestan since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 2020).
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2020-12-09 22:37
Blogger arrested over cultural heritage misdeed
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently arrested a blogger on the charge of “destroying” historical objects during his excursion to an ancient remote site in Iran’s southeast Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2020-12-05 14:10
25 hectares of greenhouses created in Sistan-Baluchestan Province since late March
TEHRAN- The deputy head of the Agriculture Department of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, in the southeast of Iran, announced that 25 hectares of new greenhouses have been created in the province since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).
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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.
