$20m earmarked to mitigate SDSs in Sistan-Baluchestan

TEHRAN - A total budget of 865 billion (nearly $20.5 million) has been allocated to counter sand and dust storms (SDSs) hitting southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Ali Mohammad Tahmasebi, head of the national working group for SDSs mitigation, has said.

SDSs haunting southeastern Iran, dozens hospitalized

TEHRAN – Severe sand and dust storms (SDSs) has left 127 patients hospitalized due to respiratory problems in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, head of provincial disaster mitigation and management organization has said.

Sistan-Baluchestan quarterly non-oil exports rise 86% yr/yr

TEHRAN- The value of non-oil exports from Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan jumped 86 percent during the first quarter of current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21) from that of the same quarter in the past year, head of the province’s Industry, Mining and Trade Department announced.

‘World village of pottery’ shoots up Sistan-Baluchestan handicraft exports

TEHRAN - Handicraft exports from Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province rose by 195 percent since one of its villages, Kalpourgan, was named a world village of pottery by the World Crafts Council - Asia Pacific Region (WCC-APR). 

Baloch rugs to go on show in Tehran

TEHRAN – A collection of Baloch rugs and carpets will be put on show in a loan exhibit, which will be running from August 6 to 19 at the Iranian Academy of Arts in downtown Tehran.

Tehran session to review image of Sistan-Baluchestan in Iranian cinema

TEHRAN – The image of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan Province in Iranian cinema will be discussed during a session opening Thursday at the Vartan Hovanesian House in Tehran.

Three tons of narcotics seized in Sistan-Baluchestan

TEHRAN – Iranian intelligence forces have disbanded two major drug rings in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan and confiscated more than 3 tons of illicit drugs.

Crafts exhibit spotlights fusion of nomadic, modern styles

TEHRAN – A fusion of traditional and modern principles of designs in women’s wear and personal ornamentation was in the limelight at an exhibit, which came to end on Friday at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural-Historical Complex.

Chabahar to host surf festival

TEHRAN – A major surf festival will be commenced in Iran’s Chabahar on June 20, with the aim of attracting more travelers to the port city, which is located in the southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province.

‘Dam construction in Afghanistan will possibly leave Hamoun wetland dried’ 

TEHRAN — Dam construction projects on Helmand River in Afghanistan can possibly result in total dryness of Hamoun wetland in the future, southeastern Iran, deputy environment chief Masoud Tajrishi has said.

Fairly strong quakes shake western, southeastern Iran

TEHRAN — Fairly powerful quakes hit Ezgeleh, western province of Kermanshah, and Zahedan, southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, on Saturday.

Sistan-Baluchestan infested with desert locust

TEHRAN — According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan is infested by desert locust, director of the agriculture organization of the province has said.

Raisi: Delay in judicial proceedings ‘unacceptable’

TEHRAN – Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raisi says delay in judicial proceedings is “not acceptable at all”, ISNA reported on Wednesday.

Spring downpours replenish Hamoun and Helmand, revive agriculture

TEHRAN — After two decades of dryness, enough ranis have finally come to bring Hamoun wetland and Helmand River back to life in southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, hence revives agriculture in the region as well.

Particulate matters 20 times above safe levels in southeastern Iran

TEHRAN – Severe particulate matter (PM) pollution reached its highest points exceeding the standard levels by 20 times in Zabol county located in Sistan-Baluchestan province, southeastern part of the country, the provincial meteorological organization chief has announced.

After deluge Helmand River springs back to life

TEHRAN — After 18 years of dryness the almost dead Helmand River returned to life following recent torrential rainfalls, YJC reported on Saturday.

Triops Cancriformis sighted at Hamoun wetland years after disappearance

TEHRAN —Triops cancriformis, or tadpole shrimp, was sighted at Hamoun wetland in southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan after two decades of drought in the area, the provincial department of environment chief has said.  

1.1m visited Sistan-Baluchestan during Noruz

TEHRAN – Over 1.1 million visited Sistan-Baluchetan province during the New Year (Noruz) holidays (March 21-April 5), which shows 19 percent increase in comparison to the same period last year, its governor general has said.

By Afshin Majlesi

Lipar, a small lake in pink

TEHRAN – Lipar, a small lake which usually turns pink, is an off-the-radar tourist destination in Iran, which has never been introduced completely!

Volunteer groups dispatched to deprived areas on cultural missions

TEHRAN – The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has dispatched volunteer teams to provide cultural services to the children residing in the underprivileged villages of the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.

Precipitations to hit normal, above-normal levels in spring 

TEHRAN — Iran’s Climatological research Institute announced that the country will receive normal and above-normal levels of precipitations in the first two months of spring.

By Mehdi Sepahvand

Pakistan promises ‘good news’ for Iran over border attack

TEHRAN – Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has said he would soon have “good news” for Iran regarding measures against a terrorist group behind a deadly suicide attack in Iran’s southeastern border areas.

SDSs haunting 35,000 sq. km of country’s land area: GSI

TEHRAN — Approximately 35,000 square kilometers of the country’s land area in various regions are being haunted by sand and dust storms (SDSs), director of Geological Survey and Mineral Explorations of Iran (GSI) has said.

Three border guards killed in flash floods in Mirjaveh

TEHRAN – Three Iranian border guards have been killed after flash floods hit the city of Mirjaveh in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Tasnim reported on Sunday.

Mostafa Mahami named Zahedan Friday prayer leader

TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has appointed Sheikh Mostafa Mahami as interim Friday prayer leader of Zahedan and his representative in the border province of Sistan-Baluchestan, ISNA reported on Wednesday.

6 tons of narcotics seized in Sistan-Baluchestan

TEHRAN – The Iranian police have confiscated a huge haul of narcotics in an armed clash in the border province of Sistan-Baluchestan, disbanding a big drug trafficking group in Mehrestan.

Baluch women to be trained in workshops equipped by Japan

TEHRAN – Women of the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan are to be trained in several workshops equipped by Japan.

Austrian nationals on tour of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan

TEHRAN – A group of Austrian travelers has commenced an eight-day tour of Iran’s southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province, which was once shunned by potential foreign travelers.

Building 12,000 housing units for the underprivileged to begin 

TEHRAN — As per a memorandum of understanding signed between Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation, Budget and Planning Organization as well as the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation, a project for construction of 12,000 housing units for the underprivileged will get off the ground in southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, Mehr reported on Friday. 

Sushma Swaraj makes Tehran stopover as Pakistan faces India-Iran anger over attacks on forces

NEW DELHI (news18.com) Iran and India delivered a stern message to Pakistan when External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj made a brief stopover in Iran on Saturday, days after both countries lost soldiers to attacks carried out by terrorists operating from Pakistani soil.