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2022-02-06 14:45
Iran chosen to host 2022 Asian Men's Club Volleyball C’ship
TEHRAN – Iran will host 22nd edition of the Asian Men's Club Volleyball Championship.
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2021-08-24 20:31
Creative center for handicrafts inaugurated in Urmia
TEHRAN – A creative center for handicrafts was officially inaugurated in Urmia on Monday expected to help preserve ancient skills across the northwestern Iranian city and its outskirts.
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2021-06-30 19:34
First hydrotherapy center to make debut in Urmia
TEHRAN - An agreement in principle has recently been reached to launch a hydrotherapy center for the first time in the city of Urmia, which is the capital of the northwestern West Azarbaijan province.
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2021-05-19 20:00
Historic Tamtama Cave gets cleaned up by NGO members
TEHRAN –A cleaning project has been recently completed on the historical cave of Tamtama, near Urmia, northwestern West Azarbaijan province.
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2021-05-17 22:59
Legal boundaries defined for ancient sites in West Azarbaijan
TEHRAN - A total of nine historical sites across the northwestern West Azarbaijan province were demarcated during the past Iranian calendar year 1399 (March 20, 2020-March 21, 2021), CHTN reported.
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2021-05-04 20:30
Ancient crafts: a glance at 'Nazok-Kari' in Urmia
TEHRAN - Nazok Kari, or craft of making very delicate objects, both applicable and artistic, from wood, is one of the Persian crafts which is practiced in Urmia for centuries.
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2021-03-03 17:42
Forgotten wood figurines to reappear in Urmia
TEHRAN – The local skill of making hand-carved wood figurines, which is currently obsolete in the city of Urmia, northwestern West Azarbaijan province, is planned to be revived in near future.
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2020-09-25 21:03
Historical sites demarcated in West Azarbaijan to curb illegal digging, land grabbing
TEHRAN – Nearly all historical and archaeological sites in northern parts of West Azarbaijan province have recently been demarcated in a bid to restrict illegal digging and land grabbing, CHTN reported on Wednesday.
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2020-06-19 22:02
Qajar-era crypt unearthed while digging at house yard in northwest Iran
TEHRAN – A historical crypt, supposed to date from the Qajar era (1789–1925), has recently been unearthed in the city of Urmia in northwest Iran while workers were digging in the yard of a house.
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2019-12-29 18:38
Urmia-Mashhad passenger train route launched
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic of Iran Railways launched a passenger train route on Sunday, stretching some 1,650 kilometers from the northwestern city of Urmia to the holy city of Mashhad in the northeast.
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2019-11-09 19:42
International contribution ‘not sufficient’ for Urmia Lake restoration
TEHRAN – International contribution to revive Urmia Lake is not sufficient, as only Japan has provided an annual financial assistance amounting to $1 million since the past six years, National Wetlands Conservation Project manager, Ali Arvahi, has said.
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2019-09-25 19:00
Lake Urmia water level on the rise
TEHRAN – The level of water at Lake Urmia increased by 1.04 centimeters on Tuesday compared to the same day last year, according to the studies conducted by the Lake Urmia conservation program committee.
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2019-08-22 17:34
4th conference of ‘Examples of Patience’ held in Urmia
TEHRAN – According to the Public Relations Department of the Association for Defending Victims of Terrorism (ADVT), the 4th conference of “The Examples of Patience” was held in Urmia to pay tribute to the martyrs and survivors of terrorism in West Azerbaijan Province.
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2019-04-10 22:10
Police helicopter crashes in northwest Iran
TEHRAN — A police helicopter crashed in Urmia, northwest Iran on Wednesday at noon, Tasnim news agency reported.
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2019-03-13 20:32
Iran says will take preemptive strikes against border threats
TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said on Wednesday that Iran will take strong preemptive strikes against any action that threatens security of national borders.
