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2020-07-10 21:51
Coronavirus shuts Zanjan’s Katale-Khor cave once again
TEHRAN – Katale-Khor, a limestone cave full of natural crystals believed to date from the Jurassic era, has gone on lockdown again for at least two weeks following the increase in the number of people infected with the coronavirus, CHTN reported.
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2020-06-27 21:00
Forgotten craft of Namad-mali revived in Zanjan
TEHRAN – Namad-mali (literally meaning felt beating), a handicraft field that was obsolete, has been revived in Deh Bahar Village, Tarom county in the northwestern Zanjan province, CHTN reported on Saturday.
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2020-06-24 20:00
Zanjan crafters blend genuine Persian arts with nanotechnology
TEHRAN – Crafters in the northwestern Zanjan province have started using nanotechnology in producing handicrafts, CHTN reported on Wednesday.
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2020-06-21 01:19
A taste of Jurassic world: Iran’s Katale-Khor cave on agenda to be a tourism hub
TEHRAN – Katale-Khor, a limestone cave full of natural crystals believed to date from the Jurassic era, is planned to become one of the country’s tourism hubs, CHTN reported on Saturday.
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2020-06-19 23:52
Restoration project starts on ramparts, corner towers and gateway to UNESCO-tagged Soltaniyeh Dome
TEHRAN – The mudbrick ramparts and corner towers of a southern gateway to the UNESCO-tagged Soltaniyeh Dome in northwestern Zanjan province are under some rehabilitation works, CHTN reported.
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2020-06-14 23:10
Zanjan’s first hospital to turn into museum
TEHRAN – Shahid Beheshti Hospital, the first hospital built in the northwestern Zanjan province, will be turned into a health museum, provincial tourism chief has said.
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2020-06-05 20:28
Restoration begins on Zanjan’s Chehel Sotoun Mosque
TEHRAN – A restoration project has been commenced on parts of Chehel Sotoun Mosque in Zanjan, west-central Iran, CHTN reported on Friday.
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2020-05-30 21:16
Mining tourism to make debut in Iran
TEHRAN – Iran has started to promote mining tourism by launching the first project in northwestern Zanjan province, IRNA reported.
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2020-05-26 18:43
Garments of Iran’s salt mummies to be restored using German expertise
TEHRAN – A team of experts from Iran and Germany will start a project for purifying, cleansing, and restoring garments and personal belongings of ancient salt mummies which were first found in Iran’s Chehrabad Salt Mine in 1993.
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2020-05-20 21:41
40 historical monuments restored in Zanjan
TEHRAN – Some 40 historical buildings and structures in northwestern Zanjan province were restored during the previous Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended March 19).
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2020-05-19 21:00
Iron Age relics unveiled in Zanjan
TEHRAN – A total of 32 pre-historical objects, estimated to date from the Iron Age, were unveiled at the Zolfaqari Museum of the northwestern Zanjan province on Monday to mark International Museum Day.
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2020-05-15 20:00
Zanjan province to boost tourism infrastructure
TEHRAN – Five tourism-related projects are scheduled to be completed across the northwestern Zanjan province in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20), provincial tourism chief has said.
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2020-05-02 21:42
ECO-Silk Road Food Festival postponed over coronavirus
TEHRAN – The 6th International ECO-Silk Road Food Festival, which was scheduled to be held in the city of Zanjan from May 27 to 29, has been postponed indefinitely in an attempt to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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2020-04-27 17:57
Zanjan’s historical mosque to undergo urgent restoration
TEHRAN – Parts of Mirbahaeddin historical mosque in northwestern Zanjan province will undergo urgent rehabilitation works, provincial tourism chief Amir Arjmand announced on Monday, CHTN reported.
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2020-04-26 21:15
Online festival of handmade cookies underway in Zanjan
TEHRAN – An online festival of traditional handmade cookies is underway in Zanjan province during the holy month of Ramadan, provincial tourism chief has said.
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2020-04-21 18:46
Coronavirus causes $52m damage to Zanjan’s tourism industry
TEHRAN – Zanjan province’s tourism industry has taken 2,200 billion rials (over $52 million) hit from the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) over the last two months.
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2020-04-17 19:29
Iran’s ‘Taj Mahal’ marks Intl. Day for Monuments and Sites amid virus concerns
TEHRAN – As in previous years, the UNESCO-tagged Gonbad-e Soltaniyeh, sometimes referred to as Iran’s ‘Taj Mahal’, celebrated the International Day for Monuments and Sites, but this time, in an online program aimed to help stop transmission of the coronavirus, which is currently challenging the whole world.
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2020-04-15 23:28
Zanjan province exports $1.2m of handicrafts
TEHRAN - Handicrafts exports from Zanjan province reached some $1.2 million during the previous Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended March 20), CHTN reported.
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2020-04-15 00:10
Over 860 historical objects seized in Zanjan
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have confiscated 865 historical objects in northwestern Zanjan province, during the past Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended March 20).
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2020-02-08 18:08
Iran to host four ECO events on tourism this year
TEHRAN – Iran will be hosting dozens conferences and meetings within the frame of the “Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Calendar of Events 2020”, however, four of which will be in tourism sphere.
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2020-02-03 18:28
Iran leads the world in handicraft hubs
TEHRAN – Iran ranks first globally in the number cities and villages registered by the World Crafts Council (WCC), deputy tourism minister Pouya Mahmoudian said on Monday.
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2020-01-24 19:15
Seljuk-era relics found during illegal excavation
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently confiscated historical relics related to Seljuk era (1037–1194) from an illegal excavation in a house located in the city of Abhar, west-central Zanjan province.
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2020-01-12 19:14
New restoration season starts on historical mosque in Zanjan
TEHRAN – A fresh season of restoration has recently started on historical Mirzaei Mosque in Zanjan, west-central Iran, CHTN reported on Saturday.
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2019-12-22 20:14
Zanjan assessed for becoming a ‘world city of filigree’
TEHRAN – World Crafts Council-Asia Pacific Region Director Ghada Hijavi along a fellow expert arrived in Zanjan on Friday to follow up on their assessment to name the Iranian city a “world city of filigree”.
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2019-11-24 20:40
Timurid-era relics seized from a smuggler in Iran
TEHRAN – A haul of ancient relics, which is estimated to date back to the Timurid-era (1370–1507), has recently been confiscated from a smuggler in Zanjan, west-central Iran.
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2019-09-02 19:11
47 pre-Islamic gold plaques seized from smugglers
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have seized 47 pieces of gold plaques dating back to pre-Islamic era, which were kept unlawfully by smugglers in Zanjan, western Iran.
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2019-08-18 16:51
Photo by: Maryam Rezaei
Golden land
Khodabandeh county is a fertile agricultural hub in cultivation of wheat and potatoes in Iran’s Zanjan province. Dryland farming accounts for some eighty percent of agriculture in the region. The county also supplies some 50% of wheat that is consumed in Zanjan.
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2019-07-02 20:25
123kg of illicit drugs seized in Zanjan province
TEHRAN – The police forces of Zanjan Province have seized 123kg of illicit drugs, provincial police chief Rahim Jahanbakhsh said on Tuesday.
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2019-01-19 20:51
Gonbad-e Soltaniyeh: Iran’s magnificent “Taj Mahal”
TEHRAN - Locally known as Gonbad-e Soltaniyeh, the UNESCO-registered Mausoleum of Oljaytu is a prime tourism destination while traversing Iran.
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2018-11-15 11:03
Four new provincial governors appointed
TEHRAN – The governors of Hamedan, Kerman, Zanjan and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces were appointed during a cabinet session on Wednesday.
