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2020-06-26 19:28
Tens of historical areas, relics identified in western Iran
TEHRAN – A total number of 65 centuries-old areas and relics have been found during an archeological season, which recently came to end in Sirvan plain, western province of Ilam.
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2020-06-07 21:44
355 historical relics to be restored in Ilam
TEHRAN – A total of 355 historical relics are up for restoration by teams of cultural heritage experts and restorers in the western province of Ilam, CHTN reported.
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2020-06-06 19:30
No harm to Ilam historical sites by quake
TEHRAN – A medium-sized 4.9 magnitude earthquake that struck Salehabad city in western province of Ilam on Wednesday caused no damage to historical sites across the province.
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2020-06-02 02:20
Six forgotten crafts revived in Ilam
TEHRAN – Six handicraft fields, which had been fallen into oblivion, have been revived in western Ilam province, Mehr reported on Monday.
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2020-05-12 20:00
Handicrafts worth over $50m exported to Iraq via Mehran border
TEHRAN – The western Iranian province of Ilam has exported more than $50 million of handicrafts to neighboring Iraq through Mehran border since last Iranian year 1398 (started March 21, 2019), CHTN reported.
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2020-05-08 20:30
45 new items in Ilam listed as national heritage
TEHRAN – A total of 45 historical sites and movable properties, scattered across the western Iranian province of Ilam, have been inscribed on the National Heritage List, provincial tourism chief has said.
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2020-04-28 17:02
Historical city of Sirvan to undergo restoration
TEHRAN – The historical city of Sirvan in the western Iranian province of Ilam will undergo some rehabilitation works, provincial tourism chief Abdolmalek Shanbehzadeh announced on Tuesday, CHTN reported.
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2020-04-19 19:50
Under-the-radar province registers 580,000 overnight stays in year
TEHRAN – Ilam province, which is currently an under-the-radar travel destination in western Iran, registered some 580,000 overnight stays during the past Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended March 20).
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2020-01-25 20:06
Iron Age relics recovered in western Iran
TEHRAN – A total of ten prehistorical objects, estimated to date from the Iron Age, have recently been confiscated from two antique dealers in Chardavol county, Ilam province, western Iran.
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2020-01-13 20:10
Over 1.6 million travelers visit Ilam province in 9 months
TEHRAN – Some 1.63 million travelers visited historical sites and heritage museums across Ilam province, a lesser-known travel destination in western Iran, during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2019).
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2019-11-27 18:23
Iranian, Danish archaeologists find new Iron Age traces in western Iran
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian and Danish archaeologists and cultural heritage experts has recently discovered new traces of Iron Age occupation in a prehistorical cave, which is situated in Ilam province, western Iran.
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2019-11-26 21:52
Seven ringleaders of riots arrested in Ilam province
TEHRAN – Chief of Ilam province’s police said on Monday that his forces have arrested 7 ringleaders of the recent riots in the town of Chardaval.
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2019-11-04 20:18
Archaeologists find new evidence of Paleolithic era in Iranian cave
TEHRAN - Excavations in a cave in western Iran have shed new light on the history of the region, which has previously proved to have links to the Paleolithic times.
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2019-10-29 19:00
Handicrafts worth over $12m exported to Iraq via Mehran border in H1
TEHRAN – Iran exported more than $12 million of handicrafts to neighboring Iraq through Mehran border in the first half the current Iranian calendar year (Mar. 21-Sep. 22), CHTN reported.
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2019-10-15 20:21
Exhibitions of handicrafts, souvenirs set up for Arbaeen pilgrims
TEHRAN – Several sales exhibitions, featuring local handicrafts and souvenirs, have been set up across Ilam province, where thousands of Arbaeen pilgrims are on their way to the holy city of Karbala in Iraq.
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2019-09-29 20:55
Elamite-era ‘ring of power’ to put on show in Izeh
TEHRAN – An Elamite-era golden royal armlet, known as “Arjan ring of power”, will be displayed at the newly-constructed museum in Izeh, Khuzestan province, where the object was unearthed in the early 1980s.
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2019-08-26 18:49
Winners of Visual Arts Festival for Youth honored
TEHRAN – Winners of the 26th edition of the Visual Arts Festival for Youth were honored during the closing ceremony of the event in the western Iranian city of Ilam on Sunday.
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2019-07-23 17:35
7200 travelers accommodated in Ilam province during spring
TEHRAN – More than 7200 travelers were accommodated in hotels, hostels and guest houses across the western Iranian province of Ilam, which is trying its best to be marked on the country’s tourism map.
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2019-04-01 16:36
Quake hits western Iran
TEHRAN—Two fairly powerful earthquakes shook western Iran near its border with Iraq on Monday afternoon, Ana news agency reported.
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2019-02-17 09:36
Precipitation triples last year’s mean in Iran
TEHRAN — As per the data released on Friday by the National Drought Warning and Monitoring Center affiliated to the Meteorological Organization, precipitation amounts in the current water year (starting on September 23, 2018) have jumped three-folds compared to the same period a year earlier.
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2018-11-18 09:32
Mean precipitation in two months of autumn quadruples yr/yr: data
TEHRAN — From the beginning of autumn to November 17, Iran received 43.7 millimeters of rain on average which quadruples last year’s precipitation over the same period, according to data released on Saturday by the National Drought Warning and Monitoring Center.
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2018-10-10 22:25
Millennia-old coins excavated in western Iran
TEHRAN – Tens of millennia-old coins and an earthen jar have recently been unearthed in the village of Sarab-e Kalan in Ilam Province, western Iran.
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2018-04-16 21:30
Ancient relics seized in Ilam
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have confiscated several centuries-old objects in western Ilam province, CHTN reported on Monday.
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2017-11-21 09:35
Iran’s quake-stricken historical sites undergo urgent restoration
TEHRAN – Emergency projects commenced on Monday aiming to protect several historical and heritage sites which suffered damages during an earthquake that jolted the western province of Kermanshah on November 12.
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2017-11-13 19:49
Quake harms historical sites in western Iran
TEHRAN – A powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck western Iran late on Sunday, causing relatively minor damage to several historic and heritage sites in Kermanshah and Ilam provinces.
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2017-10-16 20:24
Traces of Elamite urban life detected in northcentral Iran
TEHRAN – Vestiges of urban life attributed to Elamite-era (c. 2700 – 539 BC) have been found at Tappeh Sofalin, a prehistoric archaeological site located near Pishva, Tehran province, Mehr reported on Monday.
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2017/08/22
By Maryam Qarehgozlou
Environment matters: Couple tie the knot, pledge to plant thousand-plus trees
TEHRAN — In a symbolic gesture to safeguard the environment a young bride from the western province of Ilam made the groom to pledge to plant 1372 trees as her “mahr” - a mandatory payment paid or promised to pay by the groom under Islamic law.
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2017-01-31 09:24
Sassanid art, architecture traced in western Iran
TEHRAN – Vestiges of art and architecture such as stuccowork related to the Sassanid era (224–651) have recently unearthed adjacent to the historical Jahangir Dome, Ilam Province, western Iran, the Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism announced on Sunday.
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2016-11-18 02:44
Arba’een green belt to help tackle sandstorms
TEHRAN — Iranian pilgrims destined for the holy city of Karbala planted saplings in border regions of the western province of Ilam, hoping to help tackle the daunting predicament of sandstorms.
