Massive cultural heritage museum under construction in Jiroft

TEHRAN – Construction work is underway to establish a vast cultural heritage museum in Jiroft, known as an ancient cradle of civilization in southern Iran.

Kerman festival to spotlight giant coppice dunes

TEHRAN – The tourism directorate of Kerman province is scheduled to hold a local festival in celebration of nabkhas, which are sand dunes formed around vegetation.

5000-year-old stoneware workshop discovered in Jiroft

TEHRAN – Archaeologists have found the ruins of a stoneware workshop, estimated to date from the third millennium BC, during their recent excavations conducted in Jiroft, which is known as a cradle of civilization in southern Iran.

By Faramarz Kuhpayeh

Iran commemorates martyrdom anniversary of Gen. Soleimani 

TEHRAN – From Baghdad to Kerman, the birthplace of General Soleimani, tens of thousands of people participated in ceremonies for the commemoration of the third anniversary of the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the IRGC Quds Force. 

Budget allocated to set up Jiroft museum

TEHRAN – Kerman tourism directorate has allocated some 1.3 trillion rials ($3.2 million) for the completion of the first phase of the Jiroft Regional Museum, the provincial tourism chief has said.

IRGC arrests seven ringleaders of unrest in Kerman

TEHRAN – Seven persons who were instrumental in leading riots in the city of Kerman have been apprehended, the Kerman provincial branch of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced in a statement late on Sunday.

UNESCO-designated citadel dresses up with gentle warm lights

TEHRAN– Arg-e Bam, a massive UNESCO-registered citadel in southern Iran, is dressed up with new gentle warm lights in a bid to become more appealing at night.

 Rock-carved mosque in UNESCO-registered Maymand restored

TEHRAN – Restoration work has come to an end on a cozy rock-carved mosque, which is located in the UNESCO-designated Cultural Landscape of Maymand, southern Iran.

Police recover ancient coins from antique dealer

TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have seized a collection of centuries-old coins from an antique dealer who had illegally kept the relics.

Legal boundaries defined for Sassanian site in Kerman

TEHRAN –The Sassanid-era (224–651) Kohneh Qaleh Mirabad Emamqoli site in Rigan county, southern Kerman province, has recently been demarcated.

Ancient ice storage undergoes restoration

TEHRAN – A centuries-old ice storage has undergone restoration as its routine maintenance requirements in the southern Iranian city of Kerman.

French travelers visit lesser-known attractions in southern Iran

TEHRAN— A team of French sightseers has recently toured arrays of lesser-known attractions in the Fahraj county of Fars province, southern Iran.

Keeping infants healthy through ancient rituals of Gol Ghaltan, Tigh Dagh

TEHRAN –In the southern province of Kerman, Gol Ghaltan and Tigh Dagh are ancient rituals for keeping babies healthy.

‘World’s biggest’ boutique hotel inaugurated in Kerman

TEHRAN–Following months of extensive restoration, the “world’s biggest” boutique hotel was finally inaugurated in Kerman, ISNA reported on Saturday.

Handicrafts, tourism exhibit opens in Kerman

TEHRAN–A national exhibition of handicrafts and tourism opened to the public in the southern province of Kerman on Thursday.

UNESCO-designated garden to show off bright new look

TEHRAN—The UNESCO-registered Shazdeh Garden is to be more atmospheric at night by gaining benefit from a new lighting system, Kerman province’s tourism chief said on Monday.

Dredging operation to aid UNESCO-registered garden

TEHRAN—A dredging operation has recently commenced removing mud from the centuries-old channels that pour water into the UNESCO-designated Shazdeh Garden in southern Iran.

Qajar-era caravanserai in Kerman to turn into hotel

TEHRAN – The Qajar-era (1789-1925) Vakil Caravanserai in the southern province of Kerman has undergone some rehabilitation works in preparation for turning into a hotel, IRNA reported on Wednesday.

Police discover 93 relics in Kerman

TEHRAN—Iranian authorities have confiscated a total of 93 historical relics in the southern Kerman province over the past three months.

Prehistorical objects, recovered from illegal diggers, restored

TEHRAN–A cultural heritage laboratory in Kerman has restored 12 prehistorical objects, previously recovered from unauthorized excavators in the southern Iranian province.

UNESCO-registered garden to improve tourist amenities

TEHRAN–Kerman province’s tourism department is to implement development initiatives to improve tourist amenities in the UNESCO-registered Shazdeh Garden.

Large audio-visual museum opened in Kerman

TEHRAN–A museum dedicated to audio and visual equipment was officially inaugurated in the southern Kerman province on Sunday.

Monsoon flood uncovers public bathhouse in southern Iran

TEHRAN—A recent torrential downpour has washed away soil from the top of a subterranean public bathhouse in southern Iran.

Arg-e Rayen: restoration work to renew cobs on the surface

TEHRAN – A restoration work has commenced renewing cob material covering the exterior façade and walls of Arg-e Rayen, a Sasanian-era fort located in southeast Iran.

12 restoration workshops​​​​​​​ underway in quake-stricken Bam Citadel

TEHRAN – Director of the UNESCO-registered Bam and its Cultural Landscape has said 12 restoration workshops are currently underway in the Bam Citadel and its premises, which were brought down to earth due to a devastating earthquake on December 26, 2003.