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2023-01-23 21:30
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.
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2023-01-18 18:42
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.
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2023-01-16 19:32
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.
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2023-01-03 22:13
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.
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2023-01-03 21:00
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.
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2023-01-03 18:34
By Mehdi Mousavi
Soleimani school of thought goes beyond borders
KERMAN- The Golzar Shohada (Garden of Martyrs) cemetery in Kerman has become the epitome of Resistance Front over the past three years in a way that pilgrims from different countries travel to this city to pay homage to martyr Qassem Soleimani.
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2023-01-02 20:11
By Afshin Majlesi
2023: ten top places to visit in Iran
TEHRAN - A new year means a fresh perspective. When planning trips across Iran in 2023, you may consider this formula liberally.
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2022-12-25 20:27
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.
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2022-12-25 18:41
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.
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2022-12-05 20:00
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.
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2022-11-28 23:42
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.
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2022-11-26 18:21
Moayedi ice house: a reminiscent of ancient expertise
TEHRAN - Now a tourist destination for modern trippers, the Moayedi ice house was once an adobe pit surmounted by an adobe dome to store ice for the summertime in Kerman.
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2022-11-23 20:30
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.
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2022-11-18 17:39
Mudbrick complex offers chance of time travel!
TEHRAN – Home to architectural marvels and life-sized wax figures, the Ganjali Khan complex may haunt your imagination for a time travel to the 17th-century Iran.
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2022-11-14 21:06
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.
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2022-11-13 22:30
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.
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2022-11-12 19:47
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.
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2022-10-30 18:29
‘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.
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2022-10-29 21:00
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.
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2022-10-18 19:18
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.
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2022-10-10 09:55
Bam Citadel of Kerman
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2022-10-07 18:29
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.
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2022-09-28 19:11
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.
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2022-09-20 00:18
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.
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2022-09-04 20:00
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.
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2022-09-03 21:00
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.
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2022-08-29 20:00
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.
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2022-08-02 21:03
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.
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2022-07-27 19:05
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.
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2022-07-22 21:18
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.