According to The Iran Project,The Naftelijeh mud volcano, which is located near the city of Gomishan on the eastern coast of the Caspian Sea, is among the natural attractions of Golestan Province, in northern Iran. Appearing in pink most of the time, this mud volcano is as high as 8 meters and has a diameter of 500 meters. To the top of the volcano,...

According to The Iran Project,54 fishing cooperative companies with 4,200 fishermen are active in the Caspian Sea. The season for catching bony fish usually starts in autumn and lasts until spring, depending on the weather conditions.

The managing director of Irans Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company (CDTIC) said the Persian Gulf will be connected to the Caspian Sea via rail within the next two months. Kheirollah Khademi announced this on Sunday, adding that the construction operation of the substructure of the Rasht-Caspian Railway will be ...

Iranian agriculture ministry (MAJ) expects a bumper olive harvest this year with a double increase in output that could boost export earnings for the country. Javad Mirarab Razi, who leads MAJs Olive Project, said on Sunday that Irans total olive output will reach nearly 200,000 metric tons (mt) this year, up from 100,000 reported in the harvesting ...

Before leaving the country for Ashgabat to attend the 6th summit meeting of Caspian Sea littoral states, Iranian President Raisi said that the Caspian Sea is a common heritage of littoral countries. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi left Tehran for Ashgabat on Wednesday to attend the 6th summit meeting of Caspian Sea littoral states in this country....

Ambassador of the Republic of Finland to Tehran Kari Kahiluoto has said that the development of cooperation with Mazandaran province in the Caspian Sea tops the agenda of the mutual ties. Finland has a strong and long history of managing and organizing water waste, he made the remarks in a meeting of the head of the Environment Office in Mazandaran....

The value of Irans trade with the Caspian Sea littoral states rose 39 percent during the 11-month period from March 21, 2021 to February 19, 2022, as compared to the same period of time in the previous year, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced. Ruhollah Latifi put Irans trade with the mentioned ...

The Iranian Navy launched an exercise in the Caspian Sea on Wednesday. The naval exercise, codenamed Sustainable Security 1400, covers an area of around 77,000 square kilometers in Irans territorial waters of the Caspian Sea. The drill involves various units and equipment of the Navy, including corvettes, planes and helicopters, naval drones,...

MNA The annual strategic-operational exercise Kavkaz 2020 (Caucasus 2020) kicked off in Russia on Monday with Iran's military representatives taking part in the drill. The joint exercise, which will go on till Saturday, September 26, will feature large-scale drills spread across the Caspian Sea and the Black Sea. Iranian flotilla, along will ...

Iran Review | James M. Dorsey: Iranian naval activity in the Gulf and Turkish maritime expansion in the Eastern Mediterranean have hogged the limelight, but Russian and Gulf policymakers are also watching with Argus eyes moves by the Islamic Republic in the Caspian Sea. Irans navy is no match for its Russian counterpart and Irans naval presence ...

MNA According to a report by the Water Research Institute at the Iranian Center for Caspian Sea Studies and Research, the water level of the Caspian Sea in 2019, following its declining trend since 1995, has reached its lowest level in 30 years. 5.5 million years have passed since the emergence of the Caspian Sea in northern Iran. During this time,...

Financial Tribune - It is reported that 200 dams and other huge structures (floodgates, levees) are being built on rivers that feed the lake and upon completion would take a toll on the worlds largest lake Mega structures being developed by the Caspian Sea littoral states (Iran, Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan) on the tributaries ...

FNA - Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said his country is seeking to stage a joint naval drill in the Caspian Sea with participation of regional states after the recent successful drill with Russia and China in the Indian Ocean and the Sea of Oman. We are seeking to achieve collective security in the Caspian Sea and for that ...

Press TV - Iranian authorities say a first privately-owned port facility in the north of the country and on the Caspian Sea is to open after nearly 15 years of planning and construction. An official in the northeastern province of Golestan said on Sunday that construction of two main breakwaters at Khvajeh Nafas Port was nearing its final stages,...

Press TV - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic is ready to boost its relations with the neighboring Republic of Azerbaijan in the Caspian Sea region, noting that the two courtiers ties currently stand at a satisfactory level. Rouhani made the remarks on Thursday afternoon in a meeting with his Azeri counterpart Ilham Aliyev ...

Financial Tribune - Construction of petrochemical plants in the northern regions straddling the Caspian Sea is on the agenda of the National Petrochemical Company, managing director of the company said. "Gilan, Mazandaran and Golestan provinces have access to abundance water, which makes them well-suited for petrochemical plants," Behzad Mohammadi ...

Press TV - Iran has signed a major contract to build port facilities on the Caspian Sea that would enable terminal operations for roll-on roll-off (RO-RO) ships. Authorities said on Saturday that Khatam al-Anbiya Construction Headquarter (KACH) would start building the RO-RO ramp in the Caspian Port Complex, located north of Iran in the port city ...

Tasnim Irans Navy launched a military exercise in the Caspian Sea on Sunday. According to the Navy, the naval drill, codenamed Sustainable Security-98, involves various units and forces, including combat vessels, missile-launching corvettes, airplanes and choppers, as well as Navy commandoes. The exercise is being held in an area of 25,800 nautical ...

MNA Commander of the Iranian Army's Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced on Saturday that Iran is to carry out a military exercise in the Caspian Sea in near future. Commander of the Iranian Army's Navy Rear Admiral Khanzadi, made the announcement today, adding that a four-day military maneuver codenamed Power and Sustainable Security in ...

MNA Tehran and Moscow are in talks over plans to establish a ferry service across the Caspian Sea that would link Iran with Russias Dagestan. The Iranian ambassador to Russia, Mehdi Sanai, had earlier arrived in Derbent to discuss the development of relations between Iran and Russias Republic of Dagestan, RT reported. During the visit, the two ...