Photos: Spring blossoms in Mehriz
MNA | Majid Dehghanizadeh: Trees in Mehriz, a city in central Iran, have sprouted beautiful blossoms during the last month of the…
Tag Archives: Iran’s Yazd province
44 foreign investment projects obtain permission for activity in Yazd
IRNA – Some 44 foreign investment projects in the fields of solar energy, health, steel, urban development, tourism, industry and industrial tools…
Iran open to talks but not to bowing to pressures: Rouhani
MNA – President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday that the Islamic Republic is open to talks with the world, however, it will never…
Photos: President Rouhani delivers speech in Yazd
ISNA | Baharak Roshanbakhsh: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani made a trip to central Yazd Province on Sunday to inaugurate two important projects,…
Iran says oil field found with 53 bln barrels of crude
AFP – Iran has discovered a new oil field containing 53 billion barrels of crude, President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday, a find…
President Rouhani says US wishes to see divide among people
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday bitterly criticized critics of the government, saying that the US wishes to see divide among…
Pres. Rouhani arrives in Yazd to inaugurate two projects
MNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Yazd Province minutes ago in the course of the provincial tour of the Government…
Photos: Muharram mourning in Yazd
Tasnim | Amir Hossein Shafii: Various religious groups of Yazd, central province of Iran gathered and held Muarram mourning in Hussainia on…
Yazd earns $386m from exports in 10 months
MNA – Close to 1.6 million tons of non-oil commodities worth over $386 million were exported from Yazd province, central Iran, during…
Major ring disbanded for disrupting petrochemical market
MNA – The Iranian intelligence forces have dismantled a major network of dealers who were disrupting the country’s petrochemical market. In a…
Photos: Yazd Mirror Palace
IRNA – Mirror Palace mansion (Qasr-e Ayeneh) in Iran’s central city of Yazd is one of the country’s tourist attractions that dates…
Photos: Iran’s Abarkuh hosts historical public lamentations for Imam Hussein
IFP – The “Rawda Khani” or public lamentation is among historical ceremonies annually held in the old part of the city of…
Italy, China to build solar power plant in Iran
RNA – Two Italian and Chinese companies will construct a solar power station in the city of Yazd, central Iran. A memorandum…
Photos: Pahlavanpour Garden of Yazd
IFP- Pahlavanpour Garden is a historical site located in the city of Mehriz in Yazd Province, which manifests Iran’s traditional architecture. This…
Iran opens new solar power plant in Yazd
IFP- The first solar power plant in Iran’s Yazd province, jointly financed by Iran and Germany, was officially inaugurated on Saturday, February…
Photos: Iranian Zoroastrians hold Sadeh festivities
IRNA | Abouzar Ahmadizadeh: The Iranian Zoroastrians held the Sadeh ceremonies on Tuesday in Yazd, central Iran. Sadeh is one of the…
Iranian Zoroastrians hold Sadeh festivities
IRNA – The Iranian Zoroastrians held the Sadeh ceremonies on Tuesday in Yazd, central Iran. Sadeh is one of the most ancient…
Light quake shakes Behabad in Yazd province
IRNA – An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale jolted Behabad city in mid-south province of Yazd early morning of Thursday.…
Ecotourism, major attraction to foreign tourists visiting Yazd
IFP- Ecotourism has turned into a major attraction for foreign visitors travelling to the Iranian province of Yazd. The provinces of Yazd,…
Yazd as 1st pilot tourism city
Financial Tribune- Yazd will be introduced as a pilot tourism city, based on a memorandum of understanding that is to be signed…
A Look at Iranian Newspaper Front Pages on July 10
Iran Front Page- IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Monday, July 10, and picked headlines…
Historical city of Yazd inscribed as world heritage site
IFP – The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added the historical structure of Yazd in central Iran to…
Photos: Zoroastrians flock to sacred temple for annual pilgrimage
ISNA | Mehraban Afsar Keshmiri: Each year from June 14–18, thousands of Zoroastrians from Iran, India and other countries flock to an…
Yazd, a paradise in desert
Iran Daily | Mohammad Hassan Bayegan: Yazd in central Iran has been a manifestation of the brightest cultural heritage and ancient civilization…
From Iran, with cotton candies and elevators
Dawn– Yazd is believed to be one of the most ancient cities of the world and hence a tourist attraction, but Iran’s…
Photos: Yazd holds Zoroastrian Sadeh Festival
ISNA|Baharak Roshanbakhsh: Every year, on 30 January, thousands of Zoroastrians or even the Muslims in Iran as well as other countries gather…
Yazd prov, Indonesia sign MoU on exhibition co-op
IRNA – Yazd International Commercial Exhibitions and Indonesia sealed an exhibition cooperation MoU to cement ties especially in industry, mine and wood…
Nature’s wonders: Two-Headed turtle born in Iran
A two-headed turtle has been born in Khatam, a city in Iran’s central Yazd Province, The Tehran Times reported. The head of the…
Yazd protected areas ravaged by drought
Damage caused by drought in the protected areas of Yazd Province is estimated at close to 940 billion rials ($27.5 million) since…
Water to be transferred from Persian Gulf to central Iran in giant project
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underlined the significance of a major project to resolve the water shortage problem in central…
Rouhani: Country’s security indebted to IRGC, Basij
YAZD, Mar. 07 (MNA) – Iran’s Hassan Rouhani has told public in desert city of Yazd his government has run the country…
Photos: Rouhani arrives in Yazd to open urban projects
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 – Leading a governmental delegation, President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Yazd province on Monday to inaugurated a number of…
Iran police seize large haul of narcotics in central province
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Anti-narcotics units of Iran’s Police in the central province of Yazd seized 652 kg of illicit drugs in a…
Yazd scraps 40 projects
Officials in Yazd Province scrapped plans to build 40 tourist resorts which were previously approved. Since 2007, about 45 regions in the…
French support for Yazd’s UNESCO inscription
Experts from the France-based International Center for Earthen Architecture, CRAterre, have traveled to Yazd to help local cultural heritage officials complete the…
Luxury train carrying European tourists to arrive in Yazd
TEHRAN, Oct. 07 (MNA) – The 7th Thousand and One Nights luxury train will arrive in Iran’s central province of Yazd on…
Photos: Tourists visit Iranian central city of Yazd
YAZD (Tasnim) – Each year, millions of Iranian and foreign tourists visit the 5000-year-old city of Yazd located in central Iran. Yazd…
Taft attractions
Tehran, April 25, IRNA – Taft is one of the counties in the central province of Yazd spread in an area of…
Yazd water reservoirs fallen to neglect
YAZD, Dec. 27 (MNA) – Like their sister wind catchers, historical reservoirs once had been part of the local culture and urban…
Police seize near 800kg of opium in central province
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian anti-drug police forces in the central province of Yazd have seized 786kg of opium in a single…