Iran expanding saffron cultivation area by 5,000 hectares a year: Official
Press TV – A senior official at Iran’s agriculture ministry says the country is increasing its cultivation area for saffron by 5,000…
Tag Archives: Khorasan province
Photos: Leader receives personnel of S Khorasan Martyrs Congress
Mizan – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei met with staff and personnel of the Congress of Martyrs of…
Persian Leopard sighted in S. Khorasan
Financial Tribune- An image of a Persian leopard has been captured by camera traps in Shaskouh Protected Area in South Khorasan Province.…
New Iron Age site emerges in Khorasan
MNA- Radiocarbon dating by Carbon-14 indicates Samalghan site in Khorasan has been settled from Iron II down to Islamic periods. Mohammad Javad…
Mysterious village of Lilliput in eastern Iran
Makhunik is a village in South Khorasan province, just 20 km from the Iranian border with Afghanistan. The village is popularly known…
Iran, Germany to jointly conduct excavation on eastern Iran
Ashkhane, north Khorasan, June 13, IRNA – Iranian and German excavators will jointly conduct seven-year excavations at cultural heritage site of Mane…
Foreign tourists up in Khorasan povince
Mashad, April 19, IRNA – Director General of Razavi Khorasan Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism Department Hossein Zare Sefat said that foreign…
Iran accounts for 94% of world saffron production
Ninety-four percent of the world saffron production comes from Iran, according to deputy agriculture minister, Mitra Majdzadeh, as reported by Mehr news…
Welcome spring: Iran cradle of tourist sights
TEHRAN (FNA)- Thousands of tourists each year arrive here in Iran to see the country’s natural beauties and get more familiar with…
Iranian veteran musician passes away
MASHHAD, Dec. 08 (MNA) – Khorasan’s veteran Dotar player Zolfaghar Asgarian, after having been hospitalized in ICU for a month, passes away.…
Four corners of Iran, home to saffron
TEHRAN, Aug. 30 (MNA) – Iran is the home to most of world saffron and it is recognized for the best quality…
Poacher selling leopard skin gets tough sentence
A poacher in Northern Khorasan, who was arrested while selling leopard skin, has been sentenced to three years in jail. IRNA reports that…
Three dead in Iran floods, 600 rescued after landslide
Tehran (AFP) – Floods have killed three women in northeastern Iran and emergency workers rescued 600 people from a neighbouring region hit…
Celebration of culture, literature under turquoise dome
TEHRAN, April 14 (MNA) – April 14 is national day for commemoration of Farid ud-Din Attar Nishapuri in his turquoise dome in…
Photos: Iranian students at National Autonomous Robot Racing
130 university teams from all 31 Iranian provinces have competed at the National Autonomous Robot Racing in north-eastern province of Khorasan for…
Photos: Iranian blinds performing plays
Lagoon Residents is name of a play which was performed in Mashahd city of province, north east of Iran; all of the…
Iran Air to resume direct flight from Mashhad to Bahrain
Tehran, Dec 18, IRNA – Iranian airline Iran Air is to resume its direct flight from holy city of Mashhad in the…
First intˈl Holy Quran Congress to be held in Mashhad
Tehran, Nov 18, IRNA – The First International Holy Quran Congress with Special View to Humanity and Society will be held in…
Slight earthquake hits northeastern Iran
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran’s Khorasan Province, northeastern part of the country, was hit by a mild earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale.…