Yazd, tourism center during Muharram ceremonies
MNA – The Muharram mourning ceremonies in commemoration of Imam Hussein (PBUH) have become a tourist attraction across the central province of…
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AEOI rejects rumors on blast in Shahid Rezaei nuclear site
MNA – In a statement on Tuesday, the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) dismissed the rumors of an explosion in Shahid…
Iran police arrest 428 foreign nationals without documents in Yazd
IRNA – Yazd police commander said on Sunday that over the last 48 hours, police officers in an operation identified and arrested…
Afghanistan president urges probing car accident killing 3 Afghans
IRNA – Afghanistan’s president said on Monday that the burning of a car carrying Afghan immigrants in Yazd, Iran should be investigated…
Health minister denies outbreak of coronavirus in Iran
Tasnim – Iran’s Minister of Health Saeed Namaki said on Tuesday there were no cases of coronavirus in the Islamic Republic, quashing…
Iran’s top judge hails efforts to bypass sanctions
Tasnim – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Seyed Ebrahim Raeisi lauded the efforts by Iranian officials and experts to circumvent the foreign sanctions and…
Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express takes dozens of intl. tourists to Yazd
IRNA – Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express train, carrying 39 international tourists, arrived in the central ancient Iranian city of Yazd on Saturday.…
Kharanagh village: An amazing village in Yazd, Iran
Tasnim – Kharanagh village is placed in Ardakan’s suburb, 84km eastern of Yazd city in Iran’s central province of Yazd. Kharanagh village…
Iran’s trade exchanges should go beyond Europe: S. African envoy
IRNA – South African Ambassador to Iran Vika Mazwi Khumalo said on Wednesday that Iran should not wait for Europe only in…
Iran ranked among top 10 tourism hubs in world
MNA – Iran Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) Chief Ali Asghar Moonesan said on Monday that Islamic Republic of Iran…
Minister: Iran’s defense power non-negotiable
Tasnim – Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami reiterated that holding negotiations on the country’s missile and defense power is out…
Iran’s Expediency Council votes in favor of non-Muslim city council member, ending his 9-month suspension
Iranian Diplomacy – In historic vote, Council of Expediency Discernment votes for Zoroastrian Sepenta Niknam to return to the City Council of…
Photos: Lari House in Yazd: A luxury residence for Qajar Aristocrats
Karnaval.ir: The Lari House in Iran’s central city of Yazd has a unique desert architecture that makes it a truly exceptional place…
Iran moves closer to reinstating Zoroastrian city councilor
Al-Monitor- The reinstatement of Sepanta Niknam, who won nearly 22,000 votes in May 2017 for a seat on the city council of…
Account of flame still burning after over 1,500 years
Iran Daily – Yazd fire temple (Atashkadeh in Persian), also known as Bahram fire temple, is a sacred site among Iranian Zoroastrians’…
Number of tourists visiting Iran’s Yazd province up 11%
IFP – The number of tourists visiting the historical city of Yazd in central Iran has considerably increased, a senior tourism official…
Sacred fire alive for 1,550 years at Iranian Zoroastrian temple
Press TV – Iran’s central city of Yazd is home to one of the fire temples most sacred to Zoroastrians worldwide with…
Chinese investors start zinc oxide production in Yazd
IRNA – A Chinese investment company started production of zinc oxide in Yazd of Iran. The unit will soon become operational. The…
Italian paper hails Yazd as shining pearl of Iran
IFP – An Italian daily newspaper has described the historic city of Yazd in central Iran as one of the major cultural…
Yazd restoration schemes await funds
Financial Tribune- The allocation of about 20 billion rials ($480,000) for the restoration of buildings within Yazd’s historical texture is expected by…
Zoroastrian takes center stage on Iran’s political scene
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: The election of Sepanta Niknam, a Zoroastrian, as a city council member in the central Iranian town of…
Tremor jolts border area of Kerman, Yazd provinces
IRNA – An earthquake measuring 4.4 Richter scale jolted Sunday noon border areas of Kerman and Yazd provinces. According to the report…
Iran discovers huge iron ore reserves in Yazd
Press TV- Iran has discovered a new iron ore mine in the central city of Yazd, estimated to hold 2 billion tonnes…
Iran joins club of stone paper producers
IFP- An Iranian production unit has managed to make paper from stone using indigenous technology, making Iran one of the few countries…
Photos: Supreme Leader receives cultural officials of Yazd and Hamedan provinces
IRNA- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei receives cultural officials of Yazd and Hamedan provinces in Tehran on…
Zoroastrian Ossuaries discovered in southeastern Iran
IRNA – Zoroastrian ossuaries were discovered in the Tower of Silence in Torkabad, Yazd, in the first season of archeological explorations, an…
UNESCO to vote on Yazd heritage status
Financial Tribune – The ancient city of Yazd in central Iran will be considered for world heritage status this year when the…
Electric vehicle for tourists
The mayor of Yazd has unveiled a new all-electric vehicle for tourists visiting the historic location. Yazd is a city in Iran’s…
World Islamic Forum condemns spread of Islamphobia, extremism
Tehran, May 25, IRNA – The 7th World Islamic Forum wrapped up in the city of Yazd on Wednesday after issuing a…
Rouhani in Yazd for provincial visit
Yazd, March 7, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in this central province on Monday. Rouhani’s Yazd travel is his 22nd…
Italy to build solar power plants in three Iranian cities
Tehran, February 23, The Iran Project – Following the talks between Renewable Energy Organization of Iran and Italian company of Finergy, Italian side agreed to…
Yazd witnesses five-fold rise in tourism
Tehran, Jan 26, IRNA – Yazd Province in central Iran has seen a five-fold rise in the number of tourists in 2015,…
Germany major importer of hand-woven carpets from Iran’s Yazd Prov. in past 5 years
Yazd, Jan 13, IRNA – Commercial Affairs Deputy of the Head of the Yazd branch of the Industries, Mines and Trade Organization…
A visit to intriguing Iran
Iran doesn’t make it onto most Americans’ vacation radar. Yet for me and my wife, Harriet, experiencing the wonders of ancient Persia…
Another asiatic cheetah sighted in Yazd
YAZD, Dec. 07 (MNA) – Director of Iranian Cheetah Society has announced the sighting and registering of another new Asiatic Cheetah in…
Second European train of tourists arrives in Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- A second train carrying European tourists arrived in Tehran to visit different cities. The first rail tourists visited Zanjan, Isfahan,…
‘Mazari,’ an old profession still practiced in Yazd
YAZD, Sep. 09 (MNA) – Henna grinding profession (‘mazari’) has a long history in Yazd which is still practiced in traditional bazaar…
“The responsibility of protecting the environment and the wildlife has given us a significant level of pride” says the Game Gaurd from Yazd
Among the celebrated Game Guards at the ceremony to celebrate outstanding Iranian Game Guards from the Conservation of the Asiatic Cheetah Project was Morteza…
The Islamic Republic of Iran wins 2014 UNESCO Asia‐Pacific Award of Distinction for Cultural Heritage Conservation
2 Sep 2014 – A total of 14 projects from 10 countries, including Afghanistan, the Islamic Republic of Iran, New Zealand and…
Photos: Yazd’s beautiful wind-catcher internals
YAZD, Aug. 17 (MNA) – Yazd is a desert city in the center of Iran. The city’s traditional architecture is windcatchers. A…