Kaleybar area, located in Irans northeastern province of East Azarbaijan, played host to a cultural and sports festival of the country's nomadic tribal communities. [gallery size="medium" columns="2" link="file" ids="396559,396560,396561,396562,396563,396564,396565,396566,396567,396568,396569,396570,396571,396572,396573,396574,396575,396576,396577,...

Tasnim President of Iran Hassan Rouhani inaugurated three major power and water projects in the provinces of Kermanshah, Ardabil, and East Azarbaijan. The projects, inaugurated by President Rouhani through videoconference on Thursday, include the second gas unit of Dalahoo Combined Cycle Power Plant in Eslamabad-e-Gharb County in Kermanshah province....

Tasnim Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday launched four major power and water projects in the provinces of Kermanshah, Ardabil, East Azarbaijan. Among the projects inaugurated by the Iranian president via video links on Thursday was the second gas unit of Dalahoo Combined Cycle Power Plant in Eslamabad-e-Gharb County in the western province ...

ISNA | Soheil Faraji: The water level of Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, has increased considerably, thanks to the heavy precipitations during the past months. Shared between West Azarbaijan and East Azarbaijan provinces, it was once the largest salt-water lake in the Middle East; however, decades of long-standing drought spells and elevated hot summer ...

Press TV - The Saint Stepanos Monastery is one of the most ancient churches in the world which was built back in ninth century. This beautiful landmark is located about 15 km northwest of Jolfa city, East Azarbaijan Province northwestern Iran.              

Tasnim The Intelligence forces of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), in another move to combat economic corruption, managed to arrest members of a major money laundering ring in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan. The intelligence forces of the IRGC in Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Province, identified and apprehended the ringleaders ...

Press TV - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has opened one of the countrys largest onshore wind farms in a region northwest of the country. The Aqkand Wind Farm, located around 200 kilometers from Tabriz, the capital of East Azerbaijan province, came on line on Wednesday after Rouhani ordered its opening via video conference. The 57mn project,...

IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani referred to enemies conspiracies against Iranians, saying Iranian people will continue their way and will not bow to pressures. Speaking to reporters at the end of his tour to East Azarbaijan Province, the Iranian president said that people of Azarbaijan have never let enemies win and have preserved their independence ...

MNA President Hassan Rouhani will travel to East Azarbaijan province on Wednesday to inaugurate a major railroad project in the northwestern province. Rouhanis trip, initially scheduled for Monday, was postponed due to the passing of his sister. He will attend the funeral ceremony in the central province of Semnan on Monday. During his trip ...

Financial Tribune - East Azarbaijan Province exported agricultural products worth $220 million during the seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Oct. 22) to register a 48% growth compared with last years corresponding period. According to Akbar Fathi, the head of East Azarbaijan Agricultural Jihad Organization, the province has a 4.5% ...

IRNA - An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale shook town of Torkmanchai on suburb of the city of Mianeh northwestern Iran in East Azarbaijan province on Sunday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 05:43 hours local time (02:13 GMT) and at the depth of 8 km underground....

IRNA Firefighters put out extensive forest fire in Arasbaran forest in East Azarbaijan province, northwestern Iran, after four days campaign on Friday night. Fire in the forest of Arasbaran is nothing new; since the beginning of the current Iranian year the forest caught fire 24 times. But the latest fire was unprecedented; it started on the ...

IRNA Tabriz Municipality in northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan and an Austrian company signed an agreement to cooperate on tourism area and urban services. Tabriz was designated as Capital of Islamic Tourism in 2018 by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). Asked about the agreement, Manager of Tabriz Municipality's investment ...

Tehran Times President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday unveiled a gigantic handwoven carpet during the opening ceremony of an international carpet fair, running in Tabriz from August 1 to 4. Measuring 600 square meters, the carpet is said to be worth some $100 million, Tasnim reported. Tabriz International Carpet Fair featured handwoven carpets from ...

Financial Tribune - Thirty-five projects, worth of $1 billion were launched in East Azarbaijan Province Thursday. Power production capacity has reached 81,700 megawatts from 62,000 MW six years ago, President Hassan Rouhani said during the inauguration of the first phase of Heris Combined-Cycle Power Plant in Heris County. Over the past six years ...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani will make a trip to East Azarbaijan this week to inaugurate three major water supply projects in the northwestern Iranian province. The three projects include Hajilarchay dam in Varzeqan, a project to supply water for 700,000 hectares of farming lands in Jolfa and a water supply project of Khodafarin dam. The ...

MNA Kandovan is a historical village in Iran's East Azarbaijan province, near the city of Tabriz. It is one of the three rocky villages in the world and the beauties of this village have made it one of the strangest villages in Iran. Location Kandovan Village is located 60 kilometers southwest of Tabriz in Sahand Rural District, in the Central ...

FNA - Iran's security forces have captured tens of Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO, also known as the MEK, PMOI and NCRI) and Takfiri terrorists in the past Iranian year (ended on March 20), a senior intelligence official stated on Wednesday. "Given the fact that East Azarbaijan province (in Northwestern Iran) is on the path used for the trafficking ...

MNA Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani arrived in Tabriz International Airport, East Azarbaijan province this morning on Jan. 30 for the inauguration of some development projects. Upon his arrival in this province, he said, suitable opportunity has been provided for settling problems facing this province. In this visit, Parliament Speaker ...

Tasnim Irans intelligence forces disbanded an organized network that has been disrupting the plastic industry market in the country for the past three years. The Intelligence Ministry forces in the northwestern province of East Azarbaijan managed to detect and bust the network after complicated intelligence operations. By forming cooperative ...