Tasnim - Iranian Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatami unveiled the upgrading line of the tanks of Armed Forces in Lorestan province on Thursday. Iranian Minister of Defense Brigadier General Amir Hatami unveiled the upgrading and optimizing line for the operational capacity of the tanks of Armed Forces as well as a test field in Dorud ...

Iran Review - Archeologists have discovered a historic polo field in Irans western province of Lorestan by unearthing the stone goal posts of the field and an inscription with a Persian poem on it. Director of the Iranian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourisms office in Lorestan Province said archaeologists and anthropologists ...

Sputnik - On Thursday, an earthquake estimated at 5.1 magnitude hit a large part of Iran, including the Tehran province in the northern areas of the country. One day earlier, another earthquake with the same strength hit the province of Lorestan in the western regions of the country. A Wednesday earthquake in Irans western province of Lorestancaused ...

Financial Tribune - The highest and lowest average annual inflation rates were registered for Lorestan and West Azarbaijan provinces with 34.2% and 10.1% respectively The average Consumer Price Index for home rents in urban areas in the last fiscal year (ended March 19, 2020) increased by 23.2% compared with the corresponding period of the year ...

Reuters - An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck Irans western province of Lorestan on Wednesday, Iranian state TV reported, adding that there were no immediate reports of casualties. The quake was at a depth of 7 km (4.4 miles), state TV said, and took place near the city of Firouzabad. Four rescue teams have been dispatched to the area, TV said....

Tasnim | Aziz Babanezhad: Lorestan province in western Iran is known for its pristine nature, which is quite stunning during spring. What follows are photos of spring blooms in Hanam village near Aleshtar city, Lorestan province.  

Financial Tribune - Heavy rains that began Monday have led to flash floods in the west and southwest of Iran, causing damage to infrastructure in some provinces. In western Lorestan Province, 37 villages are disconnected from the power grid and water supply to 23 villages has been cut off. Gas supply is cut off in Mamulan City, the Energy Ministry ...

Tehran Times Iran has added Azna snow tunnel, which is one of the most spectacular landscapes in western Lorestan province, to its national heritage list, ILNA reported on Thursday. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism announced the inscription on Thursday in a letter to governor general of the province, the report added....

IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that It is an honor for him to be sanctioned for serving Iranian people and defending their rights. Addressing a ceremony to support flood-hit people in Lorestan province, he deplored that they could not benefit from the aid of Iranian expatriates due to US sanctions blocking Iranian banking ties....

Tehran Times - Irans Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism has extended permit for exploration at the Kaldar Cave, which has previously yielded a fragment of a fossilized skull along with some stone tools attributed to Homo sapiens. Situated in western Lorestan province, Kaldar is a key archaeological site that provides evidence of ...

Tasnim | Aziz.Babanezhad: Nomads in western Iran are relocating to mountainous areas of the province of Lorestan to graze their sheep before the beginning of hot season.    

Al Jazeera - The repair bill for flood damage in�Iran�is expected to be around $2.5bn. Millions of Iranians are rebuilding their lives after devastating floods a month ago. As Al Jazeera's Zein Basravi reports from Lorestan Province, the crisis has come at a bad time for Iran's shrinking economy, hampered by US sanctions.

Tasnim - Five people were killed and 38 wounded when a bus overturned on Sunday night in Iran's Western Lorestan Province. The bus, carrying 48 passengers, was travelling on the road from Doroud to Khorramabad, an artery in Western Lorestan province while transporting pilgrims from Jamkaran in the city of Qom towards Kuhdasht at 9:10 p.m. when the ...

Tasnim | Aziz Babanejad: Heavy rainfall during recent days in western cities�caused unprecedented flood in Lorestan porvince and Pol-e Dohktar to Korramabad Transit road was blocked.�  

IRNA - Iran's Health Minister Saeed Namaki announced that unprecedented heavy rain and flash floods in Iran have so far left 45 victims. Addressing Lorestan crisis management meeting, Namaki said people could pass a difficult step by solidarity and unity. He added that despite heavy floods, no infection case has been reported. Meanwhile, earlier ...

IRNA Production and hunting of aquatic animals has grown forty times in the past forty years, Minister of Agriculture Mahmoud Hojjati said. Speaking in a local ceremony in the city of Poldokhtar, in western province of Lorestan, Hojjati noted that 'Right after the revolution our production was just 30,000 tons but now the figure has risen to 1....

Tasnim - An Iranian policeman was martyred and another officer is in coma after unknown gunmen opened fire at the police vehicle patrolling near Darreh Garm region in the city of Khorramabad in Lorestan Province on early hours of Wednesday. Deputy Police Chief of Lorestan Province Seyyed Ali Mirrahmadi said that at 2:00 am local time, two gunmen ...

Tasnim Heavy snowfall in mountainous areas of Irans western province of Lorestan caused many rural roads across Aligudarz county to be closed and unleashed a landslide that has blocked a river valley. It has cut off roads connecting 147 villages with a total population of 21,000 to Aligudarz, head of the crisis management organization of Lorestan ...

IRNA - An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale shook Zagheh, Lorestan Province early on Monday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the quake occurred at 2:55 hours local time (23:25 GMT) at the depth of 8 km underground. The epicenter of the quake was located at 33.33 degrees longitude ...

IFP - Holding wedding ceremonies in the traditional style has been around for thousands of years in Lorestan Province, west of Iran. Although these ceremonies have been forgotten over time and replaced with fashionable parties, there are still couples who want to hold their wedding ceremony in the way their predecessors did. What follows ...