IFP- While most ski resorts in Iran are located in northern and western parts, the mostly dry and semi-dry provinces in the east are also home to one ski resort. Shirbad Ski Resort, 70 kilometres west of Mashhad in northeastern Iran, is located at an altitude of 2,800 metres above the sea level. It was established in 2009.   ...

Business Times- As a fierce blizzard sweeps mountains outside Tehran, a team of elite Swiss ski instructors refuses to allow the deep freeze to stand in the way of warming ties with Iran. "The conditions are... interesting," laughed Vincent Pilet, a member of the Swiss team, as snow whipped sideways into the window of the cafe in Darbandsar resort,...