Iran has discovered new oil reserves in the countrys southwest, the details of which will be announced by Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji in the near future, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) says. Iranian experts have also carried out well-logging on an offshore exploratory block in the Persian Gulf with gas reserves estimated at 30 trillion ...

The registration of the Cultural Landscape of Huraman or Uraman, located in the heart of the Zagros Mountains in the provinces of Kordestan and Kermanshah, on the UNESCO list signifies the important role played by the region in the development of Irans tourism sector. Proper management would help generate jobs in the region and allow the local economy ...

Al-Monitor - Wildfires that raged for two weeks turned significant swaths of Irans western forests into ash as state bureaucracy dramatically slowed down an efficient response. Wildfires broke out in southwestern Iran during the last week of May and clawed their path up north and west, spreading across much of the Zagros Mountains and leaving behind ...

IRNA - Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Army have dispatched their helicopters to Zagros long mountain range in northwestern Iran to contain forest fire. The helicopters have been sent to the scene after the firm order issued by the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to extinguish fire in forests of Bushehr, south of Iran, and Khuzestan,...

IFP- An avalanche in western Iran has fatally buried nine professional mountain climbers who were returning from a peak they had conquered. The hikers were among a group of 14 from the city of Mashhad along with a local guide who were trapped by the avalanche on Thursday while climbing the mountains in Lorestan Province. They were ...

After Tom Leitner and Roman Rohrmoser, Frenchman Leo Slemett and GermanJochen Mesle join Fabian Lentsch in Iran, their high expectations are not disappointed. This beautiful country is home to one of the world's oldest civilisations and the guys get their full share of culture, adventure and some big lines in the remote Zagros mountains. After scoring ...

[caption id="attachment_137770" align="alignright" width="232"] Conservation of Biodiversity in Central Zagros Landscapes' goal is ultimately to ensure the protection and sustainability of use and exploitation of all biodiversity in the Central Zagros Region. Photo Credit: Farid Atar[/caption] Dating back 5000 years, oak forests play a vital role ...

SHAHREKORD, Nov. 24 (MNA) Autumnal colors of red and orange along with snowy mountains has imparted Choghakhor wetland breathtaking beauty. The wetland in the highest spot of the country on Zagros mounts is among the most picturesque landscapes of Chahar Mahal and Bakhtiari province, which joins Zagros massifs with Isfahan on the edge of the Irans ...

SHAHREKORD, May 20 (MNA) Darreh-e-Eshq (literally Valley of Love in Persian) has been described a piece of paradise for its capturing of breath-taking beauty of Zagros. Located in Ardal County, 110 Km from Shahrekord, of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, the valley and the village had been a tourist magnet in Zagros Mountains. With many seasonal and ...