Golestan Province

By: Moein Motlagh

Golestan prov., best hub for shrimp production, farming

TEHRAN, Oct. 21 (MNA) – Golestan province is one of the main hubs for producing and breeding shrimp in the country. This province enjoys high capacity and potential in shrimp farming in a way that about 80 percent of shrimp produced in this province is exported to foreign countries. Once fisheries’ projects are put into operation in this province, more employment opportunities will be generated in this region for job-seeking people.

By: Raheleh Hesari

Cotton harvest in Golestan province

GORGAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Some 1,500 tons of cotton bolls have been harvested in Golestan province in the current Iranian calendar year (starting on March 21) till the date and the harvesting will continue to mid-November. Here you can see farmers pick cotton by hand.

By: Moein Motlagh

Final match of FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 1 star

BANDAR TORKAMAN, Oct. 06 (MNA) – FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 1 star was held on Oct. 3-5 in northern Iranian city of Bandar Torkaman, Golestan. A total of 13 teams, including eight teams from Iran, two from Thailand, and one each from Côte d’Ivoire, Czech Republic and Kazakhstan participated in the event. Iran A and B teams faced each other in the final showdown where Iran A claimed the title of the tournament.

By: Ali Akbar Jafari

Rice harvest in Golestan

GORGAN, Sep. 01 (MNA) – Farmers have started harvesting rice on paddy fields all across Golestan province, north-east of Iran. The harvest season will continue until the end of summer.

By: Raheleh Hesari

Golestan prov.’s Kabaddi athletes highly welcomed

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) – A welcoming ceremony from Golestan province’s athletes of National Kabaddi Team, who managed to win gold medal in 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, was held in Gorgan in the presence of senior officials of the province.

By: Raheleh Hesari

Pilgrims from north of Iran leave for holy lands in KSA

GORGAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – The first group of pilgrims from Iranian northern province of Golestan left Iran for Saudi Arabia on Saturday noon to attend this year’s rituals of Hajj.

By: Mohammad Moheimani

Summer horse racing in Bandar Torkaman

TEHRAN, Aug. 11 (MNA) – Summer horse racing competitions are underway in Bandar Torkaman, Golestan province.

By: Moein Motlagh

First day of WABA U16 C'ships in Gorgan

GORGAN, Jul. 29 (MNA) – 2018 West Asian Basketball Association (WABA) U16 Championships kicked off on Saturday in Gorgan, Iran's Northern Golestan province. Iran defeated Iraq and Lebanon overpowered Jordan in the first day of the event.

By: Raheleh Tami Hesari

Sericulture in Iran’s Golestan province

MINUDASHT, Jun. 11 (MNA) – Silk farming, also known as sericulture, is one of the seasonal jobs of people living in rural areas of Minudasht, Northeastern Golestan province. The province produces some 160,000 tons of Cocoon annually. Also locals weave various silk cloths with silks produced in their own farms. One of the other important applications of silk is its main role in developing high-quality Iranian handmade carpets.

By: Ali Hamed Haghdoust

Raising horses in Sufian village

TEHRAN, May 24 (MNA) – The city of Gonbad-e-Kavus and the Sufian village in Turkmen Sahra County, Golstan Province in the north of Iran are considered to be major centers for Turkoman horse raising in Iran.

By: Mohammad Mohsenifar

Khalid Nabi Cemetery

TEHRAN, Apr. 09 (MNA) – Khalid Nabi Cemetery is located in Golestan province near the border with Turkmenistan. It is mainly situated on a mountain ridge about 1 km distance from the mausoleum called “Khaled Nabi” who according to oral tradition of the Yomut Turkomans was a pre-Islamic prophet and whose mausoleum is visited by them for pilgrimage together with the neighboring one of Ata Chofun (Father Shepherd), his son-in-law.

By: Hesari; Khakbaz; Abdi

Nature Day across Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 03 (MNA) – Iranian families across the country went out yesterday to spend time picnicking outdoors on Nature Day also known as Sizdah-bedar which marks the end of Nowruz holidays.

By: Raheleh Hesari

Snowfall in Gorgan

TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – The heavy snowfall whitened Gorgan in Golestan province.

By Rahele Hesari

Horse-riding competitions in Gonbad

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – The 12th week of Gonbad horse-riding competitions was held on Friday in Gonbad-e Kavus with 45 contenders taking part in the competitions.

By: Raheleh Hesari

Golestan dabbed in Autumn colors

GORGAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – The northern cities of Iran, an all time favorite tourist destination, are especially more appealing for a short vacation now, with the nature clothed in a breathtaking display of autumn colors of red and yellow before the pure white of winter sets in.

By: Raheleh Hesari

800-old bridge reconstructed in Iran

TEHRAN, Aug. 04 (MNA) – The historic bridge of Aqqala, the only bridge of Iran with brick ornaments, was designed and built in the Safavid dynasty era. The 800-old bridge was damaged 6 years ago after an unprecedented flood hit the northern city of Aqqala in Golestan province of Iran.

By: Ali Akbar Jafari

Horse racing in Bandar Torkaman

BANDAR TORKAMAN, Jul. 08 (MNA) – The second week of summer horse racing competitions were held on Friday in Bandar Torkaman, Golestan province.

By: Raheleh Hesari

Labor min. meets with bereaved families of miners

TEHRAN, May. 26 (MNA) – Iranian Minister of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare Ali Rabiei met with the bereaved families of the miners of the Zemestanyurt coal mine. An explosion at a depth of 1,200 meters in a tunnel of the mine on 3 May 2017, claimed the lives of 42 miners.

Rouhani visits coal mine explosion site

AZADSHAHR, May 07 (MNA) – President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Azadshahr in the northern Iranian province of Golestan to personally visit the site of the coal mine explosion.