Yazd
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By: Abolfazl Mohammadi
Foreign tourists attending Muharram mourning in Yazd
YAZD, Sep. 19 (MNA) – A host of foreign tourists annually attend Muharram mourning ceremonies in Yazd province. Some of them reportedly come to Iran and Yazd province exclusively for viewing these processions.
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Iranian Yazd, Austrian Linz to become sister cities: Yazd city council
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – The head of city council of Iranian Yazd says that efforts are going on to reach a sisterhood agreement between Yazd and Austrian city of Linz.
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Austria tries to preserve financial channels with Iran: envoy
TEHRAN, Aug. 12 (MNA) – Austrian Ambassador to Tehran Stefan Scholz said that his country tries to keep financial channels with Iran open.
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By Afshin Majlesi
Meybod: Open-air museum of ancient watermills
MAYBOD, Aug. 10 (MNA) – Some 50 kilometers north of Yazd, central Iran, lies the sprawling mud-brick city of Meybod, whose tourism officials are planning to internationally promote it as the “city of watermills”.
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By: Lachin Rezaian
Yazd, land of brown memories
TEHRAN, Aug. 06 (MNA) – The well-preserved mud brick old architecture, distinctive wind-catchers, qanats, numerous historical sites in the central city of Iran, Yazd, make it a necessary destination for any tourist visiting Iran.
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By: Abolfazl Mohammadi
Energy min. opens 10 MW solar farm in Yazd
TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – Iranian Energy Minister Hamidreza Ardakanian inaugurated a 10 megawatt photovoltaic power farm in Iranian central city of Yazd on Thursday afternoon.
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No deadlock exists in Islamic Establishment: Rezaie
TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – Secretary of Iran's Expediency Council and Mohsen Rezaei referred to new decision of the Expediency Council about minorities and said that there is no deadlock in the Establishment if all keep abiding by the Constitution.
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Sepanta Niknam reinstated as city councilor
TEHRAN, Jul. 21 (MNA) – The Expediency Council has approved a reform bill on candidacy of religious minorities for the city and village council elections, thus allowing suspended Zoroastrian city councilor Sepanta Niknam to run for office.
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By: Abolfazl Mohammadi
12000-year-old Arnan petroglyphs
YAZD, Jun. 27 (MNA) – Eighty kilometres southwest of Yazd city, in the slate rock of the Arnan height, thirty one rock art petroglyphs (scraped or scratched rock art) figures dating to the stone ages (the Neolithic) - that is some 4,000 to 12,000 years ago - were discovered when excavating a water channel called a kareez or qanat.
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By: Milad Raf'at
Saheb al-Zaman Zurkhaneh
YAZD, May 25 (MNA) – Saheb al-Zaman Zurkhaneh (house of strength) is located in Yazd, Iranian central province, where noblemen exercise using heavy wooden clubs to build muscle. The practitioners of this ancient sport are expected to display chivalrous values and embrace high integrity.
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By: Milad Rafat
Yazd Grand Mosque
YAZD, Apr. 21 (MNA) – The fascinating Grand Mosque of Yazd is in the southern Iranian province of Yazd and it is depicted on the Iranian 200 rials banknote as a manifestation of Iranian-Islamic architecture. It was built in 12th century at the time of Timurid Empire also known as Gurkani.
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By: Abolfazl Mohammadi
Flowers exhibition in Yazd
TEHRAN, Apr. 16 (MNA) – The second exhibition of flowers and house plants is underway in southeastern Iranian city of Yazd.
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‘Silk Road’ train carrying foreign tourists arrives in Isfahan
TEHRAN, Apr. 07 (MNA) – The ‘Silk Road’ train carrying foreign tourists arrived in the tourist city of Isfahan in central Iran on Friday evening.
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By: Abolfazl Mohammadi
Winter flowering bulbs
TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – While more than a month remains to year end and the beginning of spring, almond trees have blossomed in the villages of Yazd province, making farmers worried about the frostbite of their produce despite frequent droughts.
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Two industrial plants opened in Yazd
TEHRAN, Feb. 03 (MNA) – Iranian First Vice-President Es’hagh Jahangiri opened two new industrial units on Saturday in Ardakan County of Iranian province of Yazd.
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By: Aboulfazl Mohammadi
Zoroastrians celebrate annual feast of Sadeh in Yazd
TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – Iranian central province of Yazd homes a big share of Iranian Zoroastrians. Zoroastrians celebrated the religious feast of "Jashn-e Sadeh" on Tuesday by burning firewood on an open space to signify the coming of spring and as a symbolic token of the eternal fight with mischief. The feast is marked on the tenth day of the eleventh month of Iranian calendar annually.
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Can Construction event in Yazd sets new Guinness Record
YAZD, Dec. 03 (MNA) – The first edition of National Can Construction Competitions was held in the central Iranian city of Yazd where the world’s largest can construction was built with representatives of Guinness World Records in attendants.
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Parl. Nuclear Committee to visit Isfahan UCF
TEHRAN, Dec. 01 (MNA) – Head of Iranian Parliament’s Nuclear Committee said members of the Committee will make a visit to Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) of Isfahan on December 04.
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By: Abolfazl Mohammadi
Zoroastrians send aid to quake-hit fellow Iranians
TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) – Zoroastrians of Iran, who have a large community in the ancient city of Yazd in central Iran, collected and sent their first cargo of relief for the quake stricken fellow Iranians in western province of Kermanshah where the Nov. 12 earthquake claimed the lives of around 500 and left around 9000 homeless.
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By: Abolfazl Mohammadi
Yazd plays host to national squash league
YAZD, Nov. 17 (MNA) – The first week of National Men’s Squash League was held over two days in the central Iranian city of Yazd where eight team from various provinces faced rivals.
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By: Abolfazl Mohammadi
Yazd hosts National Paragliding Festival
YAZD, Nov. 05 (MNA) – Yazd province in central Iran played host to National Paragliding Festival.The province is a budding destination for countrywide aeronautical athletes and associated tourists in autumn due to its mild and favorable weather conditions.
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By: Mina Ahmadi
Yazd, manifestation of ancient civilization
TEHRAN, Oct. 16 (MNA) – Yazd is the first adobe city in the world and is the second historical city after Venice, Italy.
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By: Abolfazl Mohammadi
Foreign tourists attend Ashura mourning in Yazd
TEHRAN, Oct. 03 (MNA) – A large number of foreign tourists from different countries attended the mourning ceremony of Imam Hossein (AS) in Yazd.
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By: Milad Rafat
Shah Abbasi Caravanserai
MEYBOD, Sep. 26 (MNA) – Shah Abbasi Caravanserai is a roadside inn, located in Meybod, Yazd, Iran, and is one of the important structures during Safavid era. The place is made of brick with four veranda method. The building is made up of covered passageways, exterior verandas, vestibule, central yard and one hundred rooms.
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Iran, Indonesia to boost economic ties
TEHRAN, Aug. 28 (MNA) – Indonesian ambassador to Iran said trade turnover between Tehran and Jakarta, which stood at $338 million in 2016, could rise to a total 600 million dollars by the end of 2017.
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Industry min. inaugurates Iran’s largest lead, zinc mine
TEHRAN, Jul. 18 (MNA) – Extraction from Iran’s largest and the world’s second largest lead and zinc reserve began today at a ceremony attended by Industry Minister Nematzadeh.
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Yazd enters UNESCO’s World Heritage List
TEHRAN, Jul. 09 (MNA) – The World Heritage Committee unanimously placed Yazd city in Iran on World Heritage List during its 41st session in Krakow, Poland.
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Basement bathroom unearthed in Yazd
YAZD, Aug. 09 (MNA) – A professor of the Faculty of Arts and Architecture, University of Yazd has announced a 200-year-old bathroom in the basement of a Qajar-era building has been uncovered.
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By: Iman Maleki
Tourist attractions of Yazd
YAZD, May 17 (MNA) – The capital of Yazd province has a unique Persian architecture. The historical city is nicknamed the city of wind catchers because of its ancient Persian wind catchers.