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2019-12-11 18:36
Austrian ambassador visits tourist sites in western Iran
TEHRAN – Vienna’s ambassador to Tehran Stefan Scholz on Tuesday visited several travel attractions in Kermanshah province, western Iran.
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2019-12-01 18:23
Vandalized prehistorical bas-relief restored in western Iran
TEHRAN – A 3rd-millennium-BC bas-relief, vandalized on a rock surface in western Iran earlier in September, has been restored without damaging its other undestroyed sections.
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2019-11-24 20:39
Tribal rituals, arts and crafts on show at Kermanshah festival
TEHRAN – Tribespeople and nomads, who are natives of 21 Iranian provinces, on Saturday started showcasing and promoting their rituals, arts, crafts and souvenirs at a national festival in the western city of Kermanshah.
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2019-11-10 18:26
From generation to generation: The art of Tanbur in Kermanshah
Tanbur, a long-necked fretted lute, is an inseparable part of the lives of the Kurds in Iran, so much so that the children learn how to play it before they learn how to read and write.
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2019-10-30 19:28
Newly-found petroglyph in western Iran may have link to Mithraism
TEHRAN – A newly-discovered rock-carving in western Iran could have a link to Mithraism, a prehistorical religion inspired by Iranian worship of the Zoroastrian god Mithra.
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2019-10-29 18:26
UNESCO assessors to visit Uraman landscape in western Iran
TEHRAN - A team of experts affiliated with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is scheduled to visit Iran assessing Uraman landscape for possibly listing of the historical region as a World Heritage.
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2019-09-28 22:22
72 schools inaugurated in quake-stricken Kermanshah
TEHRAN – During a ceremony on Saturday, Education Minister Mohsen Haji Mirzaei inaugurated 72 schools in quake-hit underprivileged areas of Kermanshah province through video conferencing, IRIB news agency reported.
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2019-09-24 19:28
Traces of early humans found in southern Iran
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists has found traces of early humans and their basic handmade tools near the village of Bangelayan, southern Hormozgan province.
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2019-09-22 18:52
Sapienza University to document historical sites in western Iran
TEHRAN – A team of experts from Sapienza University of Rome is slated to document some historical sites that are scattered across Kermanshah province, western Iran.
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2019-09-06 17:38
Millennia-old bas-relief found in western Iran
TEHRAN – A bas-relief, estimated to date from over 3,000 years ago, has recently been discovered in Kermanshah province, western Iran.
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2019-08-20 11:45
Explore “Everest of all caves” in western Iran
TEHRAN – Photos show rock climbers rappelling through Iran’s Parau Cave, locally renowned as “Everest of all caves”.
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2019-08-17 19:08
Iran among countries with Neanderthal discoveries
TEHRAN - A new find, recently published in the Journal of Human Evolution, suggests that Neanderthals were roaming at the Iranian Zagros Mountain sometimes between 40 to 70 thousand years ago.
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2019-08-04 19:34
UNESCO-tagged Bisotun hosting workshop for tour guides
TEHRAN – Iran’s UNESCO-tagged Bisotun is hosting a 5-day professional workshop for tourist guides as the country is trying its best to draw more sightseers.
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2019-07-28 18:29
Kermanshah handicrafts on show in Tehran
TEHRAN – A wide-ranging collection of handicrafts, being made for centuries in Iran’s western Kermanshah province, has been put on show at the headquarters of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization in Tehran.
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2019-07-26 22:35
Over 300,000 visits to Kermanshah sites recorded
TEHRAN – More than 300,000 travelers visited major historical sites across Kermanshah province during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21).
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2019-07-20 20:26
Nationwide crafts exhibit underway in Kermanshah
TEHRAN – A nationwide sales exhibition has brought together tens of Iranian craftspeople in Kermanshah, western Iran.
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2019-07-12 13:06
Animation, puppet festival underway in Kermanshah
A group students performs a puppet show during the opening ceremony of the 2nd Iran Animation and TV Puppet Show Festival in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah on July 9, 2019.
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2019-05-11 23:04
Fairly strong quakes shake western, southeastern Iran
TEHRAN — Fairly powerful quakes hit Ezgeleh, western province of Kermanshah, and Zahedan, southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, on Saturday.
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2019-05-06 21:26
Brazil seeks to import petrochemicals from Iran: envoy
TEHRAN- Brazil wants to import petrochemical products from Iran as the cost of producing these products is high in the Latin American country, Brazilian Ambassador to Iran Rodrigo de Azeredo Santos stated.
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2019-04-01 21:14
400 cities, villages inundated with floods nationwide: Minister
TEHRAN-- Devastating floods have hit 400 villages and cities in 15 provinces across the country, Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli has said.
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2019-03-12 22:01
$2.8b government aid paid to quake-stricken Kermanshah
TEHRAN – The government has so far spent 120 trillion rials (about $2.8 billion) to make up for the damages caused by earthquake in the western province of Kermanshah, Esmaeil Najjar, head of the National Disaster Management Organization has said.
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2019-02-21 01:57
2,500 houses reconstructed in quake-affected Kermanshah
TEHRAN – Some 2,500 residential units have been reconstructed in quake-stricken regions of the western province of Kermanshah, and will be inaugurated by the end of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 20), deputy director for housing department of Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has said.
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2019-02-17 21:15
KRG vows to keep ties with Iran despite sanctions
TEHRAN – The Iraqi Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is profoundly indebted to Iran’s support in the past, a Kurdish official has said, adding that the KRG is hopeful to partially make up for Tehran’s helps now that the U.S. has imposed unilateral sanctions against the country.
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2019-01-14 18:37
Kermanshah exhibit explores history of ties between UN, Iran
TEHRAN – An exhibition of photos and documents featuring major events occurring over 73 years of relations between Iran and the United Nations opened on Monday at a complex in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah.
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2019-01-11 21:25
23,000 housing units completed in quake-stricken Kermanshah
TEHRAN—Some 23,000 housing units were completed in quake-stricken regions of the western province of Kermanshah, deputy director at the Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation has said.
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2019-01-06 22:09
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rocks western city of Gilan-e Gharb
TEHRAN—An earthquake measuring 5.9 on Richter scale shook the western city of Gilan-e Gharb, Kermanshah province, on Sunday.
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2019-01-02 21:02
Kermanshah exports $8m of handicrafts in 6 months
TEHRAN - Handicrafts exports from Kermanshah province reached $8 million during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2018).
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2018-12-29 21:14
Kermanshah to host national craft workshop
TEHRAN – Kermanshah province’s cultural heritage department is scheduled to hold a four-day national craft workshop from January 8 to 11, 2019.
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2018-12-28 23:56
Hospital damaged by Kermanshah quake reopens
TEHRAN — A hospital which was damaged over last year’s devastating earthquake of Kermanshah, western Iran, was reopened on Thursday, ISNA news agency reported.
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2018-11-27 16:52
Buildings in Kermanshah withstand massive 6.4 quake: report
TEHRAN — While a powerful quake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale rocked the western city of Sarpol-e Zahab in Kermanshah province on Sunday, almost all buildings withstood the temblor, local media reported.