TEHRAN – Some restoration projects, aimed at breathing new lives into five Asbads (ancient vertical windmills) within Khaf region have been started.

“There are 33 Asbads in Khaf, and 10 in Sangan,” said the governor-general of Khaf county, “Their restoration and preservation operations have been commenced four years ago.”

Every year, Mahdi Abbaspour added, based on the allocated budget, a number of the windmills undergo restoration.
According to the official, three windmills located in Khaf along with two in Sangan are planned to be fully restored before this year is out.
Further elaborating on the process, Abbaspour outlined that the operation features excavation, wall construction, foundation work, plastering, and roofing.

“The Asbads have been inscribed in UNESCO tentative list in 2017,” he noted, hoping for future World Heritage List inclusion.

UNESCO says Asbad is a smart technique to grind grains, a technique which goes back to ancient times when the people living in the eastern parts of Iran, in an attempt to adapt themselves to nature and transform environmental obstacles into opportunities, managed to invent it.
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