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2024-04-28 17:01
Nomadic arts: discover rich tradition of Gabbeh carpets
TEHRAN - Gabbeh is a simple and colorful hand-knotted textile with a pile of long threads. It is exclusively made by the nomadic people of southern Iran and is used as a floor covering.
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2023-05-08 22:00
Belad-e Shapur, a treasured ruined Sassanid city, undergoes restoration
TEHRAN – A new round of restoration work has commenced on Belad-e Shapur, whose ruins draw avid sightseers, historians and researchers to the ancient Sassanid city in southwest Iran.
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2023-01-07 18:59
Reservoir may submerge Elamite, Achaemenid, and Islamic relics
TEHRAN – Some archaeologists have warned against the planned inauguration of a dam in southwestern Iran because it may flood ruins and relics from the Elamite, Achaemenid, and early Islamic eras.
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2022-11-26 18:25
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad has untapped potential for tribal tourism, official says
TEHRAN – The southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province has great potential to become a tribal tourism hub, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.
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2022-11-12 23:41
Lesser-known province to boost tourism
TEHRAN –Iranian government plans to boost tourism across the southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, IRNA reported on Saturday.
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2022-10-01 19:29
Gigantic water park under construction in Yasuj
TEHRAN – A gigantic water park is being constructed in Yasuj, the capital of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, southwest Iran, according to the provincial tourism chief.
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2022-07-23 19:06
Festival to put western provinces on culture lovers’ map
TEHRAN – Tehran’s Milad Tower is set to host a festival dedicated to attractions of western Iranian provinces, believed to be quite unknown for many culture lovers.
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2022-07-15 21:31
Ways to buttress tribal tourism discussed
TEHRAN – On Friday, a meeting in Yasuj, the capital of the southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, discussed ways to develop and promote tribal tourism, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.
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2022-06-26 21:00
Landscaping to tilt face of Safavid mosque in southwestern Iran
TEHRAN - A landscaping project has commenced on Murk Mosque, aimed to trim the face of the modest place of worship and its premises located in the ancient city of Belad Shapur, southwestern Iran.
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2022-06-10 21:01
Ruined Sassanid bridge to be reinforced
TEHRAN – The eighth round of a restoration project will commence on the Sassanid-era Barim arch bridge in the southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, a local tourism official has said.
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2022-05-24 21:30
Sassanid city of Belad Shapur to undergo restoration
TEHRAN – A fresh restoration project is to commence on the ruined Sassanid city of Belad Shapur, which is situated in Dehdasht, southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the provincial tourism chief has said.
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2022-01-18 18:55
Harvest festivals aimed to underpin tourism in Iranian province
TEHRAN – Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad considers holding various harvest festivals to develop agritourism across the southwestern Iranian province.
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2022-01-15 20:30
Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad to boost religious tourism
TEHRAN – Religious tourism is planned to be developed across the southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the provincial tourism chief has said.
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2021-12-28 20:53
Flood-hit walls of fortress undergo restoration
TEHRAN – The protective wall of Dishmok historical fortress in southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province has undergone some rehabilitation works, a local tourism official has announced.
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2021-12-11 21:34
Iranian town to boost medical tourism
TEHRAN – Local authorities plan to boost medical tourism in Gachsaran town, southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the provincial tourism chief has said.
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2021-10-19 22:02
Nomadic art of giant tents revived in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
TEHRAN - The nomadic art of making Siah-Chador (giant “black tents”), which was once on the verge of oblivion in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, has been revived in various counties of the western Iranian province.
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2021-10-17 20:30
Workshops to revive traditional blacksmithing in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
TEHRAN – Several old-hand masters of blacksmithing have been invited to help revive the traditional skills of the craft that is on the verge of oblivion across Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province in southwest Iran.
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2021-10-16 18:30
$470,000 allocated to reinforce, restore ancient Belad Shapur
TEHRAN - The ancient town of Belad Shapur in the southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province has seen many measures taken to reinforce and reorganize its historical monuments, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.
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2021-10-03 11:43
President Raisi meets locals in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
TEHRAN — President Ebrahim Raisi visited Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province. It was his fifth provincial trip since he took office in early August. With his field trips and talking to the public, the president has won the hearts of masses. Meeting with locals and dignified persons and participating in the meeting of the administrative council in Yasouj, the provincial capital, were among the travel plans of the president.
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2021-10-01 21:11
Lesser-known destinations to gain footholds on tourism map
TEHRAN – Much more attention will be devoted to various destinations in the west side of Iran, the ones which are generally lesser-known to potential sightseers and vacationers, an official with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts has said.
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2021-10-01 18:16
Ways to foster tourism in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad to be explored, Iranian president says
TEHRAN – On Friday, Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi paid a visit to Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad where he issued a decree to examine ways to develop the tourism industry of the southwestern province.
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2021-09-21 21:30
Police bust gang of illegal excavators in southwest Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently busted a gang of illegal diggers in Khanmirza county, southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the provincial tourism chief has announced.
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2021-09-17 18:28
Handicrafts center to open in Dishmok
TEHRAN - A house of handicrafts is planned to be established in Dishmok, a mountainous town in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the deputy provincial tourism chief has announced.
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2021-09-13 21:31
Tourism projects to generate 600 jobs in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad
TEHRAN - Underway tourism projects are estimated to generate more than 600 jobs when they come on stream across the southwestern Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province, the provincial tourism chief has announced.