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2024-08-17 18:01
Coppersmithing in Zanjan: a craft with ancient roots and modern challenges
TEHRAN - Zanjan, a city steeped in history and tradition, is renowned for its ancient craft of coppersmithing, a tradition that dates back over a thousand years to the Sassanid era.
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2024-06-12 17:33
Davatgari: an ancient craft still thriving in modern Iran
TEHRAN - Cold forging, known as Davatgari in Iran, is considered one of humanity's earliest professions, dating back thousands of years.
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2024-05-15 18:13
9,000-year-old copperware excavated from Tepe Chaman to go on public view
TEHRAN - Newly excavated prehistoric items from Tepe Chaman will be showcased at the Azarbaijan Museum in Tabriz.
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2023-04-26 13:02
‘Development plans in copper sector can bring $10b of income for country’
TEHRAN – The development of the copper industry and the support of the development plans of this sector can lead to bringing $10 billion of income for the country, the chairman of Iran Copper Association stated.
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2023-01-18 22:00
Handicraft sales fall to near zero as currency slides to new low
TEHRAN - Handicraft sales in Isfahan have dropped to near zero as Iranian currency slides to a new low over the past couple of weeks, IMNA quoted Isfahan’s head of the handicrafts union as saying on Wednesday.
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2022-12-25 12:31
NICIC conducts 130,000m of explanatory excavation in 9 months
TEHRAN - The managing director of the National Iranian Copper Industries Company (NICIC) has said his company managed to conduct 130,000 meters of explanatory excavation in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21).
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2022-01-03 11:17
Copper cathode output increases 6% in 8 months on year
TEHRAN- Production of copper cathode in Iran rose 6.2 percent in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21, 2021), as compared to the same period of time in the past year.
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2021-12-15 18:26
Persian handicrafts: Varsho-Sazi
TEHRAN - Varsho is an alloy that consists of copper, nickel, and zinc whose some of its unique characteristics include high luster, high hardness, good ductility, and easy malleability.
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2021-09-11 20:30
Glimpses of copper and coppersmithing in ancient Iran
TEHRAN - History on the usage of copper is best understood when studied under the three stages of its use throughout human life namely, the Chalcolithic or Copper Age, Bronze Age, and the ancient times. And some anthropologists believe copper to be the first metal used by humans due to its softness and ease of manipulation.