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International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran
April 20, 2018
“As someone who has always been on the farmers' side, I don't think they have the right to demonstrate,” said Ayatollah Yousef Tabatabaeinejad during a Friday prayer sermon in Isfahan on April 13. “Religious and revolutionary farmers would not do such a thing,” he added. “They should separateÃâà...
Financial Tribune
April 19, 2018
The Sixth International Conference on Powder Metallurgy for Automotive Parts, also known as PM Auto 2018 concluded in Isfahan Province on Wednesday. The two-day conference was jointly held by Mashhad Powder Metallurgy Company, Sadjad University of Technology and Austria's TechnischeÃâà...
Financial Tribune
April 11, 2018
By launching the solar farm, which is planned to be completely implemented by Iranian experts, 1.9 million kW/h of electricity will be supplied to the national power grid annually and 38,000 cubic meters of water per year will be saved.Mohsen Mehralizadeh, the governor general of Isfahan Province, wasÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
April 11, 2018
Hundreds of farmers demonstrated in the Iranian city of Isfahan for a second day in a protest against what they say is government mismanagement of water resources. Amateur video shared on social media and labeled as shot on April 11 showed crowds in the streets and large numbers of riot police.
RadioFarda
April 11, 2018
Hundreds of farmers continued demonstrating in the Iranian city of Isfahan in a protest against what they say is government mismanagement of water resources. Amateur video shared on social media and labeled as shot on April 11 showed crowds in the streets and large numbers of riot police.The policeÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 9, 2018
At last report, most Americans couldn't find Iran on a map, but it looks like we are about to get another geography lesson. President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, and his new national security adviser, John Bolton, are dying to go to war with Iran. Of course, “dying to go toÃâà...
Tehran Times
April 7, 2018
TEHRAN – A number of international rail travelers arrived in Isfahan late on Friday for a one-day excursion across the central Iranian city. “The tourism train boarded 68 foreign nationals from Canada, England, Australia, Denmark, Italy, Singapore, Peru and Malaysia,” IRNA quoted Isfahan tourism chiefÃâà...
My Salaam
April 7, 2018
Imam square is also lined with a bazaar that offers many local handicrafts. International sanctions, however, have hit Isfahan's tourism industry hard, and the markets were nearly empty when we arrived. Isfahan is also famous for the many bridges running over the Zayandehroud — the river that serves as aÃâà...
Iranian
March 10, 2018
Iranian farmers are feeling the pressures of drought and water shortages. The situation is getting worse each year since no water means no crops. The drought has reached a tipping point where farmers can no longer provide for their families. As a result, they are staging angry protests, demanding that theÃâà...
The Aviation Herald
February 23, 2018
Incident: Kish F100 near Isfahan on Feb 22nd 2018, cracked windshield ... Kish Air Fokker 100, registration EP-LCQ performing flight Y9-7184 from Kish Island to Kashan (Iran), was enroute at FL340 about 80nm south of Isfahan (Iran) when the crew decided to divert to Isfahan after the windshield cracked.
Daily Sabah
February 23, 2018
A message sent to my phone in Farsi was probably warning me that I was about to run out of my internet package. It was an unfortunate situation because the bus had almost arrived at Isfahan's bus terminal, but neither me nor my friend could clearly remember the name of hotel or how to go to it at night.
Business Standard
February 20, 2018
According to the Iranian Red Crescent, search and rescue teams were being dispatched to the crash site, reports IRNA news agency. The ATR passenger plane belonging to Aseman Airline crashed near Semirom, south of Isfahan province, when it was flying from Tehran to Yasouj. All 60 passengers andÃâà...
Xinhua
February 20, 2018
Morteza Salimi, head of Rescue and Welfare Organization of Iran's Red Crescent Society, confirmed Tuesday that the wreckage of the ill-fated plane had been spotted by a military helicopter near the Nogol village at about 4,000 meters in the Dena mountain in central Iran's Isfahan province.
PV-Tech
February 19, 2018
ROUND-UP: Indian Rail 3GW tenders, Vikram Solar US office, Iran Isfahan projects. By Tom Kenning; Feb 19, 2018 12:19 PM GMT. Share. Twitter: Piyush Goyal. Indian Railways to tender 3GW of solar. 14 February: Indian Railways, one of the world's largest employers, plans to tender for 3GW of solar on its unused land.
IFP News
February 18, 2018
The central city of Isfahan is the most important Iranian hub of enamelling. Enamel working and decorating metals with colourful and baked coats is one of the distinguished courses of art in Isfahan. Meena, is defined as some sort of glasslike coloured coat which can be stabilized by heat on different metalsÃâà...
Tehran Times
February 17, 2018
TEHRAN – Standing in Isfahan, Menar Jonban has long been a rather strange attraction of the central Iranian city. Its dual minarets are vastly prone to vibration! Literary meaning “shaking minaret”, Menar Jonban is being visited by hundreds of domestic and foreign travelers each day. It is a burialÃâà...
IFP News
February 13, 2018
In Persia, polo enjoyed great patronage under kings and noblemen and became known as chovgan. The game continued to be supported by Mongol rulers of Persia in the 11th century, as well as under the Safavid dynasty. In the 17th century, Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan was built as a polo field byÃâà...
Mehr News Agency
December 31, 1999
Isfahan's Assarkhaneh Shahi attracts tourists from all over world. TEHRAN, Apr. 17 (MNA) – The historical Assarkhaneh Shahi (Oil Pressing House) was constructed during the reign of Shah Abbas (I) of Safavid dynasty is one of the most important cultural, historical and tourist attractions of Isfahan.
Anadolu Agency
December 31, 1999
Farmers in Iran's eastern Isfahan province on Friday demonstrated to protest the government's failure to ease a drought that has plagued the region for a decade, according to local media reports. Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency reported that local farmers in Isfahan had staged large demonstrationsÃâà...
Iran Human Rights Monitor (blog)
December 31, 1999
At around 3 am, on Sunday April 15, agents of the Intelligence Agency raided farmers' home in Khorasgan in Isfahan and detained a number of them. Reports indicate that 10 farmers were detained during the raid. According to a source a number of those arrested were identified by the police for only being present in theÃâà...
