Once an important station on the Silk Road, with its historic mosques, minarets and ancient clay buildings, Yazd has resisted other Iranian cities' rush for modernity. It may possibly be the most ...

Criterion (v): Yazd is an outstanding example of a traditional human settlement which is representative of the interaction of man and nature in a desert environment that results from the optimal use ...

TEHRAN— The Iranian cities of Kerman and Yazd can turn into two important tourism axes of Asia, said the director-general of ...

MOSCOW, 25 April (BelTA - TV BRICS) - Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, Reza Salehi Amiri, celebrated Yazd’s designation as the "World City of Traditional ...

In June 2002, the fifteenth session of the Intergovernmental Council of the International Hydrological Programme welcomed the proposal of creating an international centre on qanats in Yazd, Islamic ...

Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Reza Salehi Amiri, referring to Yazd's registration as the "World City of Traditional Jewelry," noted that this success highlights the ...

In that regard, Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri on Monday, congratulated the nation, especially the people and artisans of Yazd, on this milestone, ...

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