In a phone call with Interior Minister Rahmani Fazli and Kermanshah Governor General Houshang Bazvand, President Hassan Rouhani called for providing immediate relief and assistance to victims of the earthquake which hit Kermanshah province early hours of Sunday. A magnitude 5.9 quake stroke Tazehabad, Western Kermanshah province, around 3 AM on Sunday. The tremor occured […]

The Director General of Kermanshah Customs Administration Khalil Heydari revealed the considerable 89% rise in imports from provincial borders in the first four months of the current year (March 21-July 21). About 6,558 tons of commodities worth $10,596,543, were imported into the western province of Kermanshah during the first four months of the current Iranian […]

A 5.9 earthquake is reported to have hit Salas-e Babajani region in western province Kermanshah, wounding dozens. Pir-Hossein Kolivand, head of Iran’s Emergency told reporters this afternoon that a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Tazehabad at around 2:30 local time, the city center of  Salas-e Babajani COunty in western province of Kermanshah. There are reports of casualties and damages to […]

 Ambassadors of Sweden and Norway to Iran met with Kermanshah provincial governor Houshang Bazvand in his HQ saying that their countries are ready to help quake-hit Kermanshah areas. On November 12, 2017 a destructive magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Kermanshah. Some 90,000 houses were partly or completely damaged by the tremor in urban and rural areas […]

 Totally some 59,000 houses should be reconstructed in quake-hit Kermanshah rural and urban areas, among which building of some 31,000 houses have been completed, said Reza Khajei, an official with Islamic Revolution Housing Foundation. On November 12, 2017 a destructive magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit Kermanshah. Some 90,000 houses were partly or completely damaged by the […]

The Takyeh (religious building) was founded by Moin Alraaya and was completed by Hassan Khan Moaven al-Molk over 110 years ago in Qajar era. Consisting of 3 parts, Hosseiniyeh, Zeinabiyeh and Abbasiyeh, the compound with its marvelous tiling and matchless architecture comes among the first in the globe. The largest miniature Tekyeh throughout the world, […]

TEHRAN – Tehran’s Idea Gallery is hanging a collection of artworks created by a number of Iranian and foreign artists on the theme of the Kermanshah earthquake. Sarepole Zahab in the western Iranian region of Kermanshah experienced a devastating earthquake in November 2017, which claimed hundreds of lives and injured thousands. The exhibition, which opened […]

The President appreciated the people and all provincial and state officials, the armed forces and the Basij for addressing the earthquake-hit areas and stressed the importance of building earthquake-resistant buildings, underscoring the point that all the reconstructed houses in Kermanshah province should be delivered people by summer. Dr Hassan Rouhani attended the Administrative Council of […]

TEHRAN – Mohammad Purkand offers glimmers of hope with his mural paintings on the conex boxes situated in the quake-stricken town of Sarepole Zahab. Sarepole Zahab in the western Iranian region of Kermanshah experienced a devastating earthquake in November, which claimed hundreds lives and injured thousands. The citizens have since been sheltered in conex boxes, […]

Pakistan International School and College Tehran (PISCT) has provided relief aid to the victims of the deadly earthquake that recently struck Kermanshah province in western Iran. The relief assistance was handed over to the representatives of the Iranian Red Crescent in Tehran on Wednesday in the presence of Imran Haider, Deputy Head of Mission who […]