TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Yazd said the country has discovered a new oil field with an estimated 53 billion barrels of crude, noting also that Iran’s non-oil exports have been growing despite the mounting pressure of the US sanctions. In an address to a gathering of people in Iran’s central […]

TEHRAN – Governor General of Yazd Province Mr. Mohammad Ali Talebi yesterday hosted commercial attaches of ECO member states and exchanged views on the upcoming ECOFAR Exhibition which will be held in Yazd.

More than 695,533 tons of non-oil commodities worth $132.7 million were exported from Yazd province, central Iran, during the first three months of the current fiscal (March 21- June 21), a senior official at the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration said.

For many travelers to Iran, staying in or even visiting a centuries-old caravanserai, can be a wide experience; they have an opportunity to feel the past, a time travel back into a forgotten age!

Tens of tourist attractions, rich history and traditions of Iran’s Yazd province were spotlighted during the 15th Strait Travel Fair, which was held in Xiamen, China’s Fujian province, IRIB reported on Friday.

The head of city council of Iranian Yazd says that efforts are going on to reach a sisterhood agreement between Yazd and Austrian city of Linz. “There are a lot of cultural similarities between Yazd and Linz, thus a number of Yazd city council members are seeking to create sisterhood between the two cities,” Gholamali […]

Concurrent with the first anniversary of World Registration of Historical Texture of Yazd, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked with two Chinese and Italian companies on Sunday for the construction of solar power plant in this historical city. The MoU was signed at the venue of Yazd Investment Services Center in the presence of […]

 The fascinating Grand Mosque of Yazd is in the southern Iranian province of Yazd and it is depicted on the Iranian 200 rials banknote as a manifestation of Iranian-Islamic architecture. It was built in 12th century at the time of Timurid Empire also known as Gurkani.  

This is one of the best-preserved Qajar-era houses, located in the Fahadan neighborhood in Yazd, which belonged to Haj Muhammad Ibrahim Lari and was built in 1863 or 1864. According to the date on one of the painted decorations in the interior, the construction of this house was completed in 1869 or 1870. This building […]

Alexander’s prison is a 15th century domed school, located next to the tourist office in the old town of Yazd. Alexander’s prison is advertised as being built as a mosque and Ziaeeyeh religious school and to have no connection to Alexander. On the other hand, some believe that this is known as Alexander’s Prison because […]