Mahabad

  • German tourist warmly welcomed in northwestern Iranian village

    German tourist warmly welcomed in northwestern Iranian village

    Mahabad, IRNA – Residents of the northwestern Iranian village of Zegdraw have been hosting a tourist from Germany for over three weeks, helping her to feel at home.

  • Dam fishing in northwestern Iran

    Dam fishing in northwestern Iran

    Fishermen in Iran's northwestern province of West Azarbaijan have laid their nets to catch fish in the lake behind Mahabad Dam as the fishing season starts at the end of autumn. Mahabad Dam is an embankment dam on the Mahabad River near the city of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province. (IRNA photos/ December 8, 2023/ Abdollah Rahmani)

  • Transportation of industrial apples in Iran’s Mahabad

    Transportation of industrial apples in Iran’s Mahabad

    Mahabad, located in West Azarbaijan province in northwestern Iran, is recognized as a significant hub for apple production in the country. With an impressive capacity to harvest 170,000 tons of apples annually, the region plays a crucial role in the nation’s fruit industry. Each year, farmers gather between 20,000 to 30,000 tons of second-grade apples. These apples are then transported to factories where they are processed into juice and concentrate. (IRNA photos/Abdollah Rahmani)

  • Exports from northwest Iran increases threefold in 9 months

    Exports from northwest Iran increases threefold in 9 months

    Mahabad, IRNA – Exports from the customs office of Mahabad in the northwestern Iranian province of West Azarbaijan have increased threefold by the end of autumn (December 21) compared with that in the preceding year, a provincial official announced on Saturday.

  • Iranian rower shines in Spanish Presidential Cup

    Iranian rower shines in Spanish Presidential Cup

    Mahabad, IRNA – Mahabad Sports and Youth Administration, Qarni Mostafapour said here on Wednesday that Ahmad Ahmadi, a member of Iranian Rowing National Team, won the third place in the Spanish Presidential Cup rowing competitions.

  • Sunflower farm in Western Iran

    Sunflower farm in Western Iran

    Sunflower is an annual and perennial flowering plant that grows to about three meters high. It has a big and beautiful flower with a diameter of 35 cm. Mahabad, Iran. August 23, 2021. IRNA