Sanandaj

  • Planting 12 million saplings in Iran's Sanandaj

    Planting 12 million saplings in Iran's Sanandaj

    The ceremony of planting 12 million saplings in Kordestan province, western Iran, was held on December 2, 2023, in Sanandaj, the provincial capital, in line with Iran's One Billion Tree Planting Project. (IRNA photos/Mosleh Pirkhezranian)

  • Iran's Sanandaj-Hamedan railway inaugurated by Raisi

    Iran's Sanandaj-Hamedan railway inaugurated by Raisi

    Tehran, IRNA – The first train left Sanandaj for Hamedan on Thursday after President Ebrahim Raisi inaugurated the key railway project linking the two western Iranian cities.

  • Iran table tennis head coach welcomed in Sanandaj

    Iran table tennis head coach welcomed in Sanandaj

    Groups of people, athletes and sports veterans have welcomed the head coach of Iran’s Table Tennis National Team, Jamil Lotfollahi Nasab, at Sanandaj Airport in Kordestan Province. The welcoming ceremony was held on October 5. Iran’s Table Tennis National Team won medals at the ongoing Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, after 63 years. (IRNA photos/Seyed Mosleh Pirkhezranian)

  • Gathering of Iranian eulogists in Unity Week

    Gathering of Iranian eulogists in Unity Week

    Eulogists of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) took part in a gathering in Sanandaj in Iran's western province of Kurdistan on September 28, 2023, in the presence of a group of devotees to the infallible households of the great Prophet. (IRNA photos published on September 28/Mosleh Pir-Khazranian)

  • Traditional raisin production in Iran's Kurdistan

    Traditional raisin production in Iran's Kurdistan

    It is time for making raisin in western Iranian province of Kurdistan as depicted in photos taken on September 12, 2023. Villages of Kurdistan produce 200 metric tons of golden raisins per year using a traditional method known as Bulav. In this method, raisins are swamped in a mixture of boiled water and wood ash, called Khoushab, before being dried for 15 days. (IRNA photos/Mosleh Pirkhezranian)

  • Hamedan-Sanandaj railway megaproject

    Hamedan-Sanandaj railway megaproject

    The Governor-general of Iran’s Kordestan province, Esmaeil Zarei Kousha, made a visit to the Hamedan-Sanandaj railway project, western Iran, on September 10, 2023. Accompanied by journalists, he was updated on the latest developments of the megaproject. (IRNA photos/Mohsen Pirkhezranian)

  • Kurdish horse festival in Iran’s Sanandaj

    Kurdish horse festival in Iran’s Sanandaj

    A festival of Kurdish horses was held in the western Iranian city of Sanandaj, in Kordestan province on August 26, 2023. (IRNA photos/Seyed Mosleh Pirkhezranian)

  • Iran’s iconic Bijar rug globally registered

    Iran’s iconic Bijar rug globally registered

    Tehran, IRNA- The iconic Bijar rug, known as the “Iron Carpet of Iran,” has finally been globally registered.