nomads

  • Nomadic cultural & sports festival in East Azarbaijan

    Nomadic cultural & sports festival in East Azarbaijan

    The 29th cultural and sports festival of nomads was held on Friday (Oct. 18) near the city of Hurand, East Azerbaijan Province. The festival, held in the northwestern Iranian province, included a running race and the symbolic moving of Azerbaijani nomads. The horse race section was omitted due to rainy weather and slippery ground.

  • Moghan Nomads Migration Festival

    Photo: Reza Zare

    Moghan Nomads Migration Festival

    A second edition of the Moghan Nomads Migration Festival ended on April 26, 2024 in Ja’farabad in Moghan region in the northwestern Iranian province of Ardabil with the presence of nomadic people and guests from across Iran and several other countries.

  • Nomads in northwest Iran mourn for Imam Hossein (AS)

    Nomads in northwest Iran mourn for Imam Hossein (AS)

    Nomads from across the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan are mourning for Imam Hossein (AS) — the third Imam of Shia Muslims who was martyred in Karbala in 680 CE – on the seventh day of the first Islamic month of Moharam on July 25, 2023. (IRNA photos/Ali Hamed Haqdoost)

  • Nomads of Arasbaran

    Nomads of Arasbaran

    Nomads of Arasbaran in northwestern Iran travel to mountainous area of Ghoushadagh late in Spring and even go to the 3200-meter-high peak of Yarighari and stay there until the end of summer. East Azarbaijan Province, Iran. June 21, 2022. IRNA/Ali Hamed Haghdoust

  • Iran to gradually become world power: IRGC chief

    Iran to gradually become world power: IRGC chief

    Shahr-e Kord, IRNA - Chief Commander of IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Salami said that the enemies of Islam and the Revolution are declining and Iran is gradually turning into a world power.

  • Iranian nomads in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province

    Iranian nomads in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province

    The photo album depicts some Iranian nomads from Bakhtiari tribes in southwestern Iran; Lordegan County. Shahrekord, Iran. Nov 20, 2020. IRNA/ Maryam Almomen.