No.1854,Sunday,29 May,2019 The University of Birjand in South Kkhorasan province is hosting the first interna- . . tional conference on tourism in Lut Desert, which is a UNESCO-inscribed and the www TOURISMpaper com world’s 27th-largest desert in eastern . The 1st International Conference on Lut Desert Tourism (Local and International Opportunities) was opened at the Univer- sity of Birjand in South Kkhorasan province. The event consists of two programs; the scientific part of it is currently underway at the University of Birjand, and the second program includes a visit to the Lut Desert, widely referred to as Dasht-e Lut, First intl. conf. on on Thursday. According to the executive secretary of the Conference, as many as 135 papers from UK, Australia, , , Italy and across Iran had been submit- Tourism in Lut Desert ted to the secretariat of the event. opens in Birjand 4

cooking Chicken Frittata he Holy Hovhannes Church is an Ar- Chicken Frittata contains high amount menian Catholic Church named after of vitamin B6, selenium, and niacin. T one of the disciples of Jesus called HHolyoly HHovhannesovhannes Chicken is a great source of niacin and Johannes, or Hovhannes. It is located in protein. Maragheh, northwestern Iran, and is the city’s only church. A 5th-Century It is said to have been built in the 5th and 6th centuries CE. The original building has been destroyed Church in Iran many times in various occurrences. But the present structure was built on the initiative of General Samson Khan by Russian and French architects. It is made of brick with a rectangular design. Maragheh’s Hovhannes Church held a spe- cial place under the Ilkhanate Mogul rule. But it has been effectively abandoned now Ingredients: with the migration of Armenians to ■ 1 lb (454g) Ground Chicken and other cities. ■ 1 Russet Potato Hovhannes Church has three sections: ■ 4 oz (113g) Leek The Archbishop’s residence, a school, and ■ 1 Egg ■ Soy Sauce (2 Tbsp) an altar to light candles and incense. The ■ Onion Flakes church’s domed entrance is in its west wing. ■ Salt, Oregano, Turmeric This is a conical-shaped dome with a steel ■ Bread Crumbs (Italian Style) cover holding the bell.The main space of ■ Vegetable Oil the church is a rectangle with an altar in its Preparations: east wing. Lighting is provided by the main 1- Dice the potato. entrance and small windows in the east- 2- Clean and slice the leek. ern, northern, and western walls. A string of Directions: one-storey buildings have been construct- 1- Place the potatoes in a pot, add water ed in the west wing of the courtyard which and salt. were occupied in the past, but are now der- 2- Cover the pot with a lid (leave a crack elict. Other rooms are also seen around the open) Cook the potatoes for 20 minutes courtyard which were used by the poor. over medium heat. 3- Meanwhile, Transfer the leek to a pot, add water and cook for 10 minutes over medium heat. 4- Using a strainer spoon, Transfer the Iran Airport Traffic Falls 14%, cooked potatoes and leek to a large bowl. 5- Add the ground chicken. Omani Airline 6- Garnish with oregano, turmeric, salt, Hit by Soaring Costs and onion flakes. 7- Add an egg and soy sauce. to Launch ran airport traffic has experienced a 14 per- gers and 199,661 tons of cargo were transported to 8- Mix the ingredients until well com- cent fall in the previous Iranian calendar and from overseas destinations, posting 19% and bine. I year 1397 (ended March 20) from a year 13% decrease respectively compared with the year 9- Take a fistful of the mixture and shape -Tehran Route earlier suffering from escalating costs in the coun- before, the report said. Tehran’s Mehrabad Inter- like patties. try. national Airport was the 10- Cover the patties with bread crumbs. man’s SalamAir will soon launch direct flights be- Iran Airports Company busiest Iranian airport last 11- Fry the patties until golden. tween Muscat and Tehran. registered 427,803 take- year with 126,030 take- O SalamAir’s Tehran service will begin on June 9 that offs and landings in 1397, offs and landings, regis- comes months after the airline launched another route to which shows a 14% de- tering a 12% of year-on- , southern Iran, Daily Observer reported. crease compared with the year fall. The airport also Operating three times a week on Sundays, Tuesdays previous year, Eghtesad handled 14.82 million and Thursdays, the 2 hours and a 35-minute flight from Online reported. passengers and 102.949 Muscat International Airport (MCT) departs at 3.05 pm More than 51.67 million tons of cargo, registering Eight Tehran and arrives at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Air- passengers and 515,228 a 15% decline. port (IKA) at 6.10 pm. tons of cargos were International Structures The return journey will leave Tehran at 06.55 pm and a transported during the Airport was the sec- touchdown in Muscat at 9.00 pm. period, indicating a 16% ond busiest airport with Added to National and 14% decline respec- 60,335 takeoffs and land- tively year on year, ac- ings, indicating an 18% Heritage List cording to data compiled decrease. It transported by the IAC. more than 8.82 million total of eight aging structures and The latest IAC report also passengers and 86,086 A sites, which are scattered cross the shows 357,411 takeoffs tons of cargos, indicating Iranian capital, have recently been and landings were made a 16% and 9% decline re- inscribed on the National Heritage list, IRNA by domestic flights, down spectively year-on-year. reported. 13% compared with the Imam Khomeini Interna- The new entries are: Amjadieh sports com- year before. More than tional Airport registered plex, Poulad zoorkhaneh (where a tradition- 41.43 million passengers 47,446 takeoffs and land- al system of athletics used to be practiced), and 315,566 tons of cargo were transported do- ings to register a 19% fall, while transporting more Faculty of Management at the University of mestically, both indicating a 15% decline year on than 7.27 million passengers and around 141,704 Tehran, Padegan-e Sefr-Shish (Garrison year. Regarding international flights, 70,392 take- tons of cargos to be ranked third on the list of Iran’s 06), Sarpulak Bathhouse, two residential offs and landings were registered, down 19% year busiest airports. The figures show a 19% and 14% buildings, and a 20th-century military-indus- on year. A total of more than 10.24 million passen- decline year on year. trial complex. RReturneturn toto MMotherland:otherland: AAsiaticsiatic LLionion ttoo RReturneturn ttoo IIranran aafterfter 8800 YYearsears

ehran Zoological Garden, also known tion of Asiatic lions exists in India’s Gir Forest. as Eram Zoo, will be home to Asiatic Asiatic lions and African lions are subspecies T lion, which was extinct in the country of the same species. European Endangered for almost 80 years, a veterinarian at Eram Species Programme (EEP) recommended Zoo has said. According to Iman Memarian that a male and a female lions will be brought the last remaining Asiatic lion was sighted to Iran, however, U.S sanctions against Iran about 80 years ago in Iran. He went on to ex- has complicated the transfer. And now after plain that before and after the Islamic Revolu- years of collective attempts on Wednesday tion (1979) Iran made attempts to bring back morning Tehran Zoological Garden will cele- Asiatic lion to Iran, but Indians did not coop- brate the return of the Asiatic lion to the coun- erate. Tehran Zoological Garden has put in try, Memarian concluded. Asiatic lions once The first time Tehran is mentioned in histori- efforts to bring back Asiatic lion to Iran for 6 prowled from the Middle East to India. Now, cal accounts is in an 11th-century chronicle years, he said, adding that, “we submitted our only a fraction of these magnificent animals in which it is described as a small village request to the European Association of Zoos survive in the wild. Its range is restricted to north of Ray. Ray, in which signs of settle- and Aquaria (EAZA).” “We also developed a the Gir National Park and environs in the Indi- ment dates from 6000 BC, is often consid- lion pen which complied with EAZA’s stand- an state of Gujarat. The Gir Forest’s dry teak ered to be Tehran’s predecessor. It became ards,” Memarian highlighted. According to the woods were once a royal hunting ground. To- the capital city of the Seljuk Empire in the National Geographic nearly all wild lions live day they are a reserve where these at-risk big 11th century but later declined with factional in sub-Saharan Africa, but one small popula- cats are heavily protected. strife between different neighborhoods and the Mongol invasion of 1220.