No.2344,Tuesday,8 June,2021 www TOURISMpaper com HaftadoDotan Mosque is one of the ancient, historical sites constructed by Sham- . . sedin Mohammad Tabrizi in the year 855 AH. The World`s Only Print Tourism Newspaper The mosque has a large dome with tile work, portico and two minarets. Two tile worked minarets placed on both sides of the portico display an inscription. There is also another inscription which has golden imprints on the tiles. This site is on historical record of the Khorassan province, Northeast of . HaftadoDotan The city of Mashad is situated 909 km. from in a plain between the two mountain ranges of Binalood and Hezar Masjed. Mashad enjoys a temperate, Mosque in Iran’s mountainous climate. 4

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Puff Pastry Windmills of Zaban puff pastry is a tasty and sweet mate for your morning coffee or after- noon tea. Sistan-Baluchestan Nearer to Ingredients: ■ 2 lbs (907 g) Puff Pastry Dough ■ puff pastry dough UNESCO Status ■ 3 Tbsp Honey ■ Sugar istan-Baluchestan is further moving which then turn grindstones. The structures towards inscribing its ancient wind- reach up to about 65 feet in height.The As- S mills on the UNESCO list as com- bad used to be a smart technique to grind mencing an aerial mapping project as a pre- grains. It also bears testimony to the human liminary stage.“We are completing a dossier being’s adaption with nature by transforming for a selection of Asbads (windmills) of the environmental obstacles into opportunities. province for a [possible] UNESCO registra- “Asbad is a smart technique to grind grains, a tion… and during the recent months, this technique which goes back to ancient times process has been accelerated,” deputy pro- when the people living in the eastern parts of vincial tourism chief MansourehMolla’elahi Iran, in an attempt to adapt themselves with said.Aerial mapping of these valuable works nature and transform environmental obsta- has been commenced for seven sites of cles into opportunities, managed to invent Asbad, which are expected to be collec- it,” according to UNESCO website. Directions: tively registered on the prestigious list with “The earliest known references to windmills 1- Spread the dough on a well floured those located in the provinces of Razavi are to a Persian millwright in 644 CE and $3.3m Paid to Support Tourism work surface. Khorasan and South Khorasan. Made of windmills in Seistan [Sistan], Iran, in 915 2- Mix 3 tbsp of honey with 2 tbsp water, natural clay, straw, and wood, an Asbad is CE,” the Encyclopedia Britannica says. Avid Businesses in Hamedan stir well. typically comprised of eight chambers, with visitors and researchers can examine the 3- Apply the honey mixture on the flat- each chamber housing six blades. As the subtle yet simple mechanism in person as he Iranian government has paid some 140 billion rials (some $3.3 mil- ten dough. area’s strong, steady wind enters the several windmills have been restored and lion at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) in loans to the 4- Cut out the dough in any shape you’d chambers it turns the blades, brought back to life to testify how ancient T tourism businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic in Hamedan prefer. Iranians harnessed the wind to make province.Throughout the west-central province, 170 units, engaged in the tourism 5- Place the zabans in a well floured a living. The Islamic Republic des- industry, have received the loans, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said. pastry pan. ignated the Asbad as a national Tourism and handicrafts in Hamedan employ more than 50,000 people directly, 6- Make a half way cut in the center of heritage site in 2002. and both sectors are heavily affected by the outbreak of coronavirus and require each zaban. the government’s assistance, Ali Khaksar said on Tuesday. 7- Sprinkle sugar over zabans. Back in January, Hamedan province’s tourism chief Ali Malmir announced that the 8- Preheat oven to 400º f (204º c), bake tourism industry of the province has taken some 2.48 trillion rials ($59 million) hit the cookies for 7 to 10 minutes (until it from the coronavirus outbreak over the past couple of months. doubles in height). Accommodation centers, hotels, restaurants, and halls have suffered major dam- 9- Turn the oven to 350º f (176º c) and ages during the time as well, the official added. continue baking for 20 to 25 more min- Known in classical times as Ecbatana, Hamedan was one of the ancient world’s utes (until golden). greatest cities. Pitifully little remains from antiquity, but significant parts of the city 10- Remove the zabans from the oven. center are given over to excavations, and there’s a scattering of historical curi- 11- Apply more of the honey mixture. osities.Hamedan never falls short of offering cultural heritage sites to its visitors. and enjoy. Scenic natural landscapes, traditional restaurants, public gardens, and colorful outdoor markets, and more importantly, its hospitable people make for an unex- pected slice of the city.

he number of Tehran- flights has increased by passengers and 13,417 foreign passengers were transport-p 70 flights per week from May 22, as ATA Airline is ed via these flights. T operating new flights on this route, according to the Flights between Tabriz, the capital city of EastEast AzarbaijanAzarbaijan director general of East Azarbaijan Airports Organization. Province, and Turkey’s coastal city of Izmirr will be estab- Tehran-Tabriz Flights Increase Tehran-Tabriz flights are also operated by other companies, lished as of June 4, the official said earlier. including IranAir, , , - “Flights will be operated by Turkish Airlines everyevery tour Airlines, and . Friday. Planes will land in Tabriz Internationalnal There is an agreement with ATA Airlines to establish a new Airport at 3:30 p.m. and are scheduled to takeake foreign route from July 22, Ramin Azari was also quoted as off and head to Izmir at 4:45 p.m.,” Azari wwasas saying by IRIB News, without elaborating. quoted as saying by ILNA. In the first Iranian month (March 21-April 20) of the fiscal Azari noted that flights, previously operatedperated fromfrom 2021-22, 791 domestic flights and 102 foreign flights were Tabriz Airport, have been suspended until furtherrther notice due operated at Tabriz International Airport, as 69,398 domestic to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Persian Masterpiece of Architecture in Iraq, Oghabkooh: A Spectacular TaqKasra to be Restored ing happened. Even Iranian Attraction in Iran’s archaeologists have repeatedly asked the Iranian authorities ghabkooh is located one kilometer and a half east role in formation of the eagle shape of this mountain. to consult on the restoration of of Eslamieh village, near Taft city, in Yazd prov- Being included in the index of Iran National Heritages the monument in cooperation O ince, on the route of to Yazd, in the heart from 1396 SH, Oghabkooh is placed in the neighborhood between the two countries. Be- of Iran.Yazd is placed at the joining point of Dasht-e Kavir of Farashah village that is called Eslamieh. Eslmaieh vil- cause they believe TaqKasra is and Dasht-e Lut. Here is the region of ancient deserts, lage is placed on the northern hillside of Shirkooh, close in dire need of urgent repairs as sandhills, desert pavements, valleys, caves, Kooh Rigs, to Oghabkooh, ten kilometers to Taft and thirty kilometers every time a part of it collapses. Kalouts and many other tourism attractions in the mid- to Yazd city. People of this tourism village are mostly oc- In 2019, Tehran Municipality dle of Iran plateau. Meanwhile, the eyes of tourists are cupied with agriculture, gardening and livestock. hold talks with Baghdad’s urban catched by the stone appearance of a mountain that is Although Oghabkooh is 2018 meters higher than sea planners and authorities to re- similar to a sitting eagle. Oghabkooh (literary meaning the level, the height of its main rock is about 140 meters. This store several aging monuments eagle-shape mountain: Oghab means eagle and Kooh beautiful rock was originated from the heart of the earth in Iraq including TaqKasra. means mountain) is the memorial of the second geologi- made of lime and garnet stone. Ivan Madaen or the Archway cal age of Iran that goes back to two hundred Rainfall and water penetration into the lime structure of of Ctesiphon are other names millions of years ago, however, an igne- the mountain have led to formation of some holes that raq’s Minister of Culture, and [restoration] work will begin given to the remains of a circa ous rock mass in the northern hillside of have become the refuge of some wildlife species. On Tourism and Antiquities soon under the supervision of 3rd–6th-century Sasanian-era Shirkooh extremely influenced the form the other hand, the existence of lime prevents I Hassan Nazim has said the ALIPH Foundation (Interna- Persian monument, which is of Oghabkooh and the wind blow over growth of plants on the mountain.The urgent restoration work is due to tional Alliance for the protection located near the modern town time, especially from the Badasa- northwest hillside of Oghabkooh has commence on TaqKasra. of Heritage in Conflict Areas), of Salman Pak, a city located m a n mountain, in the north, a gentle slope. The height of the Located near Baghdad, the an- the official said. approximately 15 miles (24 km) played a crucial mountain in heart of the plain and cient Persian masterpiece of ar- In early January, some Iraqi so- south of Baghdad. desert made it a proper place chitecture was partly collapsed cial media users posted pictures The arch was part of the imperi- for holding some rituals and last year, prompting criticism of TaqKasra, writing the vault al palace complex, however, the formation of some historical from many Iranian supporters of of the monument is partly col- exact time of its construction is symbols such as Temple of cultural heritage. “Studies and lapsed, prompting social media not known with certainty. Some Moobedan-e Firouz and preparatory work related to the activists and cultural heritage historians believe the founder is watchtower of Chil-e restoration project have been lovers to criticize the Iraqi gov- Shapour I who ruled Persia from Eslamieh in the sur- completed and now we are in ernment over what they named 242 to 272 CE and some others rounding areas. the operational stage of rescu- as a “neglect” of the monument. believe that construction pos- ing this historical monument,” For years, there have been sibly began during the reign of IRNA quoted Nazim as saying talks between Iranian and Iraqi Anushiruwan the Just (Khosrow on Tuesday. Scaffolding has officials to jointly restore the I) after a campaign against the been up around the monument magnificent structure, but noth- Byzantines in 540 CE.