Beyond the first ramparts of northern Iran’s Alborz ... such as Tehran’s Turquoise Domes can arrange tours. Most visitors – virtually all Iranian – regard the gorgeous mountain-rimmed ...

It’s visible from Tehran on clear days and holds significant importance in Persian folklore as a symbol of resistance and power. 2. The Alborz Mountain Range The Alborz Mountains stretch from the ...

The flash flooding near Tehran, in the foothills of the Alborz mountains, comes less than a week after floods in the normally arid south of Iran left 22 people dead. Footage from the village of ...

Iran is known for its historical cities and gorgeous Islamic art, but much less for its other great source of pride: mountains ... from view and is replaced with the many peaks of the Alborz ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Tochal is a 3962 meter-high mountain peak in northern Tehran, which forms part of the Alborz mountain range. The southern slopes of Tochal are adjacent to Tehran, with its summit ...

Here is a peek into the four ski resorts dotted in the Alborz mountain range. Located some 100km north of Tehran, Dizin is by far the biggest resort in Iran equipped with three gondolas and 12 ...

It broadcast footage of a helicopter rescue operation on the Tochal and Kolakchal peaks of the Alborz mountain chain overlooking Tehran showing Red Crescent personnel carrying a body on a ...

Tehran, according to a Red Crescent official and Iran’s state-run Iran News Agency (IRNA). The avalanche in the Sheminarat area of the Alborz Mountains – a key tourist destination for climbers ...

Iranian rescue workers have ended their search for survivors following a series of avalanches that killed 12 people in a mountainous area north of the capital Tehran. Rescue teams were searching ...

Parvaneh Soltani shifts her car into third gear near notorious Evin Prison and descends from the dusty foothills of the Alborz Mountains into smog-filled Tehran. As she accelerates, the wind ...