The narrow plain of Yezd or Yazd is surrounded by mountains and deserts. The climate is harsh with extremely dry and hot summers and searingly cold winters. Since the rainfall is scanty, the plain is partly desert — in some places glittering white with salt, in others, covered by shifting, engulfing sands. Kerman and Fars […]
On 8th July, 2023, hundreds of people including local officials, cultural heritage experts, artists, travellers and craftsmen, attended a ceremony held in Tehran, commemorating the sixth anniversary of Yazd’s listing on the UNESCO World Heritage list. A provincial city dependent on trade, Yazd remains one of the few strongholds of the Zoroastrian faith, with Zoroastrians […]