Iranian Cavers Receive National Environment Award
Only six years after its foundation, the Iran Caving & Speleology Association was recently recognized with an National Environment Award for its efforts protect caves and karst.
Only six years after its foundation, the Iran Caving & Speleology Association was recently recognized with an National Environment Award for its efforts protect caves and karst.
Iran is the latest country to become a member of the International Union of Speleology (UIS) after receiving a majority vote during last month’s 2013 International Congress of Speleology in …
Iranian Cavers exploring a new cave have discovered one of the largest rooms in the world. The limestone cave which contains it is known as Ghar-e-Dosar and is located near …
Starting this weekend, an international gathering of international karst scientists and cavers is being held in Iran to study its salt domes. The week-long event, held by the Iranian Cavers …
This September 24th marks Iran’s second annual cave cleaning day. The event, which cooincides with the second day of seveth Persian month called Mehr (meaning kindness), will take place throughout …
In a tragic accident last Friday in Pakistan, Iranian caver and alpinist Leila Esfandyari, lost her life. She fell while climbing Gasherbrum II (also known as K4), the 13th highest …