Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Minister Ezzatollah Zarghami, Yazd province’s governor-general Mehran Fatemi, and several ambassadors and diplomats were among attendees of the event held at ...

Tall, chimney-like towers rise from centuries-old adobe houses in Iran’s desert city of Yazd, drawing in a pleasant breeze for residents of one of the hottest cities on earth. The windcatchers, called ...

Many homes in Iran still enjoy that simple but effective cooling device, which requires no electricity and dates back centuries. Experts say while those wind towers, also known as “badgirs” were ...