Cultural Heritage of Gerash Finds a New Guardian

Gerishna: Javad Asadi was inaugurated into the Department of Cultural Heritage and Tourism of Gerash on Sunday, 12th of July. The ceremony was held in Shahidan Azimi’s House which is going to be a location for both the Department of Cultural Heritage and the Anthropology Museum of Gerash. Mr. Asadi, currently a Ph.D. student of […]

تیر ۲۳, ۱۳۹۴

Stray-Dog-Hunting Stirs up Debate

Gerishna: The official decision to kill stray dogs in Gerash stirred up a hot debate. The Governor’s and Mayor’s Offices say that killing these dogs is currently the most viable and the least expensive solution for the dangers they pose, like public disturbances and spreading diseases. But there are many other ways to deal with […]

تیر ۲۳, ۱۳۹۴

Hasani Resigns from City Council, Runs for Parliament Elections

Gerishna: Ali Asghar Hasani, the President of the City Council of Gerash for the last two years and the former Member of Parliament, resigned from the City Council to run for the parliament elections for the second time. Hasani was MP for Larestan, Khonj and Gerash in the Eighth Islamic Parliament of Iran, from May […]

خرداد ۲۶, ۱۳۹۴

A Dowry Parade for Easy Marriage

Gerishna: What is yet another way to persuade the young generation to marry? And not just any kind of marriage. How can they be persuaded to take it easy? Perhaps if the newly-married destitute couples received a pickup full of dowry, and if the other saw a caravan or dowries … Perhaps this is how […]

خرداد ۱۷, ۱۳۹۴

Construction of Gold Bazaar Began with Debates in the Background

Gerishna: The construction of Gold Bazaar of Gerash began on May 24th at the center of the city, among a rather late debate between pros and cons of the project. The jewelers’ guild, the City Council and the mayor are advocates of this project because, they argue, it heightens the security of the whole trade, […]

خرداد ۸, ۱۳۹۴

Health Week Specials Menu

Gerishna: This year’s slogan for “Health Week”, from 21st to 27th of April, was “Food Safety, from the farm to the table”. However, most of the special programs of the health network of Gerash, on top of which stands the College of Medical Sciences, were not directly related to this slogan. The week began in […]

اردیبهشت ۶, ۱۳۹۴

Fifth Quran Olympiad Is Held in Gerash

Gerishna: The Fifth Quran and Itrat (The Prophet’s Kinship) Olympiad, which is a competition for students of the Quranic Sciences Colleges all around Iran, was inaugurated on Tuesday, April 21st, in Gerash. The Olympiad will be closed tomorrow, on Friday, April 24th, in the amphitheater of Gerash College of Medicine. Dr. Nejati, dean of the […]

اردیبهشت ۳, ۱۳۹۴

Invitation to Gulistan and Bustan in Sa’di’s Day

Gerishna: April 21st is called “Sa’di’s Day” in Iranian calendar to celebrate the grandeur of one of the pillars of Persian literature from the 13th century A.D. Abū-Muhammad Muslih al-Dīn bin Abdallāh Shīrāzī, better known in Iran as Sa’di Shirazi has a role comparable to Shakespeare in English literature, since he shaped the Persian language […]

فروردین ۳۰, ۱۳۹۴

Batman Searchlights on Kalat

Gerishna: “When time comes, when dire times come, you uncover the searchlight on Kalat, and the Dark Night comes to save Gotham, AKA Gerash!” Either this, or you are reminded of World War II movies by the searchlights on Kalat! There is a symbolic side to everything you do to make a city more beautiful. […]

فروردین ۲۷, ۱۳۹۴

Life Flows again in Alipour’s Old House

Gerishna: Small vases sitting harmoniously around the palm tree in the middle of the old house; A traditional “winter room” decorated as a wedding chamber; Traditional furniture in a room with 5 doors; Amazing photos of the monuments and landscapes of Gerash displayed in the rooms of the second floor; Men taking pictures in traditional […]

فروردین ۱۰, ۱۳۹۴