Naderi Pomegranate harvest time in Badroud, Isfahan Province, early November 2025. The Naderi is considered to be among the top five most popular varieties of pomegranates in Iran. Video via Fars News, 08NOV2025:
If sanctions on Iran are so punishing why is Iran cracking down on people smuggling household products into Iran? On 30OCT2025, officials in Afghanistan agreed to work with Iran in reducing smuggling of commercial items into Iran. One of the first steps is that Afghan official say they will replace missing border markers and update existing border signs. This video report (released 09NOV2025) is ostensibly about ‘respecting the authority’ of the border police in Kerman Province. It is clear that this is about people who were arrested trying to smuggle products, everything from big-rig trucks, cars, computers, motorcycles, stereos, kitchen appliances to guns, into Iran:
Pardis is a city in Pardis County, Tehran Province, Iran. Pardis County is experiencing exponential growth, economic and population, and as a result healthcare services have been struggling to keep up. In September, a new helicopter landing pad was unveiled. It is being used to bring critical patients to the Pardis hospital. Officials admitted there have been delays but did not elaborate. The life-flight helicopter is based on the Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm/Kawasaki BK-117 developed during the Cold War. Modern versions are also known as Eurocopter EC145, and Airbus Helicopters H145. Video report via Fars News Agency, 16SEP2025:
New hi-tech passenger car for train on the Bandar Abbas to Mashhad and Tehran route. Each hi-tech car holds 40 people and the service runs once per week, for religious pilgrimages. Video published 16SEP2025:
Iranian wildlife caught on camera, eastern Hormozgan Province. Video via Morteza Aryanejad, posted 14SEP2025:
In February 2025, during wargame Zolfaqar 1403 (conducted along Iran’s Gulf of Oman/Indian Ocean Makran coastline), Iran’s new Russian designed Yakovlev 130 (Yak-130) successfully shot down a target drone with a heat seeking missile. I added music to this PressTV video:
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Megalithic Shahr Yeri/Shahar Yeri, Ardabil, Iran, an 8-thousand year old Kurgan cemetery? The Farsi narration audio, in this Fars News Agency video report, is being overpowered by the music soundtrack:
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