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4 unusual facts about Sistan and Baluchestan Province


2013 Sistan and Baluchestan earthquake

The specific area of the fault that lies below the Sistan and Baluchestan Province is referred to as the Makran region.

Afrasiab

According to Avestan sources, Afrasiab was killed by Haoma near the Čīčhast (possibly either referring to Lake Hamun in Sistan or some unknown lake in today's Central Asia), and according to Shahnameh he met his death in a cave known as the Hang-e Afrasiab, or the dying place of Afrasiab, on a mountaintop in Azerbaijan.

Sistan and Baluchestan Province

One of the main Mines in this province is Chel Kooreh copper mine in 120 km north of Zahedan and because of copper in Mining in Iran.

Ayatollah Sistani is also from Sistān; though he currently resides in Najaf, Iraq .


Amir Farid

Manouchehr Farid is well known for his roles in such films as Khesht va Ā'ineh (Mud and Mirror) directed by Ebrahim Golestan, Baluch (Baluchi) by Masud Kimiai, and Gharibeh va Meh (Stranger and Fog) by Bahram Bayzai.

International University of Chabahar

International University of Chabahar (IUC), is located in the Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone, in the city of Chabahar, part of Sistan and Baluchestan Province in Iran.


see also

2013 Iran earthquake

2013 Sistan and Baluchestan earthquake, a magnitude 7.7 Mw earthquake that struck a mountainous area between the cities of Saravan and Khash in Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran, close to the border with Pakistan, on 16 April 2013.