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Photos: Sarein hot springs, A tourist’s city in northwestern Iran

Sarein-hot-springs-iran-10-iSarein springs is heated by inactive volcano in mount Sabalan, Iran’s second highest mountain. Its water contains sulphur particles and it is believed that it is good for bone and joint pains.

1990’s earthquake caused some of the springs to get colder or hotter.

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Photos: Lake Urmia-Iran, the third largest salt water lake on earth

Lake-Urmia-4-iThe lake (in northwestern Iran) is named after the provincial capital city of Urmia, originally a Syriac name meaning city of water.

Lake Urmia has 102 islands, the second largest island, Kaboudi, is the burial place of Hulagu Khan, the grandson of Genghis Khan.

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Tehran: Plant for the Planet

PLANT-LOGO4Plant for the Planet is a worldwide tree-planting project initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme in 2006.

Individuals, communities, businesses, organizations and governments are encouraged to participate in a global campaign advocating the planting of trees that are appropriate to the local environment.

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