IRNA - An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted Shahdad in southeastern Iranian province of Kerman early Tuesday. According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 05:11 hours local time (01:41 GMT) at the depth of 10 km underground. The epicenter of the quake was located ...

Gandom-e Beryan area in the Iranian desert of Shahdad is known to be one of the spots with the highest temperatures on the earths surface with a recorded heat of 67 degrees centigrade in summertime. Gandom-e Beryan is the name of a hill with an area of 480 square kilometers, which is covered with blackened volcanic lava. The hill has been introduced ...