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Dozens of possible dinosaur footprints emerge in Iran researcher urges urgent documentation

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Dozens of possible dinosaur footprints emerge in Iran, researcher urges urgent documentation​

TEHRAN – A rock surface bearing dozens of possible dinosaur footprints has been exposed in Iran following a landslide, prompting a paleontologist to call for urgent scientific investigation and documentation to protect the traces from weathering and erosion.

Dozens of possible dinosaur footprints emerge in Iran, researcher urges urgent documentation

Iran has the attractions the challenge is turning them into tourism Javad Gharaei

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Iran has the attractions, the challenge is turning them into tourism: Javad Gharaei​

TEHRAN - Iran does not lack tourism attractions. What it has struggled to do, says Iranian traveler and documentary filmmaker Javad Gharaei, is turn the country’s extraordinary natural and cultural diversity into a tourism industry capable of attracting visitors, generating revenue and properly introducing the ancient country to the world.

Iran has the attractions, the challenge is turning them into tourism: Javad Gharaei