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An Insider's View of the Country: Ramsar County and Yazd City

This episode of the Iran program takes us to the county of Ramsar and the desert city of Yazd.

Ramsar County is amazingly surrounded by sea, plains, forests, and mountains. Ramsar city has a population of about 50,000. Nearly 70 percent of the population in our county are city dwellers and 30 percent are villagers. The city of Yazd is one of the largest cities in Iran. It is located near the Lout Desert in the eastern part of central Iran. Yazd City is regarded as one of the driest cities in the country.