Iran to hold Underwater Photofest

Fri Oct 29, 2010

Iran is slated to hold its first edition of Underwater Photography Festival in the southeastern city of Chabahar on the coast of the Gulf of Oman.

The event, due to be held from November 11 to 15, 2010, has been organized in an effort to promote the potentials of Chabahar as a free trade and industrial zone.

The festival is sponsored by Iran's Cultural heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) with the Chabahar Free Trade-Industrial Zone Organization and Iran's Lifesaving and Diving Federation.

Chabahar is Iran's closest and best access point to the Indian Ocean, which makes it a strategic point for the country's eastern provinces to expand and enhance their transit routes among countries located to the north of the Indian Ocean, and Central Asia.

The area's growing commercial sector has a high potential to connect business growth centers in south Asia and the Middle East to the central Asian and Afghanistan market.

Organizers of the festival aim to promote coastal and marine tourism in Iran and introduce the countless attractions of the Gulf of Oman.

Photographers from across the country can compete in the event, which is held the supervision of the European Underwater Images Festival Association (EUIFA).

Behzad Torkizadeh, Siamak Derakhshan and Esmail Golrokh-Arabani will judge the participating works.

Source: PressTV.
Link: http://presstv.ir/detail/148803.html.