IRANIAN CLIMBERS ASCEND MOUNT ARARAT

IranMania.com
Tuesday, September 30, 2008 – 2005

LONDON, September 30 (IranMania) – A four-member team of mountaineers
from Nahavand, Hamedan province, have ascended Mount Ararat in Turkey,
IRNA reported.

The team includes Masoud Qiasi, Yazdan Behzadi, Mohsen and Ehsan Seif.

The 5,165-meter Mount Ararat is the highest peak in modern Turkey.

This snow-capped, dormant volcanic cone is located in Igdir province,
near the northeast part of Turkey, 16 km west of Iranian and 32 km
south of Armenian borders.