Probable evidence of a Middle Palaeolithic site in the northern parts of the Susiana Plain, Khuzestan, Iran by Saeid Bahramiyan

“…Khervali, located on the western foothills of the Zagros Mountains and on the northern heights of Susa, nearby the western bank of the Karkheh River, is one of the few Palaeolithic sites identified in recent years. …”
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Geospatial tectonic geomorphology analysis in practice by Pirasteh, Saied

“…In this chapter Zagros Mountains south west Iran are focused which the tectonic processes have widely encompasses all types of deformation, including the motion of tectonic plates, slip faults, symmetrical folds and asymmetrical folds.…”

Chemical Composition of the Essential Oils of Matricaria recutita L. Belonging to Central and South Parts of Iran by M Ghanavati, SL Houshmand, H Zainali, F Abrahimpour

“…Results: One population belonging to the South of Iran (The Zagros Mountains) was rich in α- Bisabolol (55-58%) but had low content of the essential oil. …”
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Simulation and Prediction of Some Water Quality Parameters in the Zayanderoud River Using Artificial Neural Networks by Masoud Noushadi, Hamid Reza Salemi, Mohsen Ahmadzadeh

“…The Zayanderoud River stretches over 350 Km along a roughly west-east direction, originates in the Zagros Mountains on the west of Isfahan, and discharges into the Gavkhoni Swamp on the east of Isfahan. …”
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Antimicrobial inhibitory activity of aqueous, hydroalcoholic and alcoholic extracts of leaves and stem of Daphne mucronata on growth of oral bacteria by Shirzadi Karamolah, Kolsoom, Mousavi, Fatemeh, Mahmoudi, Hassan

“…Materials and methods: Leaves and stem of were collected from the Zagros Mountains, Lorestan, Iran. They were air dried in the shade. …”
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Assessment of geostatistical and interpolation methods for mapping forest dieback intensity in Zagros forests by Karami, O., Fallah, A., Shataei, S.H., Latifi, H.

“…During recent years, oak decline has been widely spread across Brant’s oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) stands in the Zagros Mountains, Western Iran, which caused large-area forest dieback in several sites. …”
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Sequence variation in the mtDNA, ND4-tRNALEU, Segments of Laudakia nupta (De Filippi, 1843) in Iran by Nasser Sanchooli, Hassan Rahimian, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Eskandar Rastegar-Pouyani

“…Based on our results, two clear geographically isolated clades could be distinguished; one nominate species (Laudakia nupta) distributed through southwest to eastern Iran, and the other consisting of the populations of western foothills of the Zagros Mountains. The morphological analysis would enable us to describe the latter populations as a new species.…”
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« For England everything centres round India and Arabia » :La guerre anglo-allemande dans le golfe Persique : impérialismes, politique tribale et jihad (1914-1915) by Dr. Guillemette Crouzet

“…Furthermore, Berlin instrumented on one hand the dreams of freedom of the Bakhtiaris of the Zagros mountains, disappointed by the outcomes of the first Persian constitutional revolution and eager to renegotiate the agreements signed with the Anglo-Persian Oil Company ; and on the other hand, the discontent of the Tangestanis. …”
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Vestiture and trichome types of the oaks of forests in Western Iran by Mohammad Mehrnia, Mostafa Assadi

“…In this study, the vestiture and trichomes were described and illustrated for seven species of oaks in the Zagros Mountains. The terminology of trichome types was determined based upon Hardin (1976). …”
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The seismicity of Iran. The Firuzabad (Nehavend) earthquake of 16 August 1958 by N. AMBRASEYS, A. MOINFAB

“…This earthquake and the seismic events of the previous
 year as well as the aftershocks of the 21st of September 1958, show quite
 clearly a progressive expansion of seismic activity along a northwest-southwest
 axis in the Zagros mountains.…”
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Country-scale spatio-temporal monitoring of soil erosion in Iran using the G2 model by Shahin Mohammadi, Fatemeh Balouei, Khadijeh Haji, Abdulvahed Khaledi Darvishan, Christos G. Karydas

“…In spatial terms, the highest soil loss values were found in the north, west and southwest part of Iran, in the steep slopes in Alborz and Zagros mountains. In temporal terms, the highest and lowest monthly erosion values of 3.2 and 0.09 t ha−1 correspond to January and July, respectively.…”
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Floristic and phytosociological study of Chaharzebar forests in Kermanshah by Behnam Hamzeh'ee, Ma'soomeh Khanhasani, Yahya Khodakarami, Mostafa Nemati Peykani

“…The Chaharzebar forests with 3000 ha area is located in a mountain section, 34 km S.W. of Kermanshah province in Zagros mountains . The collected plants in this area include 161 species and subspecies which belong to 124 genera and 40 families. …”
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Habitat suitability, core habitats and diversity hotspots for the conservation of the mustelid species in Iran by Kamran Almasieh, Mitra Cheraghi

“…There were some other hotspots along the Zagros Mountains in western Iran. CAs protected less than half of mustelid diversity hotspots, which means that wildlife managers should take into consideration the conservation action plan for the mustelid species in Iran. …”
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The effect of atmospheric rivers on cold-season heavy precipitation events in Iran by Neda Esfandiari, Hassan Lashkari

“…Although most ARs entered the country from the south through coastal areas, the western part of Iran, especially elevated stations along the western slope of the Zagros Mountains, received the highest heavy precipitation. …”
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The analysis of Convective Precipitaion and Dynamic Behavior of Mesoscale Convective Systems in Transition Months of Year by Daryush Yar ahmadi, Saeed Basati, Behroz Nasiri, Somayyeh Rafati

“…Also the cores of dynamic quantities has been weakened after Zagros Mountains in months of December- January. Vorticity and convergence has been in April convective systems stronger and more intense than the months of December to January.…”
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Descriptive osteology of an imperiled amphibian, the Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri, Amphibia: Salamandridae) by Hadi Khoshnamvand, Mansoureh Malekian, Yazdan Keivany, Mazaher Zamani-Faradonbe, Mohsen Amiri

“…Luristan newt (Neurergus kaiseri), is an endemic salamander, inhabiting the southern part of Zagros Mountains of Iran. The current study was conducted to describe the osteological characteristics of the Luristan newt which might be important in understanding the evolutionary process of newt species. …”
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Investigation of tunneling hazards in difficult and complex ground with the integration of geological and geophysical studies - Case study of Sabzkuh tunnel by Majid Taromi, Amir Hosein Eghbali

“…The Sabzkuh - Choghakhhor Water Transfer Tunnel is about 11 km long in the Zagros Mountains in southwestern Iran using conventional and mechanized tunneling techniques under excavation. …”
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Variations in Wood Density, Annual Ring Width and Vessel Properties of <i>Quercus brantii</i> Affected by Crown Dieback by Forough Soheili, Stephen Woodward, Isaac Almasi, Hazandy Abdul-Hamid, Hamid Reza Naji

“…In the work described here, the effects of drought on wood density, tree ring width and variations in vessel morphology are investigated in Persian oak (<i>Quercus brantii</i>) in the forest of the Zagros Mountains, Ilam Province, western Iran. Discs are cut from trunks of declined and healthy trees and woodblocks are cut radially from the sapwood near the bark, at a mid-point between the vascular cambium and the pith (middle) and from wood near the pith. …”
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PHYTOCHEMICAL AND BIOACTIVITY DIVERSITY IN THE EXTRACTS FROM BULBS AND LEAVES OF DIFFERENT POPULATIONS OF Allium jesdianum, A VALUABLE UNDERUTILIZED VEGETABLE by Abdollah Ghasemi Pirbalouti

“…. & Buhse (Yazdi onion) belonging the family Alliaceae, is an endemic species of Iran that grows wild in the Zagros Mountains range, southwestern Iran. The indigenous people of Iran use the leaves and bulbs of A. jesdianum for the treatment of colds and kidney problems. …”
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Detection of landslide induced by large earthquake using InSAR coherence techniques – Northwest Zagros, Iran by Abolghasem Goorabi

“…The Iran earthquake of November 12, 2017 is one of the most significant earthquakes throughout the history of Iran, which shook the regions of NW Zagros Mountains, Sarpol-e Zahab Region, and Northwest of Iran with a sheer magnitude of 7.3 Mw. …”
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