The only confirmed Asiatic cheetah cubs in Iran during 2012 are still alive in Minadasht, northeastern Iran. In early April 2013, an exceptionally large group of six cheetahs were seen and filmed by local people in northern area, which were split into two groups, a mother with four adolescents and two adults.
Based on recent camera trapping surveys in Iran, only 20 different Asiatic cheetahs have been recognized in the country. Initiated since late 2011, the first comprehensive national population survey has been leading by the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS).
Past winter was busy for the ICS theater team which was actively running an outreach program to raise awareness about Persian leopard and Asiatic cheetah in the capital. Every weekend, the ICS theater team implemented two different theaters.
In order to spread the word of cheetah and raise more attention within the Iranian community to save the species range, the Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) is holding a charity event in Tehran.
First phase of cheetah population survey in Naybandan Wildlife Refuge was finished. A total of 45 stations inside the reserve
Recent camera trapping in central Iran indicates that an old Persian leopard roams in Bafq Protected Area, estimated to be at least 12 to 14 years. This adult male was first recorded by camera traps in late 2004 which was a prime individual at that time.
Lichen diversity in Iran and snow leopard conservation in Afghanistan were presented to more than 60 Iranian biologists and students in the fifth Iran
After one year of cheetah monitoring program in central Iran, research findings were shared with regional experts and decision-makers in order to be applied in protection measures. Game wardens, reserves authorities and university professors attended in a half-day workshop in Yazd .