Dizmar-e Sharqi Rural District

Dizmar-e Sharqi Rural District (Persian: دهستان ديزمار شرقي)[a] is in Minjavan District of Khoda Afarin County, East Azerbaijan province, Iran.

[5] Dizmar was first mentioned by the renowned historian Hamdallah Mustawfi in the mid-fourteenth century: "Dizmar is a district in the north of Tabriz which includes more than 50 villages..."[6] Mardanaqom, was also mentioned by Hamdallah Mustawfi as a thriving village.

Moreover, on a mountain between Kavanaq and Mardanaqom, there is a castle dating from Sasanian era.

[8] In the wake of White Revolution (early 1960s) many clans of Qarāca Dāġ tribes used Dizmar as their winter quarters.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash[11] in Dizmar National Park, along with eight others, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hossein Amir Abdollahian.

Sunset on Aras River in Dizmar Protected Area.