According to the public relations and information center of the Vice-Presidency for science and technology affairs, the technological documentary of “Mysteries of Takht-e Soleyman Lake”, produced and directed by Armin Isarian, received the award for best film in the section of the human heritage and history of the Terres documentary festival in Barcelona, Spain. This was the first presence of Iran in the international competitions of this field.

The discovery of a new species of crustaceans at a 44-meter level

Isarian announced: the most importance and great discovery at this stage of shooting in the absolute darkness at the 44-meter level was the encounter with a new species of crustaceans, which lives in absolute darkness and has been able to adapt to arsenic and live in a non-habitable environment.

He added: after changing the method of access, the deeper parts of the lake until its bottom were explored via a ROV, where we encountered wonders in the deep, images of which will be shown in the final version of the movie.

According to this report, in the documentary created by the support of the soft and identity-making technologies development headquarter, map of the lake was extracted using new technologies and performing advanced mapping operations and applying multi beam and side scan sonar and hydrography equipment. Following that, a team of expert divers were sent to the depth of 44 meters along with the director of the movie to explore the underwater caves. Therefore, the director was able to shoot at that level under water. This documentary narrates the discovery of mysteries of Takht-e Soleyman Lake after thousands of years from the viewpoint of Armin Isarian.