Torbat- Heydareh, with 9945 sq. km. area and 323.000 populations is one of the largest cities located in central part of Khorassan province in the east of Iran, specially known for its agriculture. In fact Torbat-H is one of the top three centres for producing about 23 agro- products.By producing about 60 tons of saffron, Torbat- H is the first in the world and with 70% of the country's total silk production it is the first in the country.

With 98 industrial and 19 active mineral units, Torbat-H is reckoned as a strategic industrial area in the province. Sugar refinery, textile producing, electrical wires and copper plates, wheat flour, and cement production factories are only parts of Torbat .H profile. Raw material Quarries including barite, silica, magnesite Bentonite, calc, industrical clay, limestone, silver, gold, Turaquoise and structural stones (granite, marble, and travertine) and several other mines has made Torbat a huge quarry Pole in the country and even in the world.

Historical profile

The history of Zaveh , one of the subordinate Zones of Torbat – H , goes back to the ancient era of Arsacides , but Torbat –Heidarieh itself gains its name and fame by the famous Sufi of the 11 century B.C "Qutbodin- Heidar" who was buried in the same town at era of Safavids . It was then that Torbat-H started to grow, however the splendor and fame of the existing town goes back not more than 200 years ago at the age of reign of "Ishaqkhan Ghraii" one of the qajar rulers in the region. Torbat- Heidarieh was has had a leading role in both the Constitutional Movement and the Islamic Revolution of the recent years.