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  • Rouhollah Rostami 2021-08-28 15:10

    Tokyo 2020: Iran’s Rostami wins gold in powerlifting

    TOKYO – Iranian powerlifter Rouhollah Rostami claimed a gold medal at the 2020 Paralympic Games on Saturday.

  • Archer Rahimi breaks Paralympic record 2021-08-27 15:30

    Archer Rahimi breaks Paralympic record

    TOKYO – Iranian archer Gholamreza Rahimi broke the Paralympic record in the men’s individual recurve on Friday in Tokyo 2020.

  • Islamic philosopher Mohammadreza Hakimi in an undated photo. 2021-08-23 18:41

    Top Islamic philosopher Mohammadreza Hakimi dies at 86 

    TEHRAN – Mohammadreza Hakimi, a top Islamic philosopher who was most famous for his studies on social justice and individual freedom in Islam, died of heart failure at a Tehran hospital on Sunday night. He was 86.

  • Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif 2021-08-22 12:03

    Japan FM Motegi holds talks with Zarif in Tehran

    TEHRAN – Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi held talks with outgoing Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday morning in Tehran.

  • Sala calls people to mourn tragedy of Ashura 2021-08-11 16:44

    Sala calls people to mourn tragedy of Ashura

    TEHRAN – Caretakers attend the ritual of Sala at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Imam of the Shia, in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad on August 9, 2021.

  • Zakani 2021-08-08 15:03

    Zakani elected as Tehran mayor

    TEHRAN — In the afternoon meeting of the Tehran City Council, Alireza Zakani was elected as the mayor of Tehran, winning the highest number of votes in the 21-member council.

  • Amirhossein Zare 2021-08-08 14:07

    Wrestler Zare takes bronze medal: Tokyo 2020

    TEHRAN – Amirhossein Zare from Iran claimed a bronze medal in the men's freestyle 125 kg of the 2020 Olympic Games on Friday.

  • Wrestler Geraei wins gold medal 2021-08-04 19:07

    Wrestler Geraei wins gold medal

    TEHRAN – Mohammadreza Geraei won Iran’s second gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

  • Ali Hashemi 2021-08-03 17:48

    Weightlifter Hashemi represents Iran at Tokyo 2020

    TEHRAN – Ali Hashemi participated in the 109kg weight category of the 2020 Olympic Games underway in Tokyo.

  • Iranian wrestler Geraei scores with an amazing technique 2021-08-02 17:22

    Iranian wrestler Geraei scores with an amazing technique

    TEHRAN – Iranian Greco-Roman wrestler Mohammadali Geraei defeated his Croatian rival Bozo Starcevic with an amazing technique.

  • Taftian fails to advance to 100m semis: Tokyo 2020 2021-07-31 17:42

    Taftian fails to advance to 100m semis: Tokyo 2020

    TEHRAN – Iran sprinter Hassan Taftian failed to progress to the semifinals of the men's 100m event at the Olympic Games.

  • Afghan writer Mohammad-Sarvar Rajai in an undated photo. 2021-07-30 19:15

    Tehran-based Afghan writer Mohammad-Sarvar Rajai passes away from COVID-19

    TEHRAN – Mohammad-Sarvar Rajai, the Afghan author of the acclaimed books “From Leili Desert to Majnun Island” and “Mission of God” who lived for over 27 years in Iran, died of COVID-19 on Thursday in Tehran. He was 52.

  • Iranian rower Malaei steals the show 2021-07-25 17:11

    Iranian rower Malaei steals the show

    TEHRAN – Iranian rower Nazanin Malaei advanced to the semifinals round of the women's single sculls at the 2020 Olympic Games.

  • Iranian athletes depart for Tokyo 2021-07-19 18:03

    Iranian athletes depart for Tokyo

    TEHRAN – The first batch of Iranian athletes left Tehran for Tokyo on Sunday.

  • TEHRAN – A center to showcase and promote Iranian handicrafts and works of traditional arts was opened by the Tehran Municipality on Saturday evening. 2021-07-18 19:07

    Tehran Municipality opens Iranian handicrafts center

    TEHRAN – A center to showcase and promote Iranian handicrafts and works of traditional arts was opened by the Tehran Municipality on Saturday evening.

  • Ardabil hosts Arabian horse beauty contest 2021-07-17 17:58

    Ardabil hosts Arabian horse beauty contest

    A trainer works with an Arabian horse during a horse beauty contest held in Ardabil, July 15, 2021.

  • Bodies of 43 martyrs are received 2021-07-17 12:59

    Bodies of 43 martyrs are received

    At a ceremony held on Thursday in the Shalamcheh border point, the bodies of 43 Iranian soldiers whose bodies had been discovered recently inside the Iraqi territory were received. They had been martyred during Iraq’s war against Iran in the 1987 during the Valfajr, Kheibar and Badr operations.

  • Public vaccination using COVIRAN BAREKAT underway 2021-07-16 12:36

    Public vaccination using COVIRAN BAREKAT underway

    The immunization of people against the coronavirus using homegrown COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine is underway across the country for the age group above 68 years.

  • National housing plan’s affordable units handed over to owners 2021-07-14 12:29

    National housing plan’s affordable units handed over to owners

    TEHRAN – Iranian Transport and Urban Development Ministry, on Monday, handed over 51,230 affordable housing units to applicants under the framework of a program called National Housing Action Plan.

  • “Asphalt Workers” wins special jury award at Iran Intl. University Theater Festival   2021-07-11 18:26

    “Asphalt Workers” wins special jury award at Iran Intl. University Theater Festival  

    TEHRAN – “Asphalt Workers” received the special jury award at the 23rd Iran International University Theater Festival, the organizers announced on Saturday.

  • Maryam Mirzakhani festival honors 25 women scientists 2021-07-10 17:06

    Maryam Mirzakhani festival honors 25 women scientists

    TEHRAN – Twenty-five female scientists received an award by the fourth National Festival of Women and Science, which kicked off earlier in June.

  • Officials commemorate abducted diplomat 2021-07-10 17:00

    Officials commemorate abducted diplomat

    THERAN— The commemoration ceremony for General Ahmad Motevasselian was held on the evening of Thursday, July 8, in the presence of his family and a group of officials in the hall of the Arts Center.

  • Mohseni Ejei inaugurated as new Judiciary chief 2021-07-06 17:14

    Mohseni Ejei inaugurated as new Judiciary chief

    TEHRAN — In an inauguration ceremony held on Monday, Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei replaced President-elect Ebrahim Raisi as the new Judiciary chief. High-rank officials such as Mohammad Mohammadi Golpayegani, head of the Leader’s office; Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of the Expediency Council; and Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, the parliament speaker, attended the inauguration ceremony. The Leader appointed Mohseni Ejei as the new Judiciary chief on Thursday.

  • international conference on Shia school of thought 2021-07-05 18:15

    Mashhad hosts intl. Shia scholars

    TEHRAN – An international conference on Shia school of thought was held in the holy city of Mashhad on Sunday.

  • Protests in front of the French embassy 2021-07-02 17:59

    Protests in front of the French embassy

    TEHRAN — A number of the family members of the 7th of Tir victims gathered in front of the French embassy in Tehran on Wednesday to protest lack of judicial action against the assassinators of the 7th of Tir (June 28) attack. In the terrorist attack, conducted by MKO operatives, chief justice Mohammad Hossein Beheshti and 72 other leading figures were martyred. In the Persian language the attack is known as “Hafte Tir bombing”. It happened in 1981.

  • Paddy fields in Isfahan 2021-06-28 17:31

    Paddy fields in Isfahan

    TEHRAN – A man is preparing rice seedlings for transplantation in a paddy field in Isfahan, central Iran. Planting rice seedlings starts every year in mid-May and lasts until mid-July in the province.

  • Journalists killed in accident laid to rest 2021-06-26 17:55

    Journalists killed in accident laid to rest

    TEHRAN – Reyhaneh Yassini and Mahshad Karimi, two female journalists from IRNA and ISNA news agencies respectively, who had been killed in a car accident on Wednesday were laid to rest on Friday.

  • Imam Reza holy shrine’s flag replaced 2021-06-23 11:29

    Imam Reza holy shrine’s flag replaced

    The green flag of the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS), the eighth Shia Imam, was replaced in a ceremony in the city of Mashhad on Tuesday. The flag is replaced once every two years on the occasion of Imam Reza birthday anniversary.

  • All participate 2021-06-19 14:56

    All participate

    Followers of other faiths including Jews, Christians, and Zoroastrians join Muslim people in Iran on Friday to vote for the presidential elections Friday. As the voting began early at 7:00 in the morning, Iranians attended polling stations to vote for their desired candidate. Despite all the negative propaganda by Western media outlets to downplay the people’s participation in the elections, Iranians once again proved that they are the sole decision-makers of their fate.

  • Andy Warhol exhibit in Tehran 2021-06-18 18:23

    Andy Warhol exhibit in Tehran

    TEHRAN - An exhibition of artworks by American artist Andy Warhol opened on Tuesday at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA).