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2021-12-28 18:28
Archaeologists uncover clues about Paleolithic humans in southern Iran
TEHRAN – A team of archaeologists from Iran and Germany has discovered clues about Paleolithic humans in and near a cave situated some ten kilometers from the ancient city of Shiraz in southern Iran.
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2021-12-28 17:58
Ayatollah Khamenei visits family of Martyr Robert Lazar, Christmas 2015
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2021-12-28 17:49
Over 1.5m Iranians donate blood in 9 months
TEHRAN – Over the first nine months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (started March 21), a total of 1,533,582 people donated blood across the country, Bashir Haji-Beigi, the Blood Transfusion Organization spokesman, has said.
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2021-12-28 17:45
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Iran hosting Christmas celebrations for centuries
TEHRAN – Christmas has been celebrated for centuries in a country where 97 percent of its population is Muslim.
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2021-12-28 17:12
Iran coach Irandoost looks for AFC Women's Asian Cup knockout stage
TEHRAN - Iran’s women’s football team head coach Maryam Irandoost says that they want to book a place at the 2022 AFC Women's Asian Cup knockout stage.
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2021-12-28 17:04
Iranian ambassador responds to Tehran Times
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2021-12-28 16:07
Russia, Iran prepare contacts at highest level, Kremlin says
TEHRAN - Moscow and Tehran are preparing contacts at the highest level, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists in St. Petersburg on Tuesday.
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2021-12-28 15:58
Development of Azadegan oil field to be completed by early 2023
TEHRAN – Head of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Mohsen Khojasteh-Mehr has said the development project of the strategic Azadegan oil field will be completed by early Iranian calendar year 1402 (begins in March 2023), Shana reported.
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2021-12-28 15:54
TEDPIX down 400 points on Tuesday
TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), dropped 424 points on Tuesday.
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2021-12-28 15:44
Thermal power plants’ capacity hits 70,000 MW
TEHRAN- Following the synchronization of the second steam unit of Urmia combined cycle power plant, the total capacity of Iran’s thermal power plants has reached 70,000 megawatts (MW), head of the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH) announced.
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2021-12-28 15:30
Iranian women know rivals at Asian Handball C'ships
TEHRAN – Iranian junior and youth teams discovered their rivals at the 2022 Asian Women's Handball Championships.
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2021-12-28 14:31
Iran unveils new technological achievements in petchem industry
TEHRAN – Iran’s Petrochemical Research and Technology Company (PRTC) unveiled three new research products on Tuesday in a ceremony attended by Oil Minister Javad Oji, Shana reported.
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2021-12-28 14:31
Non-oil trade rises 38% in 9 months yr/yr
TEHRAN - The value of Iran’s non-oil trade rose 38 percent during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the acting head of Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) announced.
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2021-12-28 12:29
Cigarette production increases 14%
TEHRAN- Production of cigarette in Iran rose 14 percent during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the board chairman of Iran’s Tobacco Products Manufacturer Exports and Imports Association announced.
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2021-12-28 12:19
Housing price rises 1.8% in Tehran City
TEHRAN- Average housing price rose 1.8 percent in the capital Tehran during the ninth Iranian calendar month of Azar (ended on December 21), compared to its previous month, according to a report by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).
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2021-12-28 12:13
By Mohammad Mazhari
Beijing pursuing balanced foreign policy in Persian Gulf: GSA chief
TEHRAN - Giorgio Cafiero, chief executive officer of Gulf State Analytics (GSA), tells the Tehran Times that “the Chinese pursue a balanced foreign policy agenda in the Persian Gulf.”
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2021-12-28 12:11
By Mohammad Mazhari
Israel, some Arab states hate democratic forces in West Asia, British professor says
TEHRAN – A London-based professor of binary economics says that Israel and certain Persian Gulf Arab states share a hatred of democratic forces in the region.
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2021-12-28 10:13
392 idle mines revived in 9 months
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2021-12-28 10:03
New chapter of ties on the horizon
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2021-12-28 01:01
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2021-12-27 22:04
Iranian negotiators don’t allow outside issues to affect Vienna talks: official
TEHRAN – A senior Iranian judicial official says the United States and certain other Western countries are abusing the issue of human rights as a “political tool” to advance their foreign policy goals, noting that the Iranian negotiators don’t allow outside issues to affect the trend of talks in Vienna.
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2021-12-27 22:04
Iran FM: Co-op with neighbors, promoting economic diplomacy form cornerstones of foreign policy
TEHRAN — Speaking at the fifth session of the history of foreign relations held at the Foreign Ministry building on Monday, Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian pointed out that the Ebrahim Raisi administration believes in the promotion of economic diplomacy and cooperation with neighbors as the two pillars of Iran’s foreign policy.
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2021-12-27 22:03
Economic diplomacy won’t be limited to few European countries: MP
TEHRAN — Mahmoud Abbaszadeh Meshkini, the spokesman of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Iranian Parliament, has said Sunday that Iranian economic diplomacy will not be limited to a few European countries.
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2021-12-27 21:04
Iran sets the stage for a deal in Vienna
TEHRAN – Iran’s negotiating team led by Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani arrived in Vienna on Monday after the relatively short break meant to undertake consultations in capitals.
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2021-12-27 21:03
Venezuela’s Maduro “thanks god” he met Soleimani, “won’t abandon Palestine”
TEHRAN - The Venezuelan President has heaped praise on the late martyr Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani who commanded the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, saying "commander [Qassem] Soleimani visited Venezuela between March and April of 2019. We were in the midst of the crisis of the electrical attacks launched by the imperialists of the North against Venezuela's electrical system.”
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2021-12-27 20:58
Foreign Ministry: Iran will name new ambassador to Yemen
TEHRAN — In response to a question posed by the Tehran Times correspondent, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said on Monday that Iran plans to appoint a new ambassador to Yemen.
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2021-12-27 20:56
Iran chief negotiator arrives in Vienna
TEHRAN – Deputy Foreign Minister of Iran Ali Bagheri Kani, who leads the Iranian negotiating team at Vienna talks, arrived in the Austrian capital for a consequential round of talks aimed at discussing ways to remove U.S. sanctions on Iran.
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2021-12-27 20:00
Flooring project begins at historical bazaar of Shahrud
TEHRAN –A flooring project has been commenced on parts of the historical bazaar of Shahrud in the north-central province of Semnan, Shahrud’s tourism chief has said.
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2021-12-27 19:00
Iranian handicrafts: Shawl-bafi of Kordestan
TEHRAN – Shawl-bafi is regarded one of the most important crafts being practiced in the geographic region of Iran. Shawls have been produced since ancient times, just like carpets and silks.
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2021-12-27 18:35
“A Woman in Berlin” comes to Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – “A Woman in Berlin”, an anonymous memoir by a German woman, who was revealed in 2003 to be journalist Marta Hillers, has been published in Persian.