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2021-12-26 21:37
Iranian, German archaeologists commence work in western Iran
TEHRAN – A team of Iranian and German archaeologists has commenced another excavation season on an ancient mount in western Iran, a local official said on Sunday.
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2021-12-26 21:37
Sassanid seal depicting unique animal motif unearthed in northern Iran
TEHRAN – Archaeologists have discovered a rare stone seal that depicts a unique animal shape during their recent excavation in northern Iran.
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2021-12-26 21:36
Iran not to apply travel restrictions to all air passengers
TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy tourism minister has said the newly-declared travel restrictions do not apply to all air passengers.
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2021-12-26 21:36
Kerman-Najaf flights resume after two years halt
TEHRAN –Flights between Iran’s Kerman and Iraq’s Najaf have resumed following a two-year suspension resulting from COVID-19 restrictions.
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2021-12-26 21:35
Restoration of Bam citadel in progress
TEHRAN – Restoration of Bam citadel is still ongoing, said a local official on Sunday on the occasion of the 18th anniversary of a massive quake that brought the adobe fort down to earth.
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2021-12-26 21:35
New properties in Gilan made national heritage
TEHRAN – A total of nine historical buildings and aging structures, scattered across Gilan province, have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list.
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2021-12-26 21:34
$33,000 allocated to restore monuments in South Khorasan province
TEHRAN – A budget of 10 billion rials (some $33,600) has been allocated to restore historical monuments across the eastern province of South Khorasan, the provincial tourism chief has announced.
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2021-12-26 19:18
“Peaceful on Purpose” published in Persian
TEHRAN – “Peaceful on Purpose: Secrets of a Stress-Free and Productive Life” by American writer Joel Osteen has been published in Persian.
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2021-12-26 19:15
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston to screen “No Choice”, “Hit the Road”
TEHRAN – Iranian dramas “No Choice” and “Hit the Road” will be screening at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in January 2022.
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2021-12-26 19:11
Persian poet Rudaki product of Samanids’ economic, cultural boom, litterateur says
TEHRAN – Rudaki expert Neder Karimian says that the poet who is considered as the father of Persian poetry is the product of the economic and cultural boom and the political splendor Iran experienced during the Samanid dynasty over a millennium ago.
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2021-12-26 19:08
Gen. Soleimani’s comrade reveals memories of 40-year friendship
TEHRAN – Hojjatoleslam Ali Shirazi has published a book revealing his memories of a 40-year-long close friendship with Lieutenant-General Qassem Soleimani.
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2021-12-26 18:59
Charity plans to create 300,000 jobs next calendar year
TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated with the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, plans to open up 300,000 job opportunities for those residing in rural and deprived areas over the next [Iranian calendar] year (starting March 21, 2022).
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2021-12-26 18:58
Unprecedented open-ended UN probe against Israel
TEHRAN - In yet another sign of mounting international anger at the Israeli regime, the United Nations General Assembly voted in favor of a resolution that backs an open-ended investigation into Israeli practices against the Palestinians. This is the first time ever the world body has backed such a probe, in its history.
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2021-12-26 18:44
Iran, Oman hold ‘strategic consultations’
TEHRAN – Senior diplomats from Iran and Oman held the eighth round of strategic consolations in the framework of a joint committee between the two countries in Tehran on Sunday.
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2021-12-26 18:35
After Floyd, U.S. cops still murder and still get away with it
TEHRAN - Despite the state-to-state outcry in the United States and beyond over the daylight public execution by police of black American George Floyd in Minneapolis last year over an alleged 20-dollar counterfeit bill; a monitoring group says U.S. police are still using similar levels of lethal force and they are still not facing the consequences.
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2021-12-26 18:33
France hits 100,000 COVID cases record
TEHRAN - France reported a record high of 104,611 COVID-19 infections on Saturday, breaking the 100,000 threshold for the first time since the pandemic began.
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2021-12-26 18:10
Tehran, Turin universities to exchange professors, students
TEHRAN – The Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources of the University of Tehran and the University of Turin, Italy, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to exchange professors and students.
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2021-12-26 17:51
Iran football team end 2021 on high
TEHRAN – Iran national football team end the calendar year without suffering a single defeat.
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2021-12-26 17:27
Childbearing, population growth top priorities: official
TEHRAN – Population and childbearing are the main priorities of the country, deputy health minister Kamal Heydari, has said.
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2021-12-26 16:06
FIFA bans Iran’s Tractor from transfer window
TEHRAN – FIFA has banned Iran’s Tractor football club from signing players at the transfer window.
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2021-12-26 16:01
Oil Ministry calls on industries to invest in gas sector
TEHRAN - Iran’s Deputy Oil Minister for planning Houshang Falahatian has called on the country’s major industries especially the steel industry, to invest in gas sector development projects, Shana reported.
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2021-12-26 15:24
ICCIMA calls on CBI to accelerate allocation of working capital for production units
TEHRAN – Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) Gholam-Hossein Shafeie has called on Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Ali Saleh-Abadi to accelerate the formation of a special bank account for allocation of working capital to production units.
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2021-12-26 14:41
Bank loans to economic sectors increase over 59%
TEHRAN- Iranian banking system has paid 17.274 quadrillion rials (over $58.1 billion) of facilities to domestic economic sectors in the first eight months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-November 21), registering a 59.2-percent rise from the same period in the previous year, IRNA reported.
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2021-12-26 14:26
Hazfi Cup Round of 16 draw to be held on Monday
TEHRAN – Sixteen football teams will discover their fate on Monday at the Iran’s 2021/22 Hazfi Cup Round of 16.
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2021-12-26 14:24
TEDPIX loses 1,400 points on Sunday
TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), lost 1,489 points to 1.384 million on Sunday.
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2021-12-26 13:14
2 IRGC servicemen martyred in southeast Iran
TEHRAN– The IRGC Ground Force lost two servicemen on Saturday night in an armed clash with armed hooligans in Zahedan, the capital of the southeastern province of Sistan-Balouchestan.
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2021-12-26 12:02
Over 5m tons of basic goods transported from ports in 9 months
TEHRAN- More than 5.36 million tons of basic commodities were transported from five port cities of the country to the designated destinations during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21), the director-general of coordination department of Government Trading Corporation of Iran announced.
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2021-12-26 10:29
Commodities worth over $2.4b traded at IME in a month
TEHRAN- Over 8.376 million tons of commodities worth $2.433 billion were traded at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME) in the past Iranian calendar month (ended on December 21).
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2021-12-26 01:01
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2021-12-25 22:27
Research blames U.S., including Iran sanctions, for spread of COVID-19
TEHRAN – In a joint research report titled "U.S. Responsible for Global Spread of COVID-19", Washington is blamed for the global spread of COVID-19.