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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.
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2021-07-17 17:55
Jiroft: the story of how Iran became a cradle of civilization
TEHRAN – Until the very early 21st century, no one had ever dreamed that a refined forgotten culture could re-emerge from the sands of a remote and arid region in southeast Iran.
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2021-07-17 17:52
Zabol seeks national status for native needlework
TEHRAN – Zabol seeks to gain a national status for Siah-duzi, an indigenous needlework skill, which is passed down from generation to generation in the southeastern Iranian city.
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2021-07-17 17:50
Farms get approval to lift agritourism in northern Iran
TEHRAN – A total of seven farms have recently been granted official approval for becoming agritourism hubs across the lush green province of Golestan in northern Iran.
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2021-07-17 17:35
Persian Gulf water transfer project in pipe-laying phase
TEHRAN – A project for transferring water from the Persian Gulf to the southern Fars province is in its pipe-laying phase, IRNA reported on Saturday.
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2021-07-17 17:31
1,100 villages with no unemployed
TEHRAN – By the end of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 2022), the number of villages with no unemployed residents will reach 1,100 across the country.
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2021-07-17 17:11
A father with 42 daughters in Tehran
TEHRAN – Akbar Karimi is a married man living in Tehran. He wanted to have a child for 14 years, but his wife could not conceive. The man vowed that God would give him a child so that he could take care of the orphaned girls. Days passed and finally, the wait was over and his vow was fulfilled.
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2021-07-17 17:10
By Mahnaz Abdi
‘Armenian market a special opportunity for Iranian SMEs’
TEHRAN- The Armenian market is a special opportunity for Iranian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), especially in the field of foodstuff and home appliances, according to Iran’s deputy industry, mining, and trade minister.
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2021-07-17 17:05
Iran drawn into tough group at Asian Women’s Volleyball Championship
TEHRAN – Iran have been drawn in a tough group at the 21st Asian Senior Women’s Volleyball Championship.
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2021-07-17 17:00
TEDPIX gains 5,700 points on Saturday
TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), rose 5,725 points to 1.311 million on Saturday, the first day of Iranian calendar week.
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2021-07-17 16:59
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2021-07-17 16:42
Agriculture Ministry launches project to construct affordable housing units for employees
TEHRAN – Iranian Agriculture Ministry, in collaboration with the Transport and Urban Development Ministry, has launched a program for constructing 5,903 housing units for its employees under the framework of the National Housing Action Plan.
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2021-07-17 16:31
Iranian Industrial parks lack 8GW of electricity
TEHRAN - The deputy head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) has said the country’s industrial parks currently lack 8,000 megawatts (MW) [eight gigawatts] of electricity which could be provided through small-scale power plants.
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2021-07-17 15:43
Iran, Russia exchange views on expanding bilateral trade
TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Hamdi Zadboum in a meeting with the representatives of the private sector of Russia’s Tver region on Saturday discussed the expansion of trade ties between the two sides.
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2021-07-17 15:43
TCCIMA offers economic suggestions for next govt.
TEHRAN – Head of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) has offered some suggestions to the next government for improving the country’s business environment and for resolving some of the current economic issues.
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2021-07-17 14:41
Iran 12th in latest FIBA power rankings
TEHRAN – Iran national basketball team have been ranked 12th among the 12 countries that will be featuring at the 2020 Olympics.
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2021-07-17 13:06
By Ali A. Jenabzadeh
Russia, Iran expected to play most important role in Syria’s reconstruction, expert says
TEHRAN – Iran and Russia are expected to play the most important role in reconstruction of Syria, despite Western attempts to cause friction between them, a Moscow-based expert says.
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2021-07-17 13:02
By Mohammad Mazhari
Regional powers are engaged in diplomacy with Taliban: academic
TEHRAN – Calling for a multilateral Astana-like initiative, an associate professor from the University of South-Eastern Norway, says the regional powers prefer diplomacy with the Taliban.
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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.
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2021-07-17 12:17
Steel exports rise 128% in 3 months yr/yr
TEHRAN- Iran's major steel producers exported over 2.78 million tons of steel during the first three months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-June 21), which was 128 percent more than the figure of the same period of time in the past year.
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2021-07-17 12:17
New Israeli PM approves very controversial settlement expansion
Neftali Bennet has relaunched the project which will see the construction of more than 3,412 settlers units and more alarmingly split the occupied West Bank in two, the north and the south.
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2021-07-17 12:13
British arms exports fueling Saudi war on Yemen three times more than government revelations
The UK government’s official figures says it signed £6.7 billion worth of arms sales to Saudi Arabia since Riyadh began its bombing campaign on neighboring Yemen in March 2015. These included bombs, missiles, and warplanes.
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2021-07-17 12:08
U.S. senator: JCPOA is our only viable option
TEHRAN — A day after some Senate leaders emerged from a classified briefing with Secretary of State Tony Blinken offering a pessimistic outlook on the chances of re-entering the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) said that that the deal remains the U.S.’s only viable option for dealing with Iran.
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2021-07-17 12:08
Iran insists talks is only solution to Afghan crisis
TEHRAN — Tehran is insistent on its position the crisis in neighboring Afghanistan must be resolved through negotiations, a senior Iranian diplomat said on Thursday.
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2021-07-17 12:07
Iran, Turkey have good relations, says Iranian ambassador
TEHRAN — The Iranian ambassador to Ankara, Mohammad Farazmand, has met with Baghdad Amrayev, the secretary-general of the Turkish Council, ISNA reported on Friday.
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2021-07-17 12:07
Zarif: U.S. best to put his house in order
TEHRAN — In a tweet posted on Friday afternoon, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif slammed the United States over baseless accusations.
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2021-07-17 12:07
First nation group calls on Canadian government to release residential school records
An indigenous group has called on the Canadian government and the Catholic Church to release the attendance records of a boarding school to help identify unmarked graves.
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2021-07-17 12:00
If Israel wages war on Lebanon, Hezbollah can fire up to ‘3,000’ missiles a day
Speaking to journalists Israeli general, Amir Baram, says since the July 2006 war on Lebanon, Hezbollah has turned into a full blown army. He estimates that the Lebanese Resistance Movement has an arsenal of between 130,000 to 150,000 different projectiles.
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2021-07-17 11:55
Lebanon’s Prime Minister designate fails to form new government, announces resignation.
Hopes of a a much needed political agreement in Lebanon have been dashed after the country’s Prime Minister designate Saad al-Hariri and President Michel Aoun failed to agree on a new cabinet line up leading to the premier’s resignation.
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2021-07-17 10:19
Over 440,000 tons of basic goods imported via Shahid Rajaee port since late March
TEHRAN – Over 440,000 tons of basic commodities have been imported to Iran via Shahid Rajaee port, the country’s largest and best-equipped container port, since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), according to a provincial official.