Iran’s cultural site Persepolis reimagined through minimalist frames
Archdaily – Architect and visual artist Mohammad Hassan Forouzanfar has been conceptually combining contemporary landmarks with traditional Iranian houses, palaces and monuments…
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ACL qualifiers: Esteghlal 3-0 al-Kuwait
Press TV – Esteghlal of Iran have advanced to the next round of the Asian Champions League qualifiers, after a comfortable 3-nil…
Iran says suspected coronavirus case tested negative
Press TV – Iranian health authorities have dismissed reports that a new coronavirus outbreak that began in China and infected thousands of…
Iranian airliner refutes speculation about emergency landing
IRNA – Iran Air Tour Company rejected speculations on social media about emergency landing of Tehran-Istanbul Flight No. 9716 for not opening…
13 provinces register single-digit unemployment rates
Financial Tribune – South Khorasan Province registered the lowest unemployment rate of 5.4% among all Iranian provinces in the third quarter of…
Meet the dismissed sports host who challenged Iran’s state TV
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Adel Ferdosipour, one of Iran’s most popular sports hosts, has flexed his muscles against Iran’s hard-liner-controlled state TV…
Iran’s top cultural event jeopardized by artist boycotts
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: Confronting a boycott by Iranian artists, the Fajr International Film Festival announced the cancellation of its opening ceremony,…
‘Unprofessional and political’: Tehran slams Asian Football Confederation’s decision to move matches out of Iran
RT – Tehran has sharply criticized the decision by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to move matches set to take place in…
Quake hits Southern Iran, causes no casualties
IRNA – An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook the Iranian district Ahmadi Haji-Abad, Hormuzgan Province on Wednesday evening but…
Cost of Fajr festival opening ceremony to be given to flood-stricken areas
IRNA – A provincial official of Ministry of culture and Islamic Guidance in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, said on Wednesday that the cost of…
Branko Ivanković says Iran has no security concerns
IRNA – Former Coach of Iran’s Persepolis Club Branko Ivanković said on Wednesday that during his four-year life in Iran, he saw…
Iran to launch homegrown satellite in weeks
Tasnim – A new Iranian satellite is going to be sent into the orbit at an altitude of above 500 km within…
AFC moves Champions League matches out of Iran
Reuters – The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has shifted two preliminary matches in its elite club competition from Iran to neutral venues…
Two rail projects to be inaugurated in coming year
MNA – Iran’s Deputy Minister of Roads and Urban Development for Construction and Development of Railways, Ports and Airports Abbas Khatibi said…
Iran’s DoE says unable to combat air pollution in the short-term
Financial Tribune – Successive governments have done nothing to improve the quality of the air, especially in mega cities, and expecting the…
Iran to electrify 10 million motorbikes, scooters: Deputy energy minister
Press TV – Iran is electrifying around 10 million motorbikes and scooters as a first step in its nation-wide efforts to fight…
12th Tehran Auction sells artworks worth $2.4m
Financial Tribune – The 12th Tehran Auction of Iranian artworks on Friday earned 317.17 billion rials ($2.42 million). The auction at Tehran’s…
Section-1 of Tehran-Shomal freeway to be inaugurated in Feb.: Nobakht
MNA – Head of Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) Mohammad Bagher Nobakht announced on Tuesday that Section-1 of Tehran-North (Shomal) Freeway is…
Iran to lodge complaint with CAS over AFC ruling
FNA – Iran will file a complaint with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against a ruling of the Asian Football…
‘Passengers of light’ visit Iran-Iraq war memorials – a photo essay
The Guardian | Anthony Micallef: In Iran, every spring, thousands of families travel to the battle sites of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-88).…
Stolen ‘Divan of Hafez’ heading to Germany after discovery in UK
Press TV – A stolen 15th-century book by the famed Persian poet Hafez has been recovered by a Dutch art detective after…
Ali Daei to be announced as Team Melli head coach in few hours
MNA – Multiple media reports suggest that Ali Daei is to be announced as the new head coach of Iran national football…
Army assisting flood-stricken people in southeastern Iran
Tehran Times – The chief of the Army Ground Force said on Friday that certain units his command have flocked to the…
Iran lost $350 billion overflight fees due plane crash
ILNA – Managing Director of Iran Airports and Air Navigation Company Siavash Amir Makri said Iran’s revenue from overflight fees was about…
AFC President, Iran’s Sports Minister hold phone talk amid AFC’s controversial decision
MNA – Iranian Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Masoud Soltanifar held a phone conversation with the President of the Asian Football…
Iranian federation calls on AFC to dismiss untrue claims about Iran’s security
MNA – A spokesman with the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation noted that Iran is fully ready to host international teams.…
Iran’s Space Agency says Zafar satellite tops ready-to-launch list
Press TV – The Islamic Republic of Iran is due to send a highly advanced version of its satellites on discovery missions,…
Flood damages worth $53m inflicted on Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan infrastructure
Financial Tribune – Minister of Roads and Urban Development Mohammad Eslami says flooding has inflicted damages on roads, bridges and waterways of…
Q3 underemployment at 10.6%
Financial Tribune – Underemployment, the condition in which people in a labor force are employed for less than 44 hours of service…
Water levels in Iran’s southern dams rising after years
Financial Tribune – Deluge in the past few days in southern and southeastern Iran has inflicted damages on cities, villages and roads…
Airport traffic hit by downturn in nine months
Financial Tribune – Iran Airports Company registered 318,727 takeoffs and landings during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March…
DoE blames gasoline, diesel quality for air pollution
Financial Tribune – A study conducted by the Department of Environment on gasoline and diesel quality indicates both fuels sold in the…
Foreign tourist arrival in Mazandaran grows 38 percent
IRNA – A Mazandaran province tourism official said that a greater number of foreign tourists have arrived to the province in recent…
Iran Air still flying to eight European destinations as scheduled
IRNA – The Airline of Islamic Republic of Iran (Iran Air) announced on Monday that except for flights to Stockholm and Gothenburg…
Flash floods wreak havoc in southern Iran
Press TV – Heavy downpours have triggered severe flooding across several cities and villages in southeastern Iran. So far one person has…
Trump’s threat to Iran’s antiquities sets off global uproar
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: Iran ranks 10th globally on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) list of world heritage…
Ukrainian airliner was on fire prior to Iran crash: initial report
Reuters – A Ukrainian airliner that crashed shortly after take-off from Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board, was on…
If Trump knew anything about Iran, he would never have threatened its culture
The Washington Post | Hooman Majd: Since the United States killed Qasem Soleimani in Iraq last week, President Trump has only ramped…
Donald Trump’s belligerent threats to Iran’s cultural sites are grotesque
The Guardian | Simon Jenkins: Donald Trump’s threat to destroy the sites of ancient Persia should send a shiver down the spine…
FIFA President highlights presence of Iranian females at Azadi stadium a turning point
IRNA – FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Wednesday described the 1st presence of Iranian women at Azadi stadium as a very significant…