End in sight for standoff between ridesharing firms, municipalities in Iran
Financial Tribune | Khosro Kalbasi: Uber and Lyft are household names across the world, in the absence of which in Iran, two…
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France hails Iran’s intl. police coop.
MNA – In a meeting between the Head of the Iranian Police’s international department, Brigadier General Hadi Shirzad and Head of the…
$3.4m to help ease air pollution in Isfahan
Financial Tribune – The government has allocated 400 billion rials ($3.4 million) to curb the growing air pollution and smog in the…
Oman welcomes transfer of Iran’s pharmaceutical technology: Minister
MNA – Oman’s Minister of Health, Ahmed bin Mohamed bin Obaid Al Saidi said that his country welcomes transfer of Iran’s advanced…
Female pilots take control of first Iranian domestic flight
Press TV – Reports in the Iranian media shows a female captain and her co-pilot have flown a passenger plane, a first…
Asian qualifiers: Bahrain 1-0 Iran
Press TV – Bahrain grabbed a shocking 1-0 victory over Iran in the capital city of Manama. The hosts scored the only…
Housing investment in Iran loses luster
Financial Tribune – The total return index of real-estate market has been greater than that of other markets such as gold coin…
Pakistan says to expand pharmaceutical coop. with Iran
MNA – Pakistani Health Minister Zafar Mirza expressed hope that Iran and Pakistan would expand cooperation in the pharmaceutical industry. He made…
Solar power for Iranian nomads
Financial Tribune – Technology has created the conditions to help nomads and tribal communities with facilities to ease their daily, often difficult,…
Iran, leading country in health sector in region: WHO chief
MNA – Director-General of World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that Iran is a leading country in health sector in the…
Iranian child ranks 1st at Hungarian painting Fest
IRNA – Iranian child Tannaz Tabatabaei won the first prize at the 5th International Festival of Paintings for Pediatric Patients (IFPPP) in…
Slight increase in Iran airport traffic
Financial Tribune – Iran Airports Company registered 37,165 takeoffs and landings during the sixth month of the current Iranian year (August 23-Sept.…
Iran ends monopoly on postal sector as first courier launches services
Press TV – Iran has officially ended its decades-long monopoly over postal services as a first major private operator launches nationwide services.…
Iran-Iraq borders fully secure for return of Arbaeen pilgrims
MNA – A senior security official Brigadier General Mohsen Fat’hizadeh said that Iran-Iraq borders are fully secure for the return of Arbaeen…
ICCIMA reports upturn in Iran’s business environment
Financial Tribune – “Access to energy carriers (electricity, gas and diesel)”, “access to water” and “access to the internet and mobile phone…
Trump’s concern about Iran religious minorities worthless: Iranian Assyrian
Press TV – An Iranian Assyrian Christian says US President Donald Trump’s ostensible concern about the rights of religious minorities in the…
Iran criticizes Intl. community’s failure to coop. with Iran to fight against trafficking
MNA – Iran’s Foreign Ministry’s Director-General for consular affairs criticized the international community’s failure to cooperate with Iran for fighting against human…
Iran foils 2 bombing plots in Arbaeen
Tasnim – Iran’s intelligence forces have thwarted two plots for bombing attacks on pilgrims who travel to Iraq in the Arbaeen season,…
Golden Eagle tourist train arrives Isfahan
IRNA – The 29th Golden Eagle International Tourism Train, passing through the Silk Road (North-South Corridor), arrived at Isfahan Railway Station on…
IKIA handles over 761,000 passengers in one month
MNA – Some 761,170 passengers were transported by Imam Khomeini International Airport in the past Iranian month (August 23 to September 22),…
Traffic scheme revenues spent on Tehran’s transportation development
Financial Tribune – Revenues generated from traffic schemes underway in the Iranian capital are being spent on expanding Tehran’s public transportation network…
Urmia Lake water level improves
MNA – In the 7th month of the current Iranian calendar year, Mehr, (starting September 23, 2019), water level in Urmia Lake,…
Iran Foreign Ministry offers to help address climate issues
Financial Tribune – Iran’s Foreign Ministry is ready to offer diplomatic aid to help efforts aimed at controlling climate change and addressing…
Semnan tourist attractions offered in foreign languages
IRNA — Deputy Director of Semnan province Department for Tourism, Investment of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts, Hamid Reza Doost Mohammadi said…
Iranian board games make way to Int’l Essen Fair
Financial Tribune | Mohamadreza Seyedagha: Board games industry is growing gradually in Iran, as fewer than than 20 companies are producing some…
Iranian women cheer at soccer game, finally
Al-Monitor | Saeid Jafari: “I just cannot believe how much we shouted and cheered,” Maryam, 27, told Al-Monitor as she walked out…
Hafez as fresh as flower in public memory: Minister
IRNA – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi said on Friday that Hafez is the most popular poet who is…
Iran too strong for Cambodia at World Cup qualifier
MNA – Iran earned an impressive 14-0 win over minnow Cambodia at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 and AFC Asian Cup…
UNWTO: Iran tourist arrivals rise 50% to top 7 million in 2018
Financial Tribune – Iran hosted 7.29 million foreign tourists in 2018, about 50% more compared with the year before, according to the…
Iranian women allowed to attend soccer game for first time since 1981
The New York Times | Tariq Panja: When Iran’s national soccer team takes the field on Thursday for an otherwise humdrum World…
Iranian women attend first soccer match in 40 years
Reuters – Iranian women entered the country’s national stadium in Tehran on Thursday after being able to purchase tickets for a national…
Ban on popular telegram app not to be lifted in Iran
Radio Farda – The National Iranian Cyberspace Center has denied reports about the lifting of the ban on popular social networking application…
Iranian women allowed to watch football at stadium for first time in decades
AFP | Amir Havasi: Thousands of Iranian women fans are to attend a football match freely Thursday for the first time in…
Ayatollah Khamenei pledges support for Iranian knowledge-based firms
Tasnim – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei assured Iranian knowledge-based companies and the enterprises working on advanced technologies…
Iran among top countries in Nano field
MNA – Iran has made significant advances in the field of high tech, especially nanotechnology so that it has been ranked the…
Iran’s Q2 unemployment drops 1.8% to 10.5%
Financial Tribune – The unemployment rate was 11.8% in urban areas (2.42 million people) and 6.6% in rural areas (466,012 people) Iran’s…
Can water markets help Iran?
Financial Tribune – Managing limited resources of water has long been a challenge not only to water users but also policymakers in…
Iran’s Ministry of Education fails to deliver on promises
Al-Monitor | Mohammad Reza Niknejad: World Teachers’ Day is held annually Oct. 5 to celebrate the role of teachers in providing quality…
Two-minaret mosque in Iran’s Saghez
Tasnim – The Two-minaret Mosque in the city of Saghez is on the slopes of the historical hill of Narin Qal’e. The…
Iran signs deal to electrify 750,000 irrigation motors
Press TV – Iran goes green on agriculture as farmers are to switch to electric irrigation systems as a result of a…