Dimplomats from nine nations mark Nowruz in Belarus
IRNA – Head of missions of nine countries gathered in the Belarusian capital to welcome the New Year according to the Iranian…
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Iran’s woes briefly go up in smoke during fire festival
AP — Iranians are celebrating the Festival of Fire, a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition that this year offers a brief escape from…
Father’s Day in Iran
IRNA – On Wednesday (March 20) Iranian people will visit their fathers to honor them and celebrate the day with gifts, flowers…
Iranian hybrid taxis join Senegal fleet
Press TV – Iran has delivered as many as 30 hybrid vehicles to Senegal to be used in the country’s taxi fleet.…
Iran’s Kish to host World Health Summit Regional Meeting 2019
MNA – The 7th World Health Summit Regional Meeting will be held on April 29-30 on the Persian Gulf island of Kish.…
Last Tuesday of Iranian year: Time to welcome bright spring days
IRNA – Written history of the beginning days of the ancient Iranian civilization, dating back at least 7000 years, reveals the pleasant…
Iranian model of kidney transplantation; only solution for global crisis
ISNA – Kidney transplant surgeon, Nasser Simforoosh stressed, currently the issue of kidney transplantation and the lack of available kidneys has become…
Iran, SKorea to boost academic ties
IRNA – Iran and South Korea have discussed ways of boosting academic and scientific cooperation. Iran’s Ambassador to Seoul Saeid Badamchi and…
Persian New Year rituals: what happens in Hormozgan
IRNA – Persian New Year is fast approaching and cities are bustling with people who are rushing to get the last necessary…
Persian New Year to be celebrated in France
Iran Front Page – A ceremony is to be held on the eve of the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, in the…
Iran gains gold in shot put at Asian Youth Athletics C’ships
MNA – Iranian athlete Arsalan Ghashghaei claimed the gold medal of men’s shot put at 2019 Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Hong…
Iran, Iraq to sign 4 MoUs on media
IRNA – President of Iraqi Journalist Syndicate Moaid Allami said that an Iraqi delegation will visit Tehran soon and will sign 4…
IRGC seizes 1 million liters of smuggled diesel in South Iran
MNA – Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy have seized more than one million liters of diesel in coasts of Bandar Abbas, southern…
Isfahan, Samarkand boast of high capacities for sisterhood agreement
IRNA – Head of Uzbekistan Center of Islamic Civilizations said that there are great capacities for sisterhood agreement between Isfahan and cities…
UNICEF Iran joins the private sector to improve the nutrition of mothers and children in disadvantaged areas
United Nations Iran – Several years of drought has turned Nehbandan area in Iran’s South Khorasan Province on the eastern border with…
Tehran, Tbilisi vow to boost cultural interaction
IRNA – Iranian cultural attaché in Tbilisi Hamid Mostafavi reviewed mutual cultural relations wigh the Director of Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of…
Intra-Iran journeys up 9% in spring 2018
Financial Tribune – More than 112 million journeys were made inside Iran during the first quarter of the current fiscal year (March…
Do clothes make the woman? An Iranian artist’s search for identity
Al Monitor | Zahra Alipour: “Which of these faces is the real me as an Iranian woman?” That is the question the…
Tehran hosts intl. meeting on humanitarian demining
MNA – An international meeting on humanitarian demining was held in Tehran this morning with participation of representatives of Asian countries, the…
Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi on his new mystery thriller
DAZED | Nick Chen: The always-inventive filmmaker talks casting Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem in his ‘Spanish film with an Iranian soul’…
Iran ranks 2nd in FIE Men’s Sabre World Cup
IRNA – Iranian sabre fencers were defeated against South Korea at the final game of FIE Men’s Sabre World Cup in the…
Massive water transfer projects not to ease acute shortages but cripple ecosystems
Tehran Times – Water transfer schemes looking attractive to many of those residing in drought-stricken central Iran worried about drought, not only…
German A-lister ‘Silke Buhr’ to hold production design workshop in Tehran
MNA – The German award-winning production designer Silke Buhr is scheduled to hold a workshop during the 2019 Fajr International Film Festival…
Iran airport traffic down 14%
Financial Tribune – Iran Airports Company registered 394,932 takeoffs and landings during the 11 months to Feb. 19, which shows a 14%…
Iranian, Malaysian officials welcome further scientific cooperation
IRNA – Iranian and Malaysian academic officials held a meeting here on Sunday and reviewed ways to develop scientific relations. The meeting…
Sohrab Moradi to undergo surgery in Germany
Tehran Times – Iran’s Olympic gold medalist Sohrab Moradi will undergo spinal surgery in Germany, Gholamreza Norouzi, Iran’s Sports Medicine Federation, said…
UN’s AIDS agency ‘greatly encouraged’ by latest scientific breakthrough showing cure is possible
United Nations Iran – The UN agency leading the global effort to end AIDS, said on Tuesday that a new case of…
Iran to hold 6th Regional Conference on Climate Change
MNA – Iran Meteorological Organization (IMO), affiliated to the Ministry of Roads & Urban Development, is planning to host the sixth round…
Iran to take part at regional Space Law Moot Court Competition with 4 teams
MNA – Iran will be competing at the 2019 Asia Pacific Regional Rounds of IASLA Space Law Moot Court Competition with four…
Why artists are speaking up against ‘dirty money’ in Iranian cinema
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: The phenomenon of “dirty” or suspicious money appears to have increasingly found a new haven: Iran’s cinema and…
Kish Free Zone ready to host intl. events: CEO
MNA – Managing Director of Kish Free Zone Organization (KFZO) Gholam-Hossein Mozaffari said on Sat. that Kish Island is ready to host…
Caspian Sea water transfer plan carries enormous ecological risk
Financial Tribune – Transferring water from the Caspian Sea in the north to the drought-hit central plateau will have severe negative environmental…
Iran flag-bearer of human rights in ME: UN official
MNA – Deputy Human Rights Commissioner Kate Gilmore said that Iran is among the leading countries in the region regarding the status…
Ayatollah Khamenei underlines protection of trees, environment
Tasnim – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called for absolute prohibition of damage to trees for the purpose…
‘Salah’s my favorite player, he’s polite & good-tempered’ – Iranian viral sensation on hero
RT – The Iranian youngster who became a worldwide viral sensation when he was filmed perfectly recreating a Pepsi ad featuring Mohamed…
International Essay Contest for Young People 2019: Participate by 15 June!
UNESCO – What does “Kindness” mean to you? How do you think we can create a kinder society? Young people from around…
Iranian telecom services reach 63% of rural residents
Telecompaper – Iran’s ICT ministry says broadband services will be available in almost every rural areas by the end of March 2020,…
IRGC dismantles major fuel smuggling band
MNA – Intelligence forces of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps have dismantled a major fuel smuggling circle, seizing more than 10 million…
Charity ski race in Darbandsar marks National, International Women’s Day
United Nations Iran – The UN Information Centre in Tehran (UNIC) and UN Population Fund (UNFPA) in cooperation with the Darbandsar International…
Iranian state TV: Helicopter crash kills 5 in western Iran
AP — Iran’s state TV is reporting that five people were killed after a rescue helicopter crashed in the country’s western province…