Iran health ministry slams approval of new cigarette, tobacco brands
Financial Tribune – The Health Ministry has slammed the Iranian Tobacco Planning and Supervision Center’s recent approval of new cigarette and tobacco…
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Iran Gov’t plans to generate 1 million jobs next year
Financial Tribune – One of the main objectives of the government in the next Iranian year (starting March 20, 2020) is to…
Confab surveys E-commerce impediments, opportunities
Financial Tribune – The Iranian media group Donya-e-Eqtesad gathered e-commerce stakeholders for a conference in Tehran on Wednesday to boost the country’s…
How foreign football coaches in Iran are collateral damage to US sanctions
Euronews | Lillo Montalto Monella: Hundreds of Iranians took to the streets of Tehran on Monday but unlike recent protests decrying a…
Annual forum of Persian language held in Moscow
Press TV – All these attendants have devoted their entire life to the Persian language. Persian language experts including linguists from around…
ِDistinguished maestro says Iranians always pay homage to martyrs
IRNA – Distinguished Iranian-Armenian composer and conductor Loris Tjeknavorian said on Tuesday that the Iranian people are to remember martyrs forever through…
Iran Tourism Ministry homes in on 30 states to attract visitors
Financial Tribune – Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism has identified 30 target countries (out of 84 under study) to…
Chabahar-Muscat shipping line to resume operation next month
IRNA – Chabahar-Muscat passenger shipping line, shut down for two years, will resume operation to commute passengers next month, a senior official…
Tehran stock exchange growth continues unabated
Financial Tribune – Benchmark of Tehran Stock Exchange gained more than 1% on Tuesday, extending its winning streak into 17th day. TSE’s…
Iranian city to host UN-Iran photo exhibition
IRNA – An exhibition of photos and documents demonstrating the history of UN-Iran cooperation over the past 73 years is scheduled to…
Rise in Iranian departure tax next year
Financial Tribune – The Iranian government has set next year’s departure tax at 2.64 million rials ($20) for travelers who take their…
Iranian surgeons remove brain tumor through awake craniotomy
FNA – Iranian physicians in the Eastern province of South Khorassan performed awake brain surgery on a 19-year-old patient diagnosed with tumor.…
Chitgar Lake hosting migratory birds passing Tehran
MNA – Chitgar Lake, located in the north of Chitgar Park in northwestern Tehran, is hosting the migratory birds that have arrived…
Tourists to be fascinated by visiting Lilliput village
IRNA – Any tourist will be fascinated with travel to Makhunik Village, on eastern Iran, by seeing life-style of the people in…
Iranian airline starts flights to Uzbekistan on Dec. 9: report
MNA – Iranian Zagros Airlines began flying on the route Tehran-Tashkent-Tehran on December 9, according to reports citing Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Transport.…
ICRC has good cooperation with Iran: official
IRNA – The spokesperson of the International Committee of Red Cross (ICRC) told IRNA that the ICRC is satisfied with humanitarian activities…
ECO states to celebrate Yalda feast in Iran
IRNA – The member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) are to celebrate the Iranian ceremony of Yalda Night (the winter…
Iran gears up to battle desert locusts
Financial Tribune – Groups of desert locusts have reappeared in southeast Iran. Despite intensive control operations, hopper bands and swarms continue to…
‘When the Moon Was Full’ goes to Carcassonne filmfest. in France
MNA – Iranian feature ‘When the Moon Was Full’, directed by Narges Abyar, has been accepted into the competition program of 2nd…
Andrea Stramaccioni quits as Esteghlal coach
Tasnim – Andrea Stramaccioni has resigned as coach of Esteghlal after the Iranian football club failed to respect contractual obligations. The Italian…
Rouhani: National Information Network obviates need for foreign networks
Press TV – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says his administration is planning to bolster the infrastructure for launching the National Information Network…
No silver lining for Tehran smog
Financial Tribune – Air pollution has become a source of serious concern to the Iranian capital’s residents in the absence of workable…
Iran hosts 6.7 million foreign tourists in 8 months
MNA – About 6.7 million tourists have traveled to Iran since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21- Nov. 21),…
Iranians pitch tech firms, startups at Bakutel 2019
Financial Tribune – Iranian tech firms and startups had a strong showing at the 25th International Telecommunications, Innovations and High Technologies Exhibition,…
11 killed, over 40 injured in gas explosion at wedding in western Iran
Tasnim – Eleven people were killed and more than 40 others were injured in a gas explosion at a wedding hall in…
Mobile phone penetration at 140% in Iran
MNA – Based on a recent data released by Communication Regulatory Authority of Iran, mobile phone penetration coefficient has reached up to…
Impact of tourism on economic development in Iran
MNA – The rich culture, fantastic history, and mysterious atmosphere of Iran attract tourists from all around the world to this astonishing…
Soil erosion costs Iran $56b in covert damage p.a.
Financial Tribune – About 2 billion tons of soil are eroded in Iran annually, costing the country a covert damage of $56…
4.3 Richter tremor jolts Abdan, southern Iran
IRNA – An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale shook town of Abdan, Bushehr Province, south of Iran, on Thursday. According…
Iran, Spain exchange medicine
MNA – The medicine trade between Iran and Spain is being developed by the Biotechnology Development Council of the Vice Presidency for…
Minister vows to back Iran’s start-ups in int’l markets
IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi said on Tuesday that the CIT Ministry backs presence of…
Gov’t offers $78m for Tehran public transport expansion
Financial Tribune – The Iranian government has provided Tehran Municipality with 10 trillion rials ($78.7 million) to boost urban transportation development in…
International Day of Persons with Disabilities celebrated in Tehran
Tehran Times – A ceremony was held in Tehran on Sunday to celebrate International Day of Persons with Disabilities, ISNA news agency…
Iran marching toward telecom self-sufficiency
Financial Tribune – Industries Minister Reza Rahmani said that in two years, infrastructures of information and communication technologies will be mainly localized,…
Influenza kills 56 in Iran since start of fall
MNA – Deputy health minister says as many as 56 people have died of a flue in Iran this fall. Alireza Reisi,…
Iran deports 28 more illegal Pakistanis
IRNA — Iranian security forces have deported 28 more Pakistani nationals who illegally crossed the Iranian border, local media reported. During the…
Iran desalination capacity to reach half million cm/d
Financial Tribune – Sixty desalination plants produce 250,000 cubic meters of water per day in the coastal regions, namely Khuzestan, Hormozgan and…
Downtrend in Iran working hours
Financial Tribune – The average number of working hours in Iran per week has decreased from 44:18’ in the year ending March…
Iran Gov’t toughens eligibility for livelihood assistance program
Financial Tribune – After having paid $194.37 million to about 17.7 million households (60 million people) in the first round of the…
Insurance penetration rate rising
Financial Tribune – Insurance penetration in Iran has been rising steadily over the past years, according to the head of the Insurance…