Moderate quake strikes near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant, no damage reported
Reuters – An earthquake of magnitude of 4.9 struck near Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant on Friday but an Iranian emergency services…
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Bigger loans granted for modern home construction in Iran
Financial Tribune – Homes built in Iran not only have a very short lifespan, but the environmental impact of their building materials…
School winter break touted as solution for curbing air pollution in Iran
Financial Tribune – The Department of Environment had drafted a bill on a winter break for schools. It was approved by the…
Earnings boom for insurance company agents
Financial Tribune – The insurance industry’s profit amounted to 45 trillion rials ($346 million) in the current fiscal year (started March 2019),…
Iranian company attains know-how to repair passenger planes’ engine
MNA – An Iranian knowledge-based company managed to attain technical knowhow of manufacturing and repairing a number of parts of plane engine…
A third of Iran population covered by family doctor program: Official
Press TV – An Iranian health ministry official says nearly a third of the population in the country is covered by the…
Frozen embryo born 13 years after being stored in Iran’s city of Isfahan
Press TV – A baby girl has been born of an embryo frozen for thirteen years in the Iranian central city of…
Welcome ceremony for an ancient Iranian soldier
Press TV – This is a welcome ceremony for an ancient Iranian soldier! This bas-relief of an Achaemenid guard is 2,500 years…
Locals help stork build nest in viral video filmed in Iran
Press TV – A viral video showing local villagers helping a stork build its nest has been widely shared among Iranian social…
Box office earnings rise 25% to $19 million
Financial Tribune – Iran’s box office earnings during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21) stood at…
Refinery plans to save Iranian Cheetah in Hormuzgan
SHANA – Persian Gulf Star Refinery has initiated a scheme aimed at preserving Iranian cheetahs in Geno mountains, Hormuzgan Province, southern Iran.…
Population of jobless earners on the rise in Iran
Financial Tribune – The Iranian labor market has undergone remarkable transformations in recent years. One such unique change is the rise in…
Iran, Armenia sign cooperation agreement on employment, education
IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Cooperative, Labor and Social Welfare Mohammad Shariatmadari and Armenian Minister of Labor and Social Affairs Zaruhi Batoyan…
Iran’s airport traffic down 4%
Financial Tribune – Iran Airports Company registered a total of 284,439 takeoffs and landings during the first eight months of the current…
Leader of Gonabadi Dervishes dies at age 92
MNA – Noor Ali Tabandeh, the leader of the Gonabadi Dervishes, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 92. Tabandeh died…
Iran opens 10th national handicraft exhibition
IRNA – Iran opened its 10th Handicrafts and Traditional Arts Exhibition in southern Bushehr Province, on Monday. First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri participated…
Rostami wins silver in Qatar Intl. Cup 2019
MNA – Iranian lifter Kianoush Rostami won the silver medal of 96kg category at the 2019 edition of Qatar International Cup on…
Iran official says Afghans should be barred from becoming employers
Radio Farda – The top official of Tehran Province Immigration Office has pointed to the participation of some Afghan residents in recent…
Iran plans to continue offering health insurance to refugees
Financial Tribune – Iran Health Insurance Organization has plans to extend health insurance to refugees in the next fiscal year that starts…
Iran poll shows only 15 percent in Tehran satisfied with government
Radio Farda – A poll conducted by the state-run Iran Students Polling Agency (ISPA) shows that the level of people’s satisfaction with…
Iranian officials finally identify source of mysterious stench in the capital
Radio Farda – The source of a mysterious stench that has pestered residents of Iran’s capital Tehran this year, is the usage…
Iranian technology delegation to visit Turkey in Jan.
MNA – Heading an Iranian business and technology delegation, Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari will participate at the…
Iran skiers snatch one gold, 10 other medals in Turkey
IRNA – Iranian skiers won one gold medal and six silver and four bronze medals in Alpine field at international competitions of…
Iran to inscribe Yalda Night on UNESCO heritage list in 2021
MNA – The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Iran is making efforts to have Yalda Night (Shab-e Yalda) inscribed…
Iran, Qatar football chiefs meet in Doha
MNA – Heads of Iranian and Qatari football federations met and held talks on Saturday in Doha. President of Iran Football Federation,…
Iran’s Q2 real-estate market surveyed
Financial Tribune – Land and home prices, as well as rents, increased by 110.7%, 64.4% and 24.9% in summer on a year-on-year…
Iran, Italy to boost science, research cooperation
MNA – The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology is planning to hold joint research projects with Italy’s National Research Council, a…
Air pollution and continued absence of responsibility
Financial Tribune – Schools have closed down in several cities for days, hospitals are full with patients suffering from respiratory conditions, and…
Iran commissions local firm for complex aviation equipment
Press TV – Iran has awarded a contract to a local electronics company to manufacture a high-tech device used in the airports.…
5 Richter earthquake jolts SW Iran
IRNA – An earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale shook the Iranian city of Saland, Khuzestan Province on Sunday. According to…
Iran working on Int’l tech ties
Financial Tribune – In line with Iran’s policies to expand its international scientific and technological ties, ICT Minister Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi…
Iran’s dotar instrument wins world heritage status
Tehran Times – Iran’s traditional skills of crafting and playing the dotar won world heritage status on Thursday, joining UNESCO’s culture list…
Yalda Night, or how Iranians celebrate the winter solstice
MNA | Marjohn Sheikhi: Yalda Night (or Shab-e Yalda; also, Shab-e Chelleh) is an ancient Persian festival, which basically celebrates the coming of…
Iran gives FIFA commitment on women’s access to matches – source
Reuters – Iran’s Football Federation has given world governing body FIFA a written commitment that women will be allowed to attend matches…
Iranians prepare to celebrate Yalda, longest night of year
Press TV – Iranians are preparing to celebrate Yalda Night, an ancient cultural festival marking the arrival of winter and the longest…
Isfahan, the heartland of art and culture screens Cinema Vérité films
MNA – Films of the13th edition of Iran International Documentary Film Festival, known as Cinema Vérité are still being screened in different…
Iranian city hit by flood mismanagement, mystery deaths
Al-Monitor – Much of the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz remains inundated by floodwater after being struck with nearly four hours of…
Foreign Ministry condemns anti-Iran human rights resolution in UN
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi condemned the resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly against the human rights…
Ghalam-Kari: Another popular art in Isfahan
Tasnim – Ghalamkari, a kind of traditional print that is applied to textile, is one of many handicrafts of Isfahan. The handicrafts…
Iran ranks 1st in neuroscience in the Middle East
IRNA – Deputy Director of Research and Technology at the Ministry of Health said that Iran ranks first in the region in…