Expert predicts long-term effects of coronavirus on Iran’s football
MNA – Bijan Zolfagharnasab, head of Iran Football Coaches Association (IFCA), believes that the pandemic coronavirus crisis could bring long term consequences…
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EU, UNDP to help revive Iran’s Hamoun wetland: Official
Tasnim – The deputy head of Iran’s Department of Environment (DOE) said the European Union and the United Nations Development Program will…
Tourism industry prospects unclear amid coronavirus
Financial Tribune – The new coronavirus has shut down Iran’s tourism industry for two months now and it seems that at present…
Lessons on humanity from Persian literature
MNA | Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet: All of Iran’s celebrations this year to mark Sadi Day on April 20 will be organized online…
Iran marks National Day of Saadi Shirazi, the Master of Speech
MNA – Today is the National Commemoration Day of the renowned Persian poet Saadi Shirazi, born in Shiraz around 1200 and died…
Public transport commuters surge as businesses reopen in Tehran
Financial Tribune – As more businesses reopen in Tehran, the number of subway commuters will surge and undermine social distancing A s…
Floods cause $56m in damage to roads since March
Financial Tribune – Floods that have swept the country since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20) have inflicted up…
Coronavirus: National Museum of Iran hailed by online visitors
Iran Review – Art-and-history lovers welcomed an initiative launched by the National Museum of Iran to facilitate online visits during the Persian…
In a time of crisis, Iranians seek comfort, connection through music
Bourse and Bazaar | Khosro Kalbasi: Iran is enduring one of the world’s worst outbreaks of COVID-19. Over 73,000 infections have been…
Customs clearance to speed up in major Iranian dry port
Press TV – Iranian authorities set up mechanisms to speed up clearing customs in a major dry port located near Tehran. Heads…
Iran: Dams 69% full but water use soaring
Financial Tribune – Heavy rainfall since the beginning of the current water year last September and especially in the past several days…
Concerns over corona rampaging through public transportation
Financial Tribune – Social distancing is almost impossible in a crowded city like Tehran, unless more buses and taxis are added to…
Lake Urmia water level rises by 35cm
MNA – The water level at Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, currently stands at 1,271 meters above sea level, which is 35 centimeters…
Iran marks National Day of Iranian poet Attar of Nishapur
MNA – April 13 is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the great Persian poet, mystic, and philosopher Attar…
Foreign students not to attend Iranian universities until end of summer
Tasnim – An Iranian Science Ministry official said foreign students of Iranian universities will not be attending this semester’s classes due to…
12 provinces register single-digit unemployment rate in Q4
Financial Tribune – South Khorasan Province filed the lowest unemployment rate of 6% among all Iranian provinces in the fourth quarter of…
4.6-magnitude quake shakes NW Iran
IRNA – A 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Qotur district in West Azarbaijan province, Iran on Sunday morning with no damage or casualties. The…
Major Muslim festivity of Imam Mahdi birthday marked amid social distancing
Press TV – Lit-up streets and mass turnout in nationwide celebrations is how people in Iran celebrate the birthday of their 12th Imam,…
Q4 unemployment drops to 10.6%
Financial Tribune – Iran’s unemployment rate, the proportion of jobless population of ages 15 and above, stood at 10.6% in the fourth…
Flood damage to roads, agro sectors estimated at $139m
Financial Tribune – Floods in the first week of spring have inflicted losses estimated at 8,700 billion rials ($54.37 million) on the…
Number of road trips in Nowruz decreases by 80%: Iran
Iran Front Page – Iran says after the implementation of the social distancing plan, people’s trips decreased by 80 percent during the…
Iran’s art community wades into coronavirus fight
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: Drifting from one Iranian city to another at an exponential rate, the novel coronavirus continues to deal stunning…
54 inmates on the run after Iran prison break
Al-Monitor – More than 50 inmates are on the run in Iran following a prison break Sunday in which four guards were…
Iranian police arrest five over prank aubergine-rain video
The Guardian – Iranian police have arrested five people over a prank video that shows aubergines falling from the sky in front…
Iran asks people to stay home for Nowruz holidays
Al-Monitor – Iranian officials have so far resisted calls for mandatory quarantine of areas with high infections of COVID-19. Instead, authorities have…
IRCS starts screening people for coronavirus in 13 Iranian provinces
Tasnim – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) on Tuesday started a major plan to screen people for the new coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Iranians from all walks of life do their part in anti-virus campaign
Press TV – Since the beginning of a coronavirus epidemic in Iran in late February, Iranian people from all walks of life…
In search of junub, the hippie spirit of Iran’s south
The Guardian – Among Iranian youths, junub carries much more meaning than just its literal definition of south. It has long been…
Nearly 5,000 coronavirus patients recover in Iran
Tasnim – The total number of coronavirus cases in Iran rose to 14,991 on Monday, of whom nearly 5,000 have recovered and…
5.4-Richter quake shakes southern Iran
IRNA – An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale shook the town of Ruydar, Hormuzgan Province, at 1:34 a.m. (10:04 GMT)…
Iranian cinema grabs 9 awards at Italian Film Days in Cyprus
MNA – The Italian Film Days in Cyprus granted awards to Iranian films in nine different categories in its February 2020 edition.…
Teachers adapting to remote teaching as COVID-19 shuts schools
Iran Front Page – As schools remain shut down in Iran due to the outbreak of COVID-19 disease, teachers began using social…
Most effective anti-coronavirus drug developed in Iran: dep. min.
MNA – Iranian deputy health minister Reza Malekzadeh announced on Saturday that the country has been successful in developing the most effective…
There is no special section for coronavirus victims in Behesht-e Masoumeh Cemetery in Qom
ISNA – The CEO of Qom Cemeteries Organization denied Washington Post’s accusation, stressing that there is no special section for coronavirus victims…
Passenger transport sector hit hard by virus outbreak
Financial Tribune – Preliminary estimates show airlines will suffer losses worth 20 trillion rials ($129.87 million) till April 3—the end of the…
An unhappy Persian New Year in Tehran
Bloomberg | Arsalan Shahla: The days before March 21 this year were supposed to be busy with shoppers in Tehran and elsewhere…
Iran’s domestic flights cut by 75% over coronavirus: Report
Press TV – Iranian airlines have suspended flights or modified services amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the country as a…
Iranian boxer wins ticket to Tokyo 2020 Olympic
FNA – Featherweight boxer of Team Iran Danial Shahbakhsh managed to defeat his rivals in the Jordanian capital city of Amman on…
Iran’s leading carmaker IKCO halts production due to coronavirus
Press TV – Iran’s leading car manufacturer the Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) has decided to halt production at all its plants after…
Iran deputy health minister recovers from coronavirus
MNA – Iran deputy health minister Iraj Harirchi has recovered from the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, according to a statement on…