Actor Mohamad Ali Keshavarz passes away at 90
MNA – Nonagenarian actor Mohamad Ali Keshavarz passed away on Sunday at Atieh hospital in Tehran. He was suffering from age-related diseases…
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Iran’s debt-ridden international broadcasters face closure
Al-Monitor – Iran’s state-funded international TV channels, including Press TV, could soon be taken off the air due to accumulated debt amid…
Asghar Farhadi casts 2 Iranian leads for “Hero”
ISNA – Amir Jadidi and Mohsen Tanabandeh are two male actors joining “Hero”, the new film by Iranian two- time Oscar winning…
Magnitude 5.7 quake strikes southern Iran
Reuters – A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck Fars province in southern Iran on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported. There was…
Iran to hold ‘I Can’t Breathe’ cartoon exhibition
FNA – Iran is due to hold an international cartoon exhibition later this week to display and deplore racial discrimination against African-Americans…
Iran to become largest producer of pharmaceuticals in West Asia: Health min.
MNA – Islamic Republic of Iran will be turned into the largest producer of raw materials of pharmaceuticals in the Middle East…
Iran’s education startups significantly grow amid Covid-19 outbreak
Trend – Educational startups have significantly grown during the Coronavirus outbreak, Iran’s Vice President for Science and Technology said. “In fact, all…
FAO: COVID-19, desert locust to fuel hunger in Asia, Pacific
Tasnim – While the world continues to fights to slow the spread of COVID-19, countries in South and Southwest Asia are simultaneously…
Isfahan’s Naghshe Jahan Squere registered as cultural heritage asset by int’l bodies
Iran Review – Naqsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan, also known as Imam Square, was registered and introduced in the form of a…
Magnitude 6.3 earthquake hits Iran-Iraq border region – GFZ
Reuters – An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck the Iran-Iraq border region on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ)…
ICT minister unveils Iran ‘Netflix’ plan
Intellinews – Iran’s information and communications technology (ICT) minister has announced a new internet protocol television (IPTV) project to get 5mn Iranian…
Tehran air quality in May healthy on only one day
Financial Tribune – Data show that during the month, “moderate” status was the most prevailing air condition, as the index hovered between…
Forest fire contained in Iran’s southwestern protected area after 5 days
IRNA – Firefighters managed to bring under control the wildfire broke out in Khaeez forest, protected area, southwestern Iran, five days ago,…
4.7-Richter quake jolts southern Iran
MNA – An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale hit Khonj city, in Fars province, near the Persian Gulf, early Monday.…
Iranian veteran journalist Fathi dies
Tehran Times – Iran long-serving journalist Fatollah Fathi passed away at the age of 58 on Sunday. Fathi, who was suffering from…
IRGC, Army send helicopters to contain fire in Zagros mountain range
IRNA – Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) and Army have dispatched their helicopters to Zagros long mountain range in northwestern Iran to…
Crisis in the Caspian Sea: The world’s largest lake drying up?
MNA – According to a report by the Water Research Institute at the Iranian Center for Caspian Sea Studies and Research, the…
Tourists can visit world’s biggest brick dome in Iran as of May 30
IRNA – Visit to Iran’s Soltaniyeh Dome, the world’s biggest brick dome in northwest of Iranian capital- is available for tourists as…
Rains fill up most dams
Financial Tribune – Higher precipitation in recent weeks has filled 70% of the capacity of dams in Iran, the Energy Minister said.…
Father’s killing of 14-year-old daughter stirs outrage in Iran
Reuters – A father’s brutal killing of his teenage daughter over her relationship with a man has caused widespread anger in Iran,…
FAO delivers first batch of desert locust control supplies to Iran
IRNA – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on Wednesday in the scheme of an emergency technical cooperation…
Magnitude 4.4 earthquake hits east Tehran
MNA – An earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale hit Damavand County in the east of the Iranian capital of Tehran…
Magnitude 5.2 quake jolts western Iran
Tasnim – An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit an area in Iran’s western province of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad on…
Iran’s Human Rights Council dismisses hype on fate of Australian-British prisoner
FNA – The High Council of Human Rights of Iran’s Judiciary categorically dismissed media hype on the fate of the Australian-British prisoner,…
Govt. approves regulations to grant citizenship to children with Iranian mothers
MNA – Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei said the cabinet has approved the regulations for allowing children of an Iranian mother and foreign…
Iran’s legendary wrestler’s will to be unveiled
IRNA – On the occasion of the anniversary of the National Sports, Olympic and Paralympic Museum establishment, the historic will of the…
Music common language of all civilizations: Iranian vocal artist
Press TV – Iranian vocal artist Mohammad Saeidi says music is the common language of all civilizations and music lovers beyond Iran…
Iran marks National Day of Omar Khayyam; Persian poet, polymath
MNA | Zahra Mirzafarjouyan: Today is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the great Persian poet, astronomer, writer, and mathematician…
Ancient area with 10,000 stone carvings discovered in Iran
Iran Review – A new ancient region with about 10,000 historical stone carvings has been discovered in the Iranian city of Meshkinshahr…
Iran may use military against locusts threatening crops
Reuters – Iran may use its military for a second year to help fight locusts that have invaded the south of the…
Iran marks National Day of Ferdowsi, father of modern Persian language
MNA – Ordibehesht 25 in the Persian calendar corresponding with May 14 is National Commemoration Day of the renowned poet Ferdowsi, the…
Fajr International Film Festival postponed to 2021
ISNA – The Fajr International Film Festival has been postponed to 2021 due to coronavirus pandemic. “The Fajr International Film Festival slated…
Iconic Sassanid-era fortress in Iran suffers deep cracks after 5.1 magnitude earthquake
Sputnik – On Thursday, an earthquake estimated at 5.1 magnitude hit a large part of Iran, including the Tehran province in the…
No damage to utilities in Tehran’s 5.1 quake
Financial Tribune – There are no reports of gas leaks or explosions in the distribution and transmission networks in Tehran and Mazandaran.…
Iran quake of magnitude 5.1 kills two, injures 22
Reuters – Two people died and 22 were injured when they fled their homes in panic following an earthquake of magnitude 5.1…
Magnitude 5.1 quake hits western Iran, no casualties reported – TV
Reuters – An earthquake of magnitude 5.1 struck Iran’s western province of Lorestan on Wednesday, Iranian state TV reported, adding that there…
Renowned Iranian writer, translator passes away at 91
IRNA – Najaf Daryabandari, a renowned Iranian writer and translator of American writer Ernest Hemingway’s works into Persian, passed away at the…
Iran marks national Shiraz Day
MNA – The 15th day of Ordibehesht in Persian calendar that falls on May 4 this year has been designated as Shiraz…
Costs of expanding welfare program gauged
Financial Tribune – Using the International Labor Organization’s Social Protection Floors Calculator, the Social Welfare Department of the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor…
70% decline in Mehrabad Int’l airport passenger traffic
Financial Tribune – Tehran’s Mehrabad International Airport transported 291,739 passengers during the first month of the current Iranian year (March 20-April 19)…