Talks underway for dispatching Iranian pilgrims to Syria
MNA – Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Alireza Rashidian said that talks are underway between Iranian and Syrian authorities for sending…
Society
Iran’s Ali Akbari named best male Kurash player of the year
Tasnim – Elyas Ali Akbari from Iran has been chosen as the best male kurash player of the year. The -81kg athlete…
Jahanbakhsh links up with Iran and Izquierdo set to miss festive home games
Brighton and Hove Independent – Brighton & Hove Albion will be without wingers Alireza Jahanbakhsh and Jose Izquierdo for their festive home…
Five Iranian female karatekas to participate in Paris event
Tasnim – Five female karatekas will represent Iran in the 2019 Karate 1-Premier League. Five Iranian Female Karatekas to Participate in Paris…
Iran’s Lake Urmia water level increasing: Expert
IRNA – An Iranian official said on Sunday that the level of water in Lake Urmia, northwestern Iran, has increased compared to…
Archaeologists may have found 2,500-year-old Persian military base in northern Israel
Haaretz – The Persian camp on the Acre plain seems to have been a base camp for King Cambyses’ all-out attack on…
Iran has developed domestic alternative for Instagram: official
MNA – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace said that Iran is after replacing Instagram with a domestic platform and such…
Minister: Iran producing science at highest world speed
FNA – Iranian Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mansour Gholami announced on Monday that the country stands atop the world nations…
Iran has formed best startup ecosystem in ME: Sattari
MNA – Vice-President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said Mon. that Iran has formed the best startup ecosystem in the Middle…
Yemen match crucial: Iran’s coach Carlos Queiroz
Tasnim – The Iranian national football team’s coach Carlos Queiroz reckons his team’s first match in the AFC Asian Cup UAE 2019…
Iranian scientists produce catalysts for injection in petroleum sludge
FNA- Iranian researchers at Kermanshah oil refinery could produce different types of catalysts to be injected into the petroleum sludge, making the…
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery to honor Niki Karimi
ISNA – Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington DC will honor Iranian actress and director, Niki Karimi. During the event which is…
Uncertainties abound as Iran moves to privatize its two biggest soccer clubs
Al-Monitor – “Esteghlal or Persepolis?” and “blue or red?” are two questions tens of millions of Iranians have asked and answered over…
The Al-Nabi mosque: A famous mosque in Qazvin
Tasnim – The al-Nabi Mosque (Masjed al-Nabi, also known as Masjed-e Soltani) is a famous mosque in Iran’s northern city of Qazvin.…
More Iranian tourists expected to visit Armenia
FNA – Iran’s Ambassador to Armenia Seyed Kazem Sajjadi said on Saturday that the number of Iranian tourists visiting Armenia is expected…
Historical findings in Jiroft represent ancient Iranian civilization
IRNA – Ancient Jiroft is a symbol of Iranian civilization. The history of the region dates back to more than 4,300 years…
Iran chamber of commerce, agriculture ministry sign MoU to boost water productivity
Financial Tribune – Agriculture Minister Mahmoud Hojjati and President of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture Gholamhossein Shafei signed a…
What made this Iranian TV host lose his job?
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Name-calling and thinly veiled insults on the screen are no novelty for Iran’s state broadcaster, but a recent feud between…
Iran to hold 1st sports trade show
Xinhua – Iran is planning to hold its first sports trade show on Jan. 9-10, 2019, official IRNA news agency reported on…
Married girls not expelled from day schools in Iran anymore
Iran Front Page – Day schools in Iran used to expel married students and send them to boarding schools on the pretext…
Envoy lauds Iran’s contribution to global scientific progress
FNA – Tehran’s Ambassador to Malaysia Marziyeh Afkham announced that Iran is increasing its participation in world’s scientific progress, adding that currently…
WHO advisor: Iran pioneering in healthy blood transfusion
FNA – A senior advisor to the World Health Organization (WHO) lauded Iran for its effective efforts to provide patients with most…
Iran hosts “Yalda, Christmas Festival” to strengthen inter-cultural ties
Iran Front Page | Fatemeh Askarieh: THE FIRST FESTIVAL OF “YALDA AND CHRISTMAS” WAS HELD IN THE IRANIAN CAPITAL TEHRAN ON THE…
Light quake jolts south Iran
IRNA – An earthquake, measuring 4 on the Richter scale, shook Ahel in Iran’s southwestern province of Fars. According to the Seismological…
Iranian authorities under fire after deadly school blaze
Al-Monitor – A blaze on Dec. 18 at a girls’ school in the southeastern Iranian border town of Zahedan — the capital…
Spokesman stresses Iran-Afghanistan media engagement
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi emphasized the expansion of media interactions between Iran and Afghanistan. The Afghan media delegation,…
Iranian Media: School fire kills 3, resembles 2012 blaze
Voice of America – Iranian media say a Tuesday school fire that killed three girls in Iran’s impoverished southeast indicates the country…
Turquoise clay works discovered in central Iran
IRNA – The head of archeological exploration team in the underground troglodyte dwellings in Sefid Shahr (Nasrabad), also known as the underground…
President Rouhani signs into law bill on Persian Language
FNA – The bill to reorganize and uniform international Persian Language (Farsi) exams, which was recently passed by Iran’s Supreme Council of…
Iran MP denounces arrest of striking workers
Bourse and Bazaar – An Iranian member of parliament denounced the arrest of several striking workers following weeks of protests at a…
SE Iran quake has no damage
IRNA – The 4-magnitude earthquake which shook Golbaf City, Kerman Province on Wednesday had no damage, managing director of Kerman Crisis Management…
Iran to host 2 int’l health tourism conferences in 2019
FNA – The “5th Conference on Health Tourism in Islamic Countries” and the “2nd Conference and Exhibition of Health Tourism for Economic…
Iran’s rank in health promotion ups 42
IRNA – Chairman of the Fourteenth Conference on Child Diseases, said that according to the results of the report of the World…
Professor Samii: My heart beating for Iran
IRNA – Professor Majid Samii, distinguished Iranian neurosurgeon and medical scientist, said that everywhere in the world he is, his heart beats…
Iran: Outbound travels decline as inbound grows
Financial Tribune – A total of 4,704,509 Iranians left the country for foreign destinations during the first seven months of the current…
Iranian publishers loom at Beirut Book Fair
MNA – The 62nd edition of Beirut International Arab Book Fair is underway in Beirut, Lebanon, with representatives from Iran showing a…
Light quake jolts NW Iran
IRNA – An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale rattled Lavandevil, Astara, northwestern Iran, on Monday. According to the Seismological Center…
Official underlines Iran’s rapid growth in science production
FNA – Iran is pioneering in scientific growth among the world states, a senior Iranian academic official said on Sunday. “Iran has…
Over 1mn active websites with Iranian domain names on internet
MNA – According to the latest figures, there are more than 1 million websites registered with an Iranian domain name on the…
Cloud seeding canisters made in Iran
Tasnim – Iran’s minister of energy said the country has started to produce canisters used for cloud seeding. Speaking to reporters in…