Tehran hosts First International Congress for Women of Influence
The First International Congress for Women of Influence was held in Tehran on Friday with female guests including wives of heads of…
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Iran learn fate at 2023 AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup
Iran discovered their opponents at the AFC Beach Soccer Asian Cup Thailand 2023. The competition group stage is set to be a…
“The Runner” picked for Houston museum’s Festival of Films from Iran
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) has picked Amir Naderi’s 1984 drama “The Runner” to screen at its 30th annual Festival…
Special budget to expedite Lake Urmia restoration
Some 5 trillion rials (about $12.5 million) has been earmarked for speeding up the implementation of the Lake Urmia revival plan. The…
Iranian photographers top at Victor Polynsky Awards
Iranian photographers have won top honors at the 4th Victor Polynsky Awards in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. The competition was held in the categories…
Magnitude 5.4 quake in Iran’s Khoy leaves 120 injured
An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the scale of Richter struck Khoy in the West Azarbaijan Province in northwestern Iran on Wednesday afternoon.…
Budget for women increased by 50%
The national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1402, which starts on March 21, has increased the budget for women’s…
Turkmenistan ready to broaden academic, technological ties with Iran
Turkmenistan Ambassador to Iran Ahmad Kakabayevich Gurbanov has said his country is ready to boost relations with Iran, especially in academic and…
Iran advances to next stage of World Men’s Handball C’ships
Iranian handball players could advance to the next stage of the 2023 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship. For the first time in…
Iranian structures win BLT Built Design Awards
Kia Lab and the Hitra Office Building in Iran have won prizes at the BLT Built Design Awards. The event is an…
National plan targets planting one billion saplings
The Forests, Rangelands, and Watershed Management Organization plans to produce and plant one billion saplings across the country over the course of…
Work underway to develop Covid vaccines effective on new strains
A health official has said different centers are working to develop existing vaccines in order to be used against new variants. Currently,…
Over 235,000 foreign nationals vaccinated against measles, rubella
In recent weeks, more than 235,000 non-Iranians in the age group of 9 to 30 have been injected with the measles vaccine…
Iran women ice hockey team victorious over UAE
Iran’s women’s ice hockey team beat the UAE in a tournament being held in Russia’s Kazan. Iranian sportswomen could defeat their Emirati…
How Iran became a sitting volleyball superpower
As player, captain and head coach, Hadi Rezaei has been an integral part of Iran’s extraordinary four-decade dominance in men’s sitting volleyball.…
Movies from Iran to compete in Big Sky documentary festival
Five Iranian movies will compete in the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, which will take place from February 17 to 26 in…
Knowledge-based companies hold 25% share of medicinal herbs market
Some 25 percent share of the medicinal herbs market in the country is held by knowledge-based companies. For several years, the field…
Iranian artist awarded at LA Music Video Awards 2022
Iranian artist Ramin Hosseinpour was chosen as the Best Male Vocalist at the LA Music Video Awards 2022 for his video art…
Mehdi Taremi ranks Asia’s top scorer in 2022
The International Federation of Football Statistics and History (IFFHS) has announced the world’s top scorers in 2022, according to which Mehdi Taremi…
Iran make history at 2023 IHF World Handball Championship
Iran earned their first-ever win in the 2023 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship, beating Chile 25-24 on Thursday. Iran goalkeeper Mohammad Siavoshi…
Some 2,000 health projects to be inaugurated by March
By the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20), some 2,000 health projects will be inaugurated across the country. The…
Budget bill allocates $85m for natural resources
The national budget bill for the next Iranian calendar year 1402, which starts on March 21, has allocated 35 trillion rials (about…
Iran’s snooker player defeated by Jack Lisowski
Iranian snooker star was beaten by Jack Lisowski from England at Masters 2023 underway at Alexandra Palace in London. Jack Lisowski could…
Anzali Wetland revival needs more public participation
Non-governmental organizations and environmental entities should participate more than in the past for reviving the ecosystem of Anzali Wetland, the governor of…
A Look at Iranian Turkmen Clothing
The term Turkmen (pronounced as To-ku-mong) was first mentioned in the 8th century. Some 2,000 years ago, they were living in the…
Iran scientists find method to identify animal species
Researchers of the Human and Animal Cell Bank of the Iranian Biological Resource Center have introduced mitochondrial genes as molecular markers for…
A Look at Iranian Turkmen Clothing
The term Turkmen (pronounced as To-ku-mong) was first mentioned in the 8th century. Some 2,000 years ago, they were living in the…
Tehran hosts intl. conference on social entrepreneurship
The First International Conference on “Social Entrepreneurship with Tourism Approach” (ICSET 2023) was held at the University of Tehran on Tuesday. Social…
Iran’s athlete secures berth in WTTC Finals
Iran’s sportsman has secured a quota at the World Table Tennis Championships (WTTC) Finals. Nima Alamiyan could stand among the top 16…
Snowfall brings joy to Iranian cities
After several weeks of high air pollution, it’s been several days now that different regions of Iran are blessed with snowfall. Winters…
‘Future schools’ seeks to employ knowledge-based technologies
The first national event of future schools will be held on Tuesday with the aim of promoting the use of knowledge-based technologies…
Precipitations increase by 43 percent
Over the first half of the current Iranian calendar month (started December 22, 2022) precipitations rose 43.8 percent compared to the same…
Iran snooker star beats the world No 2
Iran’s Hossein Vafaei has defeated the top player Mark Selby from England who is the second-best snooker in the world. While all…
Iran handball team beats S. Korea
Iran’s handball team beat South Korea in a friendly match prior to the 2023 IHF World Men’s Handball Championship. The players of…
Iranian minister attends event naming Nouakchott 2023 Islamic Culture Capital
Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Mohammad-Mehdi Esmaeili, attended a meeting on Friday in Nouakchott, Mauritania to celebrate the city as…
More than 1.7m Iranians donate blood in 9 months
Some 1.7 million Iranians donated blood over the first nine months of the current [Iranian calendar] year which started on March 21,…
Iranian snooker player to participate in Masters first time in 2023
Hossein Vafaei, a member of Iran’s national snooker team, made history and managed to win a quota place for the 2023 Cazoo…
Iranian Armenians celebrate Christmas
Unlike all other Christians who consider January 1 as the beginning of the new year, Iranian Armenians follow the Oriental Orthodox denomination…
Over 670 national standards set for soil protection
The Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran has set 671 standards for soil protection and is setting 26 other standards…
Iran to protest FIFA for using ‘Arabian Gulf Cup’ name
The Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) will protest FIFA for using the ‘Arabian Gulf Cup’ for the tournament. The competition…