AFC President, Iran’s Sports Minister hold phone talk amid AFC’s controversial decision
MNA – Iranian Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Masoud Soltanifar held a phone conversation with the President of the Asian Football…
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Iran, Belarus to expand sports coop
IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Masoud Soltanifr arrived in Belarus on Wednesday to discuss avenues to further expand…
Rouhani calls for strong presence of Iranian athletes at Tokyo 2020
MNA – I expect Iranian athletes to have a powerful presence at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, Iranian President Hassan…
Minister: US measure against IRGC a good favor to Netanyahu
IRNA – Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Masoud Soltanifar said on Wednesday that the US hostile measure in enlisting IRGC as…
Sports min.: 85% of sports sites constructed in post-revolution
MNA – Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Masoud Soltanifar said that 85 percent of the country’s sports sites have been constructed…
Iran offers to help Qatar host World Cup soccer teams in 2022
RFERL – Iran is prepared to help Qatar host the soccer World Cup in 2022, and is offering to provide extra training…
Iranian minister urges FIFA to pay its frozen money
IFP – Iran’s Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Massoud Soltanifar has called on the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) to…
Iran sport minister confers with FIFA secretary general
IRNA – Iran’s minister of sports and youth on Sunday conferred with secretary general of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA).…
FIFA wants tension between Iran, Saudi Arabia not to affect football
Business Standard– The president of FIFA on Thursday called for easing of tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia and not to let…
Iran sports minister Soltanifar hopes for World Cup good draw
Tasnim – Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Masoud Soltanifar hopes that the Iranian football team book a place in the 2018…
Reforms needed for fundamental structures of Sports Ministry
MNA – Sports Minister Masoud Soltanifar said the ministry will submit to the new government a number of reform plans over the…
Iran to issue commemorative stamp on Team Melli qualification for 2018 FIFA World Cup
Press TV – The Supreme Stamp Council of Iran’s Ministry of Communication & Information Technology has agreed to a request to issue…
IPC president Craven praises Iran’s progress within the Paralympic movement
Tasnim – The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) President Sir Philip Craven says Iran boasts some of the biggest global stars in Paralympic…
Iran wants to expand sports ties with Armenia: sports minister
Tehran Times- Iranian Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Masoud Soltanifar says that they want to expand ties with Armenia. Soltanifar met…
US presence in World Cup depends on FM visa issuance
IRNA – The US wrestlers will participate in the 2017 Wrestling World Cup if foreign ministry issues visas for them, said Minister…
Iran seeks to host 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup
Tasnim- Soltanifar on Thursday said that the ministry will support the country’s football federation to host the event. The 2020 tournament will…
Rouhani’s picks for 3 ministries win lawmakers confidence vote
Iran’s Parliament has given votes of confidence to three candidates proposed by President Hassan Rouhani to lead the ministries of sports and…
Rouhani presents 3 nominees for ministerial posts to parliament
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has introduced three ministerial nominees to lead the Iranian ministries of sports and youth affairs, education as well as…
‘Tourism development’ an opportunity to reduce political destructive roles: IranVP
October 2, The Iran Project – Iranian First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri says international tourism development is a unique opportunity to reduce the destructive…
Over 5mln foreign tourists visited Iran in 2015, official says
TABRIZ (Tasnim) – Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Masoud Soltanifar said more than five million foreign tourists…
Iran to reclaim Achaemenid tablets from US after 80 years
According to a report by ISNA, as translated by IFP, Soltanifar, who is also the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and…
Jahangiri: Tourism, handicrafts help create jobs
Tehran, Aug 16, IRNA – First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said on Tuesday that tourism and handicrafts are the factors to create jobs.…
Turkey to build hotels in 10 Iranian cities
Tehran, Aug 3, IRNA – Turkish tourism investment firm decided to build up to 10 four- and five-star hotels in different Iranian…
Tourism to create 140,000 jobs in Iran by March 2018: CHTHO chief
TEHRAN – Iran will create some 140,000 job opportunities in the field of tourism by the end of the next Iranian calendar…
Iran eyes attracting 2.5 million Chinese tourists annually
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran has devised plans for a sixteen-fold rise in the number of tourists coming from China, Head of Iran’s…
Iran calls for cooperation with China on tourism
Beijing, May 19, IRNA – Vice President Masoud Soltanifar on Wednesday, referring to the historical-cultural ties between Iran and China, called for…
VP: Iran’s security best guarantee tourism investors
TEHRAN, May 12 (MNA) – In a joint presser with Turkish tourism minister, Iran’s chief of tourism, VP Soltanifar boasted the good…
VP asks Iranians around the world to help find stolen artifacts
Tehran, May 12, The Iran Project – Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization urged all Iranians, in a telegram message, to…
Iran, Azerbaijan to expand tourism cooperation
Baku, April 27, IRNA – Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran Masood Soltanifar and Azerbaijan Minister of Culture…
Iran ready to help expedite Silk Road revival: Soltanifar
Tehran, April 24, IRNA – The Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to help expedite the revival of the Silk Road and…
Iran ready to participate in rehabilitation process of Palmyra archeological sites: official
Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization, Masoud Soltanifar stressed his country’s readiness to participate in the process of restoring…
Vice-president: Five million tourists spent $8bn in Iran last year
Tehran, March 14, IRNA – Vice president and head of Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (CHTHO) said on Monday during…
Iran tourism on developing trend: Vice president
Karaj, March 6, IRNA – Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization Masoud Soltanifar said that Iran’s tourism…
All capabilities employed to fulfill ‘economy of resistance’: VP
Tehran, Feb. 25, IRNA – We are employing all our power and capacity to materialize the ‘economy of resistance’ during the6th Development…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb 13
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iran newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from …of them. IFP has…
Sanctions removal will help Iran return stolen cultural treasures
The removal of international sanctions against Iran will enable the Islamic Republic to demand the return of stolen cultural treasures, expand tourist…
Iran aims to attract 1-2mln Russian tourists by removing visa requirements
Iran wants to attract 1-2 million visitors by removing tourist visas for Russian nationals, Iranian Vice President and Cultural Heritage and Tourism…
Sanctions removal to boost tourism: VP
Qeshm Island, Jan 13, IRNA – Vice president and head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization welcomed withdrawal of sanction within…
More American tourists to visit Iran in 2016: Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A rising number of American tourists have booked to visit Iran in 2016, despite new visa restrictions the US…
Iran says constructing 125 luxury hotels
Iran’s top tourism official says the country is constructing 125 new four- and five-star hotels, stressing that the figure is a record…