Iran begins ‘year of production, support and elimination of obstacles’
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has extended his felicitations to the Iranian nation on the occasion of Nowruz,…
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President Rouhani says Iran can be hub for attracting int’l investors
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stressed the importance of maintaining constructive interaction with the world, saying Iran can enter regional trade treaties and…
Iranians celebrating Nowruz, beginning of spring
Iranians have welcome New Year, 1400 AH, just minutes ago. A cannon was fired in Tehran’s Azadi Tower to mark the turn…
Takeoffs, landings decline 62%; passenger transport drops 73%
Financial Tribune – The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on Iran’s aviation industry due to the resulting travel restrictions as…
Mutual aid and solidarity in Iran during the COVID-19 pandemic
Iran Review | Maziyar Ghiabi: In a remote village in central Iran, a man in his seventies fell sick and, after a…
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…
Photos: Iranian medical staff celebrates Nowruz amid fight against Coronavirus
Tasnim, Mohammad-Hassan Zarif Manesh – Iranian medical personnel celebrating the ancient festival of Nowruz in hospitals while they are on the frontline…
Leader: Increasing production continues to be key point in the new year
IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a message on Friday morning congratulated the Iranian nation on…
IRGC chief lauds Iranian medical society in New Year message
Tasnim – Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami praised the Iranian medical staff for their tireless…
Iranians celebrate Nowruz, use video calls amid coronavirus outbreak
Press TV – Iranians all around the world are celebrating the ancient festival of Nowruz, a holiday that heralds the beginning of…
President Rouhani: Sanctions failed to force Iran to give in to US pressure
Press TV – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says US sanctions and pressures have failed to force the Iranian nation to give in…
President Rouhani congratulates neighbors on Nowruz
IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in separate messages congratulated Nowruz to his counterparts in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Turkey,…
Coronavirus keeps families apart on eve of Iranian new year
Reuters – Like many Iranians, Mahnaz left Iran and settled in a western country 10 years ago after political restrictions in the…
UN chief expresses hope Nowruz brings harmony
Tasnim – Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres in a message for the international day of Nowruz expressed the hope that…
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…
On Iranian nation’s model of containing COVID-19
MNA – The Iranian approach to fight the novel coronavirus seems to be a bit different from the rest of the world…
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…
Coronavirus: Iran’s Nowruz celebrations halted at the end of a terrible year
Middle East Eye | Rohollah Faghihi: Besides claiming lives in Iran, coronavirus has also taken the joy out of new year celebrations For…
Photos: Gorgeous blossoms herald arrival of spring in northern Iran
YJC | Faezah Kaboli: Beautiful blossoms sprout and bloom in Golestan province, northern Iran, during the last days of winter. The spring…
Coronavirus gives kiss of death to Iran’s tourism industry before Nowruz
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: Iran — home to the ancient Persian civilization and with 24 UNESCO World Heritage Sites — has never…
Gasoline consumption in Nowruz holidays hits 2b liters
Tehran Times – Iran’s gasoline consumption during the peak demand of the Norouz (Persian New Year) holidays (March 17 – April 5)…
Photos: Iran, Turkmenistan hold joint Nowruz rituals
ISNA | Amin Khosroshahi: Iran-Turkmenistan first joint Nowruz rituals was held with the attendance of Iranian and Turkmen vice presidents in Bajgiran…
Iran, Turkmenistan hold joint Nowruz rituals
IRNA – Iran-Turkmenistan first joint Nowruz rituals was held with the attendance of Iranian and Turkmen vice presidents in Bajgiran border crossing.…
Iranians celebrate Nature’s Day
IRNA – Iranians marked the end of their two-week Nowruz holiday by spending a quality time with their families in the nature.…
Photos: Nowruz travelers in Tehran
Mizan | Koosha Mahshid Falahi: During the Nowruz vacation, Tehran enjoys the cleanest air of the whole year and many people choose the capital…
UN hosts Nowruz food festival
IRNA – The countries celebrating Nowruz in a different act held a food festival in the United Nations. Nowruz (meaning new day…
Canadian PM congratulates Nowruz
IRNA – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued a video message to congratulate Nowruz. Trudeau started the message with the Persian sentence…
Daesh will never attain ‘ominous’ goals: Iran
Press TV – Iran has condemned several explosions claimed by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in the Afghan capital of Kabul during…
UK envoy says will spare no efforts to improve ties with Iran
IRNA – UK Ambassador to Iran Rob Macaire says he will spare no efforts to further develop relations with Iran. Macaire made…
Photos: On the streets in Iran: Amou Nowruz & Haji Firooz
Tasnim | Omid Rajabipour: People in Iran are on Friday celebrating the start of the Persian New Year, which has since ancient…
On the streets in Iran: Amou Nowruz & Haji Firooz
Press TV – People in Iran are on Friday celebrating the start of the Persian New Year, which has since ancient times…
We will defeat the enemy, but this is not enough; economic deterrence is required
Khamenei.ir – On the first day of the 1398 Persian New Year, dubbed the year of “Boosting Production”, Ayatollah Khamenei—the Leader of…
In separate messages; President felicitates Nowruz 1398 to heads of regional states
President.ir – President Rouhani sent separate messages to heads of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Armenia, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Iraq and Uzbekistan…
President Rouhani congratulates Leader, religious authorities over New Year
IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani congratulated Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and some religious authorities on separate phone calls on…
Iran embraces spring by celebrating Nowruz
Tasnim – The Persian New Year, Nowruz, begins on Thursday as the first day of spring arrives in Iran, where people are…
Nowruz regards celebrating friendship, reconciliation, harmony: UN Chief
IRNA – Nowruz is celebrated in a spirit of friendship, reconciliation and harmony, said the UN Secretary-General on Thursday in a message…
Zarif: Nowruz token of Iran’s high hopes for future
IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zavad Zarif in a message referred to US cruel sanctions against Iranians, saying by holding Nowruz…
“Boosting Production” is the pivotal issue of the new year: Supreme Leader
Khamenei.ir – The following is the full text of the message issued on March 21, 2019, by Ayatollah Khamenei—the Supreme Leader of…