The Iranian government is to offer life insurance to another 1 million villagers, says a top official, amid efforts to expand social security services to cover more people in the country. Ali Aghamohammadi, who serves as the economic advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said on Wednesday that the number ...

All villages with over 30 households will have access to Internet by the end of the current Iranian year (ending March 19, 2016), the minister of communications and information technology said. "Villages with half that population will also receive Internet coverage by the end of the next Iranian year (March 2017)," Mahmoud Vaezi was quoted as saying ...

Expansion of tourism in the countrys numerous villages is an efficient way to create jobs, said the deputy of the secretariat of High Council for Free Zones for cultural, social and tourism affairs. Speaking in a meeting to discuss issues afflicting villages in Arvand Free Trade Zone, Mohammad Ali Zam added that the demand for traveling is high ...