IRNA Some 88% of Iranian cross-border customs offices are currently open for trade and passengers movements, an official with Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPO) said on Monday. Mojtaba Mousavian, the deputy head of TPO, made the remarks during a local meeting in the western province of Kurdestan. He said that Iran enjoys joint borders ...

Financial Tribune - The Statistical Center of Iran has released a new report, detailing consumer price changes in Iran's 31 provinces for the sixth month of the current Iranian year (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The report shows that growth in overall Consumer Price Index was the highest (1.7%) for Qom Province during the month compared with the previous ...

MNA An Iranian border guard was martyred and another one was wounded in a clash with a terrorist group at the western borders of Iran, near Marivan county in Kordestan province. The clash happened during the border guards patrols near a borderline late Friday when they encountered an armed group who were trying to illegally enter the country. Sergeant ...

MNA |�Mohammad Ali Haqshenas: Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei met with the staff of the Congress of Martyrs of Kordestan province on June 17, 2019.  

MNA Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said that enemies had pinned hope on fueling ethnic and religious differences in Iran, but Iranians foiled this plot. He made the remarks in a Monday meeting with the staff of the Congress of Martyrs of Kordestan province in Tehran. Ayatollah Khamenei said that the wise people of ...

ISNA | Farshid Ardalan: Farmers in the Iranian province of Kurdestan have started harvesting strawberries. Some 46,000 tons of strawberries from 3,000 hectares of the western province's farmlands are expected to enter the market this year.    

Financial Tribune - The goods and services Consumer Price Index in Kurdestan Province saw an increase of 58.3% during the month to March 20 compared with the similar month of last year, the highest among all provinces. The year-on-year CPI increase was the lowest for Hormozgan with 39.5%, the Statistical Center of Iran reported. The overall goods ...

MNA Chief of Staff of Iranian President Mahmoud Vaezi said that five joint industrial townships will be constructed between Islamic Republic of Iran and Iraq. Under a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Iran and Iraq, five industrial townships will be constructed between these two countries as a joint venture, one which will be established ...

Tasnim Iranian border guards clashed with armed bandits in the western province of Kordestan, preventing them from entering the country and conducting acts of sabotage, the commander of the provinces border police announced. Speaking to Tasnim on Monday, Brigadier General Kiumars Sheikhi said around 9 p.m. last night, the forces of the Baneh Border ...

Financial Tribune - The YOY inflation was highest in Kurdestan Province with 52.5% and lowest in Qom Province with 35.3% T he goods and services Consumer Price Index in Iran registered a year-on-year increase of 42.3% in the Iranian month of Bahman (Jan. 21-Feb. 19) compared with the similar month of last year. According to the Statistical Center ...

IRNA Intelligence Ministry said on Thursday that two terrorist groups, which were to plant bombs and take mischievous acts in Kurdestan Province, were identified and arrested. According to Intelligence Ministry's Public Relations Department, intelligence forces managed to identify and arrest 13 elements, affiliated to Daesh (ISIS) grouplet, who were ...

Tasnim | Keyvan Firouzi: The first Pomegranate festival was held in Iran�s Houraman region located in western Kurdistan Province.      

YJC | Mohammad Amin Najafi: The fields of Kurdistan province in western Iran are among the most suitable ones for cultivating sunflower, whose seeds are widely used in Iran for oil extraction. Sunflowers are usually tall annual or perennial plants that in some species can grow to a height of 300 cm (120 in) or more. What follows are YJCs ...

Financial Tribune- The western Kurdestan Province accounts for 75% of Irans strawberry production, the head of Kurdestan Agriculture Jihad Organization said. Khaled Jafari also told Mehr News Agency that the provinces annual output of strawberries stands at 45,000 tons, adding that 13,000 households are involved in the cultivation of the fruit. Strawberry ...

Financial Tribune- About $610 million worth of foreign investments have been made in Kurdestan Province since President Hassan Rouhani took office in August 2013, the governor general of the northwestern Iranian province said. "Before Rouhani, no foreign investments were made in the province. When completed, these projects will create 2,000 direct ...

Tehran, April 19, IRNA A young Iranian couple in the city of Marivan in the Kurdestan Province use their small home to shelter helpless wounded birds and animals they found abandoned in the wildlife. Despite living in a small dwelling adjacent to a car wash, where they work, they seem to be volunteers abiding by their passion for animals as they ...

Sanandaj, April 9, IRNA - Iranian archeologists have discovered the relics of an ancient six-thousand-year old village in the Sarvabad county in Kurdestan Province. The ancient village was unearthed in the Sarcham archeological site in the vicinity of Rowar Village, Excavation Head of the site Amir Saed Moocheshi was cited as saying on Saturday by ...

Ilam, Sept 14, IRNA Iraq will open new consulates general in the Iranian provinces of Ilam and Kurdestan, Secretary of Free Zones Coordination Council Ali Akbar Torkan said on Sunday. He made the remarks in a meeting with a visiting delegation from Iraq's Organization for Engineering Order of Building. Iran hails opening of the new consulates general ...

Even though Kurdistan MPs have proposed seven local candidates who could head the Ministry of Culture in the province, there have been rumours that the position may go to someone from outside the province. ILNA reports that someone from outside the province is to be appointed to the helm of the Ministry of Culture in Kurdistan, and this has drawn ...

Sanandaj, Kurdestan Prov, Nov 7, IRNA Member of Board of Directorate of Kurdestan Tractor Manufacturing Company said that since the beginning of this year, 1,850 tractors worth 20 million dollars have been exported. Gholamreza Amraei said on Wednesday afternoon that target markets of the company were Iraq, Tajikistan, Nigeria and Afghanistan....