IRNA Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier-General Amir Hatami described the country's armed forces' self-sufficiency in defense and military fields as a pattern for the Islamic system's progress. Speaking in an inauguration ceremony in Varamin, Hatami called for taking advantage of the mentioned pattern in the economic field. Referring to the important ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranians from all walks of life have been expressing sympathy with Afghans over a criminal case in which a six-year-old Afghan girl named Setayesh was kidnapped, raped, and brutally killed by a teenage boy, with officials vowing to seriously pursue the case. A few days ago, a 17-year-old Iranian boy kidnapped Setayesh Qoreishi ...

[caption id="attachment_85894" align="alignright" width="180"] In this picture taken on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, Iranian school teacher Akbar Rezaie, 27, checks his robot at his home in the city of Varamin some 21 miles (35 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran,[/caption] TEHRAN (AP) -- An Iranian schoolteacher has innovated an amusing way of encouraging ...