Tehran Times

2016-09-28 17:52
Foreign tourist arrivals fetches Iran $24b in 3.5 years: official

TEHRAN – Some $24 billion came into Iran over the past three and a half years because of foreign tourists, the deputy director of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO), Morteza Rahmani-Movahhed, said on Monday.

Iran, Australia ink trade, water management MOUs

TEHRAN - Iran and Australia signed three memorandums of understanding on trade and water management following the arrival of Australian Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment Steven Ciobo in Tehran on Tuesday heading a business delegation.
Iran has adopted realistic regional policies, scholar says

TEHRAN - Modjtaba Sadria, a university professor, believes that Iran has adopted very “good” and “realistic” regional policies which have protected the country’s peace and stability.
Spirited Iran fails to qualify for Futsal World Cup final

Iran lost to Russia 4-3 in the FIFA Futsal World Cup Colombia 2016 semifinals in Medellin, Colombia early Wednesday.
Iran launches pharmaceutical raw material production line in Russia

TEHRAN — Iran launched a production line for raw material of Fingolimod, a drug used in treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS), in Russia on Wednesday, Health Ministry official website reported.

Politics

Iran insists inter-Syrian dialogue is the only way to end the crisis

TEHRAN – Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Secretary Ali Shamkhani on Tuesday reiterated Tehran’s long-standing position that inter-Syrian dialogue is the only way…
Report: Iran says it has arrested four Kurdish terrorists

TEHRAN – Four members of a Kurdish terrorist cell were arrested a week ago in western Iran, according to a report by Tasnim news agency released on Tuesday.
‘Terrorism and Zionism are two sides of same coin’

TEHRAN - Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, a foreign policy advisor to the parliament speaker, called Zionism and terrorism two sides the same coin which should be fight with.

Spirited Iran fails to qualify for Futsal World Cup final

Iran lost to Russia 4-3 in the FIFA Futsal World Cup Colombia 2016 semifinals in Medellin, Colombia early Wednesday.
Man Utd’s five-a-side football team shows interest in signing Iran’s Zadaliasghari: report

Manchester United’s five-a-side football team is interested in signing Iranian striker Behzad Zadaliasghari.
Esmaeilpour, Iran’s man for the occasion

Following Iran’s quarter-final triumph, when coach Seyed Nazemalsharieh said “our winning factor is being able to maintain our composure to the very last minute”, you wouldn’t have been surprised if he was picturing the tall figure of Ahmad Esmaeilpour.

Artists opposed to Tehran museum’s plan to loan works to German, Italian shows

TEHRAN -- The Iran Painters Association and a number gallery owners have voiced their opposition to the Tehran Museum of Contemporary’s plan to loan a selection of its Western artworks for shows in Germany and Italy.

Iran, Australia ink trade, water management MOUs

TEHRAN - Iran and Australia signed three memorandums of understanding on trade and water management…

Foreign tourist arrivals fetches Iran $24b in 3.5 years: official

TEHRAN – Some $24 billion came into Iran over the past three and a half years because of foreign tourists, the deputy director of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO), Morteza Rahmani-Movahhed, said on Monday.
Firsthand witness says how 2015 Hajj turned tragic

There were hundreds but thousands of corpses piled up on top of each other in the sizzling, scorching heat of the Mina.
Iran marks World Tourism Day

President Hassan Rouhani has said the administration is taking steps one by one toward the promotion of tourism industry and the country’s current political situation is ripe for attracting more tourists.