Tehran Times

Over $833m of facilities to be paid to transport sector in coming months

TEHRAN- Iranian government will pay 35 trillion rials (about $833.3 million) of facilities with an interest rate of 12 percent to the transport sector in the coming months, deputy transport and urban development minister announced.
Zarif slams Washington for undermining global peace, security

TEHRAN — Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has condemned Washington’s “malign” unilateralism, saying the United States has undermined global peace and security.
Iran setting rules to resume foreign tourist arrivals amid pandemic

TEHRAN – The ministries of tourism and health in close collaboration with several other government bodies are defining a series of rules for admitting foreign travelers to the country amid a standstill in the global tourism industry caused mainly by the coronavirus.
33 killed, injured in explosion at clinic in Tehran

TEHRAN – Thirty three people were killed and injured in an explosion caused by a gas leak at a clinic in northern Tehran on Tuesday night.

Politics

Incident occurs at Iran's Natanz nuclear site

TEHRAN- Spokesman for the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran [AEOI] Behrouz Kamalvandi on Thu.
Pakistani embassy expresses its condilences over Medical Center blast in Tehran

Tehran- Pakistani embassy expressed its condolences over the Medical Center blast in Tehran.
Iran’s interest lies in implementing JCPOA regardless of U.S. provocations, says ex-IAEA official

TEHRAN — The former head of Verification and Security Policy at the IAEA has said that it is in Iran’s strategic interest to continue implementing the JCPOA and the NPT regardless of U.S. provocations.

Mohajeri named Machine Sazi coach

TEHRAN – Mohammadreza Mohajeri is new head coach of Iran top-flight football team Machine Sazi.
Karim Bagheri finds so difficult to leave Persepolis

TEHRAN- Persepolis coach Karim Bagheri, who is supposed to cooperate with Iran national football team, says that it’s very difficult for him to leave his club.
COVID-19 lowers chance of Iran’s success at FIFA World Cup qualification

TEHRAN – Iran national football team could suffer a major blow if FIFA decides to hold the 2022 World Cup qualification behind closed doors.

Annual overhaul of Iran’s thermal power plants completed

TEHRAN – The annual overhaul program of Iran’s thermal power plants has been completed and the power plants are ready to supply electricity during the summer peak consumption period, said Esmail Namazi, the director-general of Research and Construction Office of Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH).
Afghanistan transits 76-TEU cargo to India through Chabahar

TEHRAN – Afghanistan has sent 39 containers with a total capacity of 76 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) to India through Iran’s southeastern Chabahar port, IRIB reported, quoting Behrouz Aghaei, the director general of Sistan-Baluchestan Ports and Maritime Department.
Iran, Italy to hold online seminar on mutual trade

TEHRAN – Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) is going to hold an online seminar on July 22 in collaboration with the Italian embassy in Tehran, as well as the European House – Ambrosetti Corporation for discussing mutual trade amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Weird but true: rare tree capable of producing oil in Iran

TEHRAN – Euphorbia tirucalli, a rare tree growing well in dry regions of Sistan-Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran is capable of producing 10 to 50 barrels of oil per hectare.
Justice ministry to promote citizenship rights of Iranian expats

TEHRAN – The Ministry of Justice and the Counseling Services for Iranians Abroad (CSIA) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to promote citizenship rights of Iranians living overseas, IRNA news agency reported on Wednesday.
Department of Environment’s protection unit has made notable achievements: commander

TEHRAN – Jamshid Mohabbat Khani, commander of the protection unit of the Department of Environment (DOE), elaborated on achievements of the protection unit and the environmental defenders in a press conference held on Tuesday.

U.S. is one of the most aggressive countries in modern era: Lebanese academic

TEHRAN – A Lebanese political researcher believes that the United States is one of the “most aggressive” regimes in the modern world.
Why Arabs remain silent on George Floyd’s death?

From New Zealand and Australia, through Europe, to Canada and Brazil, many countries of the world witnessed demonstrations in solidarity with the protests in the United States against racism after the Minneapolis police officer killed a black American. However, the Arab streets were quiet, except for Tunisia and social media.
Martin Luther King was right: the world does bend towards justice…

Back 65 years ago when television was in its childhood if not infancy in the U.S. one TV game show had contestants going for a grand prize of $64,000, which in those days was a tremendous sum of money (not any longer, really), so any big issue or question that had not yet been resolved gave rise to the common cliché of “the $64,000 question” as to how it might pan out.