Tehran Times

2020-05-05 17:54
Germany imports Iranian-made COVID-19 test kits

TEHRAN – A consignment of COVID-19 diagnostic kits manufactured by an Iranian knowledge-based company has been exported to Germany.
- Iran unveils high-tech products to fight COVID-19

Non-oil exports to be main driver of Iranian economy: industry min.

TEHRAN – Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Rahmani says non-oil exports are going to be the main drivers of the country’s economy in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 19) and the ministry has it on the agenda to activate all the country’s exports capacities with a focus on the private sector, IRNA reported.
Rouhani, Abe discuss necessity of reducing tension in world

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a phone conversation on Tuesday and discussed necessity of reducing tension in the world during the coronavirus pandemic.
Iran changes national currency from ‘rial’ to ‘toman’

Majlis approves slashing 4 zeros from currency

TEHRAN- Iranian parliament (Majlis) approved a government’s bill proposed by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) for eliminating four zeros from the national currency, CBI governor wrote in an Instagram post on Monday.
Privatization should spur productivity, not just collect capital: expert

TEHRAN - Earlier on Sunday, Government spokesperson Ali Rabiei announced that the shares of four refineries, namely Isfahan, Tabriz, Bandar-Abbas, and Tehran, were due to be offered at Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE) on June 21.

Politics

Rouhani says U.S. acts impeding Iran’s fight against coronavirus

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that the United States’ actions, which are against human rights, have impeded Iran’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. military presence endangers regional security, Iran says

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry reiterated on Monday that the presence of U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf endangers regional security and also disrupts shipping in the strategic waterway.
House lawmakers urge Pompeo to take action to renew Iran arms embargo

TEHRAN — Hundreds of U.S. House representatives in both parties are calling on Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to take “increased diplomatic action” to renew a UN arms embargo on Iran set to expire in October.

Dragan Skocic’s contract details revealed

TEHRAN-Mehdi Mohammad Nabi, the Secretary General of the Iranian football federation, has revealed details of Dragan Skocic’s contract.
It’s honor to represent Iran: Aaron Geramipoor

TEHRAN – Iran national basketball team center Aaron Geramipoor says that it's an honor to represent his father's homeland.
Experts unanimous on appointing Iranian coach for volleyball team

TEHRAN – In a meeting held in Tehran’s Olympic Academy, the most experts were unanimous on appointing an Iranian coach for Iran National Volleyball Team.

Iran to support film adaptations of post-revolution literature

TEHRAN – Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation has announced a plan to support film adaptations of the acclaimed stories published after the victory of the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Slavoj Zizek “Pandemic!” translated into Persian

TEHRAN – “Pandemic! COVID-19 Shakes the World” written by Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Zizek has recently been translated into Persian.
Sculptor Fereidun Seddiqi dies at 84

TEHRAN – Sculptor Fereidun Seddiqi, the son of the renowned Iranian sculptor Abolhassan Seddiqi, died of a heart attack on Sunday. He was 84.

Iran’s steel sections production capacity reaches 47m tons

TEHRAN – The annual production capacity of Iranian steel sections producers has reached 47 million tons, while the figure was expected to reach 45 million tons by the current Iranian calendar year 1399 (started on March 20), IRNA reported.
Iran’s annual trade with Arab partners at $22b

TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s trade with its Arab trade partners in the region stood at about $22 billion in the previous Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended on March 19), Farzad Piltan, the director-general of Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO)’s Office of Arabian and African Countries, said.
TEDPIX drops 742 points on Tuesday

TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), which is the country’s major stock exchange, fell 742 points to 978,362 on Tuesday, IRNA reported.

Coronavirus brought healthcare reforms into sharp focus

TEHRAN – The coronavirus outbreak proved that one-dimensional health systems cannot survive from health-threatening crises, which occur every few years in the form of infectious diseases, a mere view of treatment is not enough, so that the need for healthcare reforms should be brought into sharp focus.
Over $1b spent so far to revitalize Lake Urmia

TEHRAN – Since the beginning of the Lake Urmia Restoration Program in October 2013, a total of 4.6 trillion rials (more than $1 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has been spent, Masoud Tajrishi, director of the planning office of the Lake Urmia Restoration Program, has announced.
National Shiraz Day: an emblem of Persian history, culture, and literature

TEHRAN – Yesterday, many lovers of Persian culture, history and literature marked the National Shiraz Day mainly through online programs and visits to Hafezieh where Hafez, an illustrious 14th-century Persian poet, is laid to rest in the southern Iranian city.

Iran to overcome sanctions and become more powerful: Emile Lahoud

TEHRAN– The 15th President of Lebanon Emile Lahoud maintains that new powers will emerge in the aftermath of coronavirus and a fundamental change in the balance of power will occur during this era, adding Iran will overcome the sanctions and become more powerful.
Time is ripe for establishment of United Nations' Armed Forces!

This is the right moment to serve humanity in a new framework via urging the world countries to assist the United Nations to set up the international bodies' own Rapid Deployment Force to act in time wherever and whenever is necessary to protect innocent people from being harmed by violence, war, dictatorship, coup and ethnic cleansing.
Americans making a petition to ask Congress to halt annual aid to Israel

Those Americans, who are worried about the United States' national interests and taxpayers, have called on the people to sign a petition to ask the Congress to put an immediate end to the Washington's annul aid to Israel as Tel Aviv has reportedly called for the U.S. aid that could surpass $7.5billion.