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  • Iran handball 2022-01-18 23:20

    Iran start 2022 Asian Handball Championship on high

    TEHRAN - Iran defeated Australia 32-10 in Group  B of the 2022 Asian Men's Handball Championship on Tuesday.

  • Russian Duma 2022-01-18 22:03

    Iranian president to address Russia’s Duma Thursday

    TEHRAN - Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will address a meeting of the Russian State Duma lower house of parliament on Thursday, First Deputy Speaker Alexander Zhukov said on Monday after a Duma Council meeting.

  • Vienna 2022-01-18 22:03

    “Iran’s gains in nuclear knowledge are irreversible”

    Iran’s nuclear progress has left U.S. with some few options: Harvard Kennedy School professor

    TEHRAN - Writing an article in Foreign Affairs on Monday, January 17, Matthew Bunn, a professor from the Harvard Kennedy School, analyzes different options toward Iran in regard its nuclear program and concludes that restoring the 2015 nuclear deal is the best possible option.

  • Levan Dhzagaryan 2022-01-18 22:03

    Russian ambassador: Economic, regional issues will feature high in Raisi-Putin meeting

    TEHRAN — After five years, Iranian and Russian presidents will meet to extensively discuss bilateral, regional and international issues, according to Russian ambassador to Iran, Levan Dzhagaryan.

  • Amir Abdollahian 2022-01-18 22:01

    Iran FM: China has been playing constructive, rational role in Vienna

    TEHRAN – “China has been playing a constructive and rational role in the Iran nuclear deal negotiations, especially in the recent talks in Vienna to lift sanctions against our country,” Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian told the CGTN before wrapping up his visit to China.

  • Iranian handicrafts: South Khorasan carpets 2022-01-18 22:00

    Iranian handicrafts: South Khorasan carpets

    TEHRAN – South Khorasan is famed for its exquisite rugs and carpets woven in various villages of the eastern Iranian province according to know-now inherited from generation to generation.

  • Iranian Navy 2022-01-18 21:59

    Iran, Russia, China to hold naval drill

    TEHRAN— Russia, Iran and China will hold joint naval exercises, the press service of the Russian Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday.

  • Frank McKenzie 2022-01-18 21:58

    Iran can be a partner of choice for Arab allies of U.S.

    TEHRAN – With the U.S. withdrawing militarily from the region, Iran is best positioned to become the fulcrum of any security cooperation between the countries of the West Asia region.

  • dolls  2022-01-18 21:30

    Workshops discuss know-how to make regional dolls 

    TEHRAN – Crafters and their trainers discussed the know-how of traditional doll-making in special workshops held in the city of Azadshahr, northern Iran. 

  • Lorestan 2022-01-18 21:00

    Properties in Lorestan added to national heritage list

    TEHRAN – A total of nine historical buildings and aging structures across the western province of Lorestan have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list.

  • Apartment hotels 2022-01-18 20:00

    Apartment hotels inaugurated in Sarein

    TEHRAN – Seven apartment hotels have been inaugurated in Sarein during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2021), Sarein’s tourism chief has announced.

  • Over 6,500 houses constructed for the deprived 2022-01-18 19:30

    Over 6,500 houses constructed for the deprived

    TEHRAN – The Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation has constructed 6,576 housing units and delivered them to financially-struggling rural residents over the first six months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 21- September 23, 2021).

  • Iraqi, Afghan nationals top list of arrivals in Iran 2022-01-18 19:01

    Iraqi, Afghan nationals top list of arrivals in Iran

    TEHRAN – Citizens from Iraq and Afghanistan were the main tourists visiting Iran during a span of 70 days from October 23 to December 22, 2021, Mehr reported on Tuesday. 

  • Harvest festivals aimed to underpin tourism in Iranian province 2022-01-18 18:55

    Harvest festivals aimed to underpin tourism in Iranian province

    TEHRAN – Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad considers holding various harvest festivals to develop agritourism across the southwestern Iranian province.

  • General Yahya Saree, Yemen’s armed forces 2022-01-18 18:49

    Yemen takes on the UAE

    In a military statement, read by Brigadier General Yahya Saree, Yemen’s armed forces have conducted a large-scale military operation against the United Arab Emirates in response to the escalation of the “U.S.-Saudi-Emirati aggression”.

  • Tepeh Rostam 2022-01-18 18:44

    Archaeological work begins near Burnt City

    TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has recently commenced a fresh round of exploration in Tepeh Rostam, one of the satellite hills of the Burnt City, a UNESCO-registered site in southeastern Iran, ILNA reported on Tuesday.

  • A scene from the Iranian drama “Solar Eclipse” directed by Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Qasemi. 2022-01-18 18:37

    Iran’s “Solar Eclipse” praised at Minimalen Short Film Festival

    TEHRAN – Iranian drama “Solar Eclipse” has won an honorable mention at the 34th Minimalen Short Film Festival in Trondheim, Norway.

  • Why should we read “Damascus Morning”? 2022-01-18 18:25

    Why should we read “Damascus Morning”?

    Books have different readers who choose them based on their interests and beliefs. One of the most important types of books that are also considered significant documents is diaries. Books that are about important historical events and in many cases are explanations about an important topic or answers to future questions. Today, we will review a politician’s diary in Iran to see what we can get from every book about events or characters. Besides a brief introduction to the book, we will also discuss its importance which is also quoted by well-known faces in oral history.

  • A poster for the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards. 2022-01-18 18:22

    Nominees for 2022 Jalal Literary Awards announced 

    TEHRAN – Nominees in different categories of the 14th edition of the Jalal Al-e Ahmad Literary Awards, Iran’s most lucrative literary prizes, were unveiled on Tuesday.

  • A poster for Mehran Ranjbar’s play “Maradona”. 2022-01-18 18:19

    Diego Maradona to come back to life at Tehran theater

    TEHRAN – Iranian director Mehran Ranjbar plans to bring late soccer star Diego Maradona back to life in a play, which will go on stage at Tehran’s Neauphle-le-Château Theater on Friday.

  • Amir Abdollahian Niger 2022-01-18 18:14

    Iran, Nigerien FMs hold phone talks

    TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has held telephone conversations with Nigerien Foreign Minister Hassoumi Massaoudou, exchanging views on bilateral cooperation and issues of mutual interest, the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.

  • Raisi 2022-01-18 18:11

    President Raisi to visit Moscow on Wednesday

    TEHRAN – In his first visit to Russia since taking over as president of Iran in last August, Ayatollah Seyed Ebrahim Raisi will pay a visit to Moscow on Wednesday.

  • Some $2.3b allocated to facilitate marriage 2022-01-18 18:06

    Some $2.3b allocated to facilitate marriage

    TEHRAN – A total of 640 trillion rials (about $2.3 billion) has been allotted in the form of low-interest loans to 750,000 couples, over the first nine months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 21-December 21, 2021).

  • Negotiations underway to export Spikogen vaccine 2022-01-18 18:05

    Negotiations underway to export Spikogen vaccine

    TEHRAN – Negotiations are underway with other countries to export the Iranian-Australian Spikogen vaccine, but the main priority is to meet domestic needs, Khashayar Roshanzamir, technical officer of clinical study of Spikogen vaccine, has said.

  • نانوتکنولوژی 2022-01-18 18:01

    Annual sale of nano products to reach $727m

    TEHRAN – Revenue from nanotechnology products will reach up to 200 trillion rials (nearly $727 million) by the end of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 21), anticipated Saeed Sarkar secretary of the Nanotechnology Innovation Council.

  • لیگ دسته اول - لیگ یک - مس کرمان 2022-01-18 17:40

    Hazfi Cup: Mes Rafsanjan, Nassaji march on to quarters

    TEHRAN – Mes Rafsanjan and Nassaji football teams defeated their rivals in Iran’s Hazfi Cup Round of 16 on Tuesday.

  • Maryam Irandoost 2022-01-18 16:13

    Iran not an easy team to beat: Maryam Irandoost

    TEHRAN – Iran’s women’s football team coach Maryam Irandoost says that they are not an easy team to beat in the 2022 AFC Women’s Asian Cup despite they are debutants.

  • agriculture 2022-01-18 15:52

    Tehran hosting agricultural inputs exhibition

    TEHRAN – Iranian capital Tehran is hosting the 8th Specialized Exhibition of Agricultural Inputs (AgriculTech 2022) during January 18-21, IRIB reported.

  • LAtifi 2022-01-18 15:42

    Export to ECO members rises 52%

    TEHRAN – Iran exported over $7.6 billion worth of commodities to the members of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2021) to register a 52-percent increase year on year, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) said.

  • TSE 2022-01-18 14:37

    TEDPIX loses 30,000 points on Tuesday

    TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), lost 30,534 points to 1.275 million on Tuesday.