Sarein, home to numerous hot spas, prepares to launch tourist town

TEHRAN – The mountainous city of Sarein, which is home to numerous hot springs and spas, is getting prepared to launch a tourist town.

Sorkhrud wetland hosting migratory birds

TEHRAN - Flocks of migratory birds, particularly geese, have come to the Sorkhrud wetland in the northern province of Mazandaran to spend the winter.

Charities double fund for building schools in Sistan-Baluchestan

TEHRAN – Benevolent people and charities have allocated 4.5 trillion rials (about $11.2 million) for building schools in the deprived province of Sistan-Baluchestan.

Land subsidence threatens 252 regions nationwide

TEHRAN - By implementing a subsidence rate monitoring plan, researchers at the National Cartographic Center identified 252 regions that are suffering from land subsidence.

Iran, Nigeria set up joint sci-tech working group

TEHRAN – A joint working group has been formed by Iran and Nigeria with the aim of broadening ties in the fields of science and technology.

Hand-made knives, most popular souvenir of Zanjan

TEHRAN – Knives made by hand are one of the most famous souvenirs of the northwestern city of Zanajn.

Discover early example of Islamic architecture in southern Iran

TEHRAN - Constructed between the early and middle of the 9th century CE, the Friday Mosque of Siraf, located in the port city of Siraf close to the Persian Gulf, is a very early example of Islamic architecture in Iran.

Makran development should be viewed from all political, economic aspects: SCFR

TEHRAN – In recent days the Strategic Council on Foreign Relations (SCFR) hosted preliminary sessions on National Conference for Development of Makran Coasts with a focus on governance and sea-based economic diplomacy.

TEDPIX drops 31,500 points on Saturday

TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), lost 31,566 points to 1.657 million on Saturday (the first day of Iranian calendar week).

More than 97,000 applicants registered in Ardebil National Housing Movement

TEHRAN- As announced by a provincial official, 97,476 applicants have been registered in the National Housing Movement plan in Ardebil province, in the northwest of Iran.

Iran to allow fans to attend league matches

TEHRAN - The Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) president Mehdi Taj has said the football fans can attend the matches from the weekend.

TV manufacturing up 61% in 9 months on year

TEHRAN- Manufacturing of TV sets in Iran has risen 61 percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2022), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, according to the data released by Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry.

Over 20m tons of crude steel produced in Iran in 9 months

TEHRAN- Production of crude steel in Iran stood at 20.845 million tons in the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21, 2022), according to the data released by Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry.

‘Iran has a special position in horticulture’

TEHRAN- Iran has a special position in the field of horticulture, according to the country’s deputy agriculture minister for the horticulture affairs.

By Martin Love

“The Die is Cast” for the U.S. …

This past week for an evening in North Carolina I had the pleasure of speaking briefly with Medea Benjamin and hearing her opine about Ukraine to an audience at a local church. A petite, elegant, straight talking Jewish lady, now 70, who for decades has been at the forefront of trying to explain to far more “average” and largely perplexed American multitudes and the world at large just what the U.S. government has been doing — criminally — across the globe but especially in the Middle East with its war machine over and over again, especially in the last 30 or so years but beginning primarily elsewhere Vietnam in the 1960s and 70s.

Execution of Alireza Akbari shattered prestige of UK spy agency: statement

TEHRAN – Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence issued Friday an explanatory statement about Alireza Akbari’s case, saying his execution has destroyed the prestige of the British intelligence. 

Iran, Russia presidents hold phone talks

TERHAN – Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi received a phone call from Russian President Vladimir Putin during which they discussed a variety of issues.

Iraqi deployment of border guards should prevent anti-revolutionaries from entering Iran: MP

TEHRAN – A senior Iranian lawmaker has said that Iraq’s decision to deploy troops on the border with Iran and Turkey should lead to preventing counterrevolutionary elements from illegally entering Iran.

Iranian officials lash out at European Parliament decision to blacklist IRGC 

TEHRAN- A myriad of Iranian authorities has shown reaction to a resolution by the European Parliament asking the European Union and its member states to blacklist and restrict activities of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC).

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EU Parliament move on IRGC result of failures in Iran

In a dangerous move the European Parliament on Wednesday voted for a resolution in which it asks the European Union and its member states to include the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps of Iran (IRGC) on its terrorist list.