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2020-12-25 21:29
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Let’s build a partnership against epidemics
TEHRAN – Today that newly-emerging infections are inevitable, as exemplified by the ongoing coronavirus posing devastating impacts on human lives, social and economic development; preparation is the most, if not the only, important way in face of new epidemics.
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2020-12-25 21:26
Trump may seek to distract attention by embarking on foreign adventure
Side effect of defeat
TEHRAN – U.S. President Donald Trump, who still can’t get over his defeat in the United States presidential election, has once again issued fiery threats against Iran in response to what he called an Iranian rocket attack on the U.S. embassy in Iraq.
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2020-12-25 12:20
By Ebrahim Fallahi
U.S. sanctions’ silver lining for Iranian home appliance industry
TEHRAN – Although the U.S. sanctions have created major problems for the Iranian economy in many areas, for one particular industry they have been certainly “a blessing in disguise”, and that is the home appliance sector. The home appliance industry has flourished with the U.S. sanctions pushing foreign competitors out of the domestic market.
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2020-12-20 22:05
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Christmas celebrations going virtual in Iran
TEHRAN – In the light of the global pandemic, Christmas is celebrated virtually, unlike usual gatherings, among Iranian Christians to prevent the COVID-19 transmission chain.
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2020-12-20 17:28
By Masoud Hossein
You never lose, you either win or learn
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team could have written their name into the history books as the first Iranian team to win AFC Champions League but they fell short against Ulsan Hyundai in the final match on Saturday.
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2020-12-19 22:03
By Afshin Majlesi
Another coronavirus casualty: how Iranians are preparing for the Yalda night?
Children chasing each other, mothers setting out dried nuts, pomegranates, and watermelons amongst other fine foodstuffs, and fathers watching a ball game amid all! Does it sound familiar?
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2020-12-19 13:43
By Ebrahim Fallahi
Goreh-Jask oil pipeline: a mega project that opens Indian Ocean gates to Iranian oil
TEHRAN – Given Iran’s geopolitical position - being located at the heart of the world’s oil production center, that is West Asia, and intersecting the trade corridor between east and west- and considering the sanctions, and unjust pressures imposed by some world powers against the country; for more than a decade, the Islamic Republic has been following new strategies for diversifying its export routes in the country’s southern borders to nullify such pressures and reach its full economic potentials.
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2020-12-18 20:39
By M.A. Saki
Serious doubts about Grossi’s intentions
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the Atomic Energy Agency, has said reviving Iran’s nuclear deal under U.S. President-elect Joe Biden would require striking a new agreement setting out how Iran’s reduction of commitments should be reversed.
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2020-12-12 12:03
By M.A. Saki
Security must be inclusive
TEHRAN - As President-elect Joe Biden has announced that he is seeking to revitalize the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), Anwar Gargash, the UAE minister of state for foreign affairs, has said his country is seeking a “JCPOA++”.
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2020-12-11 18:39
Could COVID-19 immunity passports help life return to normal?
TEHRAN – The idea of immunity passports is rising worldwide to swiftly recognize who has been immunized and who has not. Some are calling the concept a ‘COVID-19 passport’.
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2020-12-09 22:40
By Samaneh Aboutalebi
This underground city repetitively sheltered women, children, and the elderly from invaders
With a long history, underground cities are the fascinating foundations that are considered as some luring tourist attractions nowadays.
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2020-12-08 18:05
By Afshin Majlesi
Why lodging at a caravanserai is a must-do in Iran?
Imagine a place so serene in the heart of the ancient Silk Road(s) where you can plunge into a forgotten age while staying for a day or two.You may conjure up the hustle and bustle of the merchants selling their goods, bargaining on prices, telling their long-lived journey to one another while their animals chew on hay amid massive portals, elevated load-bearing walls, rooms encircling the courtyard, a heavy-doored gateway, and the tranquility of the surrounding nature!
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2020-12-07 17:45
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Social work’s vital role in fight against pandemic
TEHRAN – With the outbreak of coronavirus, many people globally faced fear, stress, and depression after being isolated and dealing with an invisible virus, so that social work’s importance is becoming increasingly apparent.
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2020-12-06 18:07
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Subsidies should target environmental sustainability
TEHRAN – Targeted subsidy strategies can improve consumption patterns and trends toward natural renewable energy, which play a major role in environmental sustainability.
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2020-12-06 16:06
The odds are there to be…
Many international political activists remember July 14, 2015, when Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini officially announced that Iran and six other countries - Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States - have reached a final nuclear agreement. That day, a joint statement was issued in Vienna in which the transcript started with a bold sentence: "Today, is an historic day".
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2020-12-05 18:38
By Faranak Bakhtiari
THANK YOU volunteers
TEHRAN – Volunteers are dedicated to building a better global community; they are always at the forefront to fight against bad events without any expectations, even during the coronavirus pandemic, they made great efforts which needs to be appreciated more than ever.
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2020-12-05 18:37
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Soil depletion: a neglected issue requiring urgent attention
TEHRAN – Soil is one of the most vital non-renewable resources that many organisms on the planet depend on, as it ensures food security of the nations; however, the attention paid to this valuable resource is not as much as its significance.
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2020-12-05 18:32
By Samaneh Aboutalebi
Qom, a prime destination for pilgrims, day-trippers, history buffs, and nature lovers
Iran’s second holiest city after Mashhad, Qom is home to the holy shrine of Hazrat-e Masumeh (SA), several major seminaries, madrasas as well as many tourism resorts both cultural and natural.
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2020-12-04 18:51
By Afshin Majlesi
The disabled and fresh start for corona-hit tourism
Booking services, airports, transport facilities, hotel rooms, restaurants, public places, equipment rentals, and tourist attractions, or dealing with an untrained travel-related staff, all could be tough and time-consuming for people with disabilities who are left behind in many tourism destinations.
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2020-12-02 22:32
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Law of persons with disabilities should be truly protective
TEHRAN – For the first time in a decade, a law was passed in 2018 to protect the rights of persons with disabilities, however, the question is, has it been effective and fully enforced by the related bodies?
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2020/12/02
By Mahnaz Abdi
Organizing automotive industry through offering cars in commodity exchange
In recent months, the price of cars in the free market has become significantly different from the factory price.
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2020-12-01 18:50
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Love for nature in Iranian baby names
TEHRAN – Many Iranian names are derived from nature and are inspired by flowers and other elements. Being widespread and common in Iranian culture, this issue shows the importance of nature among Iranians.
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2020-11-30 18:51
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Air pollution hiding behind COVID-19
TEHRAN – With the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, air pollution has been marginalized despite being much deadlier, causing over 7 million deaths annually, while the virus has just taken less than 1.5 million lives worldwide so far.
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2020-11-29 18:22
By Afshin Majlesi
Nine Iranian places where the slopes are less skied
For most powder chasers and snowboarders the idea of an off-piste paradise normally conjures up thoughts of the Alps, Alaska peaks, or those in Japan.
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2020-11-29 18:20
By Faranak Bakhtiari
COVID-19 control in Iran better than expected
TEHRAN – Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said that the situation of coronavirus containment in the country is better than expected contrary to forecasts, and fortunately, new cases and deaths are declining.
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2020-11-28 18:29
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Sharif University among top 500 universities worldwide
TEHRAN – Sharif University of Technology, one of the largest engineering schools in Iran, was listed among the top 500 universities in the world, according to the 2021 ranking of Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University.
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2020-11-27 18:04
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Nature therapy with Iran’s impressive bird diversity
TEHRAN – In addition to its great impact on the human psyche in today's stressful life, looking at birds and nature is like a free psychiatric hospital with organic treatment.
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2020-11-24 12:01
By M.A. Saki
The world looks as Pompeo mocks international law
On November 19, Mike Pompeo toured the occupied West Bank a year after he shockingly said the settlements did not contradict international law.
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2020-11-23 17:57
By Faranak Bakhtiari
COVID-19: economic pressure plundering nature
TEHRAN – Rising economic pressures and declining public revenues since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak have caused profiteers and poachers to once again attack natural resources and plunder the environment to make up for their income shortcomings.
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2020-11-23 10:47
By Afshin Majlesi
14 of the greatest castles, fortresses, and citadels in Iran
Since antiquity, mankind has assumed the need to fortify properties to survive in an ever-changing world of invasion and conquest.Commencing from simple earthworks and wooden walls, fortifications were gradually evolved into complex, unconquerable imposing citadels.
