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  • Charities provide basic goods for the underprivileged 2020-04-10 11:28

    Charities provide basic goods for the underprivileged

    Charity societies in Tehran are providing basic goods for the low-income and underprivileged families as the coronavirus outbreak has crippled their livelihoods.

  • Antiseptic consignment dispatched to 20 provinces 2020-04-07 11:02

    Antiseptic consignment dispatched to 20 provinces

    Some 150,000 bottles of antiseptics, worth 10 billion rials (about $2.8 million) were sent to 20 provinces of the country on Sunday.

  • Firefighters disinfect Tehran streets against COVID-19 2020-04-05 19:33

    Firefighters disinfect Tehran streets against COVID-19

    Firefighters in central parts of Tehran are using their fogging machines to disinfect streets against the novel coronavirus on Friday, April 3.  

  • Fairgrounds converted into 2,000-bed hospital within 48 hours 2020-04-04 09:55

    Fairgrounds converted into 2,000-bed hospital within 48 hours

    The Iranian Army has converted the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds into a field hospital with 2,000 beds to prepare for a probable surge of COVID-19 patients.

  • NAJA launches face mask, antiseptic production line 2020-03-16 13:32

    NAJA launches face mask, antiseptic production line

    The Law Enforcement Force of the Islamic Republic of Iran, abbreviated in Persian as NAJA, has launched a production line for manufacturing face masks and antiseptics on large scale to help the society combat the novel coronavirus outbreak.

  • Disinfection work in full swing to contain coronavirus 2020-03-14 11:56

    Disinfection work in full swing to contain coronavirus

    The photo shows disinfection operations against the coronavirus in the historical bazaar of the city of Tabriz, northwestern Iran. Using methods ranging from simple hand-wiping to mobile spray cannons, workers and volunteers are attempting to halt the transfer of the virus by touch. According to latest statistics, the number of coronavirus cases in the country has risen to 11,364, with 3529 recovered and 514 dead.

  • New equipment, machinery unveiled to combat coronavirus 2020-03-13 13:22

    New equipment, machinery unveiled to combat coronavirus

    TEHRAN – The Ministry of Defense and the Tehran Fire Department have unveiled new equipment and machinery in order to facilitate the fight against the coronavirus.

  • Siamand Rahman 2020-03-09 22:03

    Iran’s NPC plants sapling in honor of Siamand Rahman

    TEHRAN – Iran’s National Paralympic Committee planted a sapling in memory of super heavyweight powerlifter Siamand Rahman on Monday.

  • Siamand Rahman 2020-03-02 15:49

    World's strongest Paralympian Rahman laid to rest

    TEHRAN - The strongest ever Paralympian Siamand Rahman, who died of a heart attack at the age of 32 on Sunday, was laid to rest in his hometown Oshnavieh, West Azarbaijan Province.

  • Disinfectant, face mask production lines launched 2020-02-29 09:06

    Disinfectant, face mask production lines launched

    Production lines of disinfectants and face masks have been launched by the Ministry of Defense in a move to help curb the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19, in the country. The lines are projected to produce 20,000 liters of disinfectants and 20,000 face masks on a daily basis.

  • Duathlon 2020-02-25 17:27

    Duathlon Asian Cup held in Karaj

    TEHRAN - The 2020 Karaj ASTC Duathlon Asian Cup was held in Karaj, Alborz Province.

  • Schools being disinfected against COVID-19 2020-02-25 11:42

    Schools being disinfected against COVID-19

    Schools in the city of Tehran are being disinfected in order to curb the outbreak of the novel coronavirus, known as COVID-19.

  • Young Soldier Festival held in Tehran 2020-02-17 12:29

    Young Soldier Festival held in Tehran

    The 12th Young Soldier Festival was held in Tehran on Sunday, February 16. With the theme of “Young Soldier, Security, Skill, and Promotion of Production” the event was held at Javadnia Martyrs Hall of the Ministry of Defense.

  • Iranian Armenians celebrate Islamic Revolution anniversary 2020-02-16 13:50

    Iranian Armenians celebrate Islamic Revolution anniversary

    Representatives of the Armenian community in Iran attended a ceremony to celebrate the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. The ceremony was held on Friday at the Rafi cultural-sport complex in Tehran. Archbishop Sebo Sarkissian of Iran’s Armenian community along with a number of government officials also participated in the ceremony.

  • IRIB Symphonic Orchestra performs at Fajr festival 2020-02-15 09:22

    IRIB Symphonic Orchestra performs at Fajr festival

    Arash Amini conducts the IRIB Symphonic Orchestra in a concert during the 35th Fajr Music Festival at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on February 13, 2020.

  • Parachutists jump from Milad Tower 2020-02-09 11:04

    Parachutists jump from Milad Tower

    TEHRAN - A group of parachutists jumped from the Tehran’s 435-meter Milad Tower on Friday to mark the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. They displayed their skills and readiness by parachuting from the iconic tower. Milad Tower is the sixth-tallest tower and the 24th-tallest freestanding structure in the world.

  • Tombs of the martyrs of divine religions showered with flowers 2020-02-08 11:48

    Tombs of the martyrs of divine religions showered with flowers

    TEHRAN – In a ceremony on Thursday at the cemetery of the Christian Armenians in eastern Tehran, the tombs of the martyrs of divine religions were showered with flowers. The event was the fourth of its kind. It was attended by Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Zoroastrian clerics, Tehran governor Anoushirvan Bandpay, and a number of people. The ceremony took place as Iran is marking the 41st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.  

  • Oynar revives revolutionary Zainab Pasha on stage at Fajr 2020-02-05 13:27

    Oynar revives revolutionary Zainab Pasha on stage at Fajr

    Oynar, a troupe from East Azerbaijan, performs “Zainab Pasha” about Zainab Pasha, a female revolutionary of Iran’s Tobacco Protest in Tabriz during the 19th century, at the 38th Fajr International Theater Festival in the courtyard of Tehran’s City Theater Complex on February 3, 2020. (IRNA/Asghar Khamseh)

  • Tehran Symphony Orchestra performs in Vahdat Hall 2020-01-25 14:20

    Tehran Symphony Orchestra performs in Vahdat Hall

    TEHRAN -- The Tehran Symphony Orchestra under the baton of guest conductor Manuchehr Sahbai gave a performance at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Thursday.

  • Komjan wetland 2020-01-22 11:16

    Komjan wetland brought back to life

    Komjan wetland with an estimated area of 4,000 hectares is located 120 kilometers northeast of Shiraz, southern Fars province.

  • Frozen waterfall attracts ice climbers 2020-01-19 19:29

    Frozen waterfall attracts ice climbers

    An ice climber challenges a frozen waterfall, which is situated adjacent to the prehistoric rock carvings of Ganjnameh, a can’t-miss destination in Hamedan, west-central Iran, January 17, 2020.

  • Worshippers rally to show for the establishment’s power 2020-01-17 18:36

    Worshippers rally to show for the establishment’s power

    TEHRAN – After the Friday prayer congregations, worshippers across the country held rallies to express support for the power of the Islamic Republic system.

  • “Resistance Alleys” opens at Sacred Defense Museum 2020-01-11 14:36

    “Resistance Alleys” opens at Sacred Defense Museum

    Senior military commanders visit an exhibition showcasing Iran’s achievements in various fields over the past 40 years at the Sacred Defense Museum in Tehran on January 9, 2020. The exhibit titled “Resistance Alleys” will run until January 16. (Tehran Times/Mohammad Kodabakhsh)

  • Packed crowds attend funeral procession of top military commander Qasem Soleimani in Tehran  2020-01-06 09:35

    Photo: Maryam Kamyab, Majid Asgaripour, Shahab Ghayoumi, Mohammad Moheimani

    Packed crowds attend funeral procession of top military commander Qasem Soleimani in Tehran 

    Massive crowds of people attend a farewell ceremony for Lieutenant-General Qasem Soleimani and his martyred companions in downtown Tehran, January 6, 2020.  Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei prayed for the body of the martyrs as part of the procession, which began at around 8 a.m. The leader has promised “a severe revenge” over the assassination of the top general committed by the U.S. forces in Baghdad early on January 3.

  • Tehran Times says hello to 2020 2020-01-01 08:35

    Tehran Times says hello to 2020

    Tehran Times staff celebrate New Year’s Eve along with their sole Christian writer Hrand Baghdasaryan (C).

  • National festival of toys 2019-12-30 08:56

    National festival of toys underway in Tehran

    The fifth national festival of toys opened at the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in Tehran on Saturday.

  • Mohammad Reza Rahmani 2019-12-29 10:04

    Funeral procession for pilot of crashed fighter jet

    A funeral procession was held for Colonel Mohammad Reza Rahmani, the pilot of a crashed fighter jet, in Tabriz on Saturday.

  • Iranian religious minorities pay tribute to martyrs 2019-12-28 13:27

    Iranian religious minorities pay tribute to martyrs

    As the new year is approaching, followers of divine religions pay homage to their family members martyred during the 1980-88 Iraqi imposed war, known as the Sacred Defense. According to officials, 90 Christians, 11 Jews, and 33 Zoroastrians were martyred during the 8-year war.

  • Iran honors fallen Christian soldiers on Christmas Eve 2019-12-24 10:23

    Iran honors fallen Christian soldiers on Christmas Eve

    TEHRAN – On December 22, on Christmas Eve, a ceremony was held to remember the Armenian Christian soldiers who were martyred during Iraq’s war against Iran in the 1980s. The ceremony was held at Ivan Shams Hall. The key guests at the event were Sepuh Sargsyan, the archbishop of the Armenian Diocese of Tehran, and Army chief Abdolrahim Mousavi.

  • Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi 2019-12-23 10:57

    Judiciary chief highlights importance of reviving public rights

    TEHRAN - Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi said on Sunday that public rights in urban management must be revived.