Iranian athletes better than expected in Tokyo: Khosravi Vafa

TEHRAN – President of Iran Paralympic Committee, Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa, says that the Iranian athletes showed better than expected in the 2020 Paralympic Games.

Iran ease past Iraq in 2022 World Cup qualifier

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Iraq 3-0 in Group A of the 2022 World Cup qualification Round 3 Tuesday night.

Afghanistan FM holds talks with Iranian counterpart

TEHRAN - Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar has congratulated his Iranian counterpart Hossein Amir Abdollahian on winning Parliament’s endorsement to become Iran’s foreign minister.

Taliban name caretaker cabinet

The Taliban on Tuesday afternoon released the names of the caretaker government.

Intl. conference to explore excavations in southeastern Iran

TEHRAN – An online conference focusing on the history and archaeological sites of Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province will be held from December 13 to 15.

Historical bridge, madrasa, fortress added to Iran national heritage list

TEHRAN – Seven historical structures including a bridge, madrasa, and a fortress, situated in Iran’s Semnan province, have recently been added to the national list for cultural heritage.

Quds force chief: Tehran won’t allow developments in Afghanistan to harm Iran

TEHRAN — Quds Force Commander Esmaeil Qaani has said Iran will not allow the developments in Afghanistan to “harm the security of the country,” a member of the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee told the Mehr news agency in an interview published on Tuesday.

Laser-cleaning utilized as pilot project by Iranian archaeologists

TEHRAN – A team of Iranian researchers and archaeologists has applied a laser beam in their pilot project to clean ancient iron artifacts.  

Virus causes $119 million damage to tourism earnings of Iranian province

TEHRAN – Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari has lost more than five trillion rials (about $119 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) in earnings from tourism as many potential visitors have stayed away from the Iranian province since the novel coronavirus restrictions began in early 2019.

Iran FM meets members of Iran Chamber of Commerce

TEHRAN - The first consultation forum of the Foreign Ministry and Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines was held on Monday with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian, his deputy for economic diplomacy and directors general of the ministry playing host

New Iran FM says Tehran seeks ‘wise and solid’ talks 

Amir Abdollahian blames U.S. as chief culprit for violating nuclear deal

TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Monday that Iran seeks “wise and solid negotiations” for reviving the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

Ball is in America's court, expert says

TEHRAN - An expert on international affairs says the Biden administration has come to the conclusion that the continuation of the policy of pressure on Tehran does not hinder the development of Iran's nuclear program and they should pursue a policy of compromise.

U.S. airstrikes killed nearly “50,000 civilians” in “war on terror”

Most of the civilian deaths happened during the U.S.-led occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. The figure by a war monitoring group only refers to civilians killed by warplanes and drones.

“Heroic” jailbreak from Israeli prison celebrated

Palestinians in the occupied West Bank refugee camp of Jenin have taken to the streets to celebrate after six Palestinian inmates broke out of a high-security Israeli prison, People gathered on the streets and handed out sweets in the hometown of one of the escapees.

“Sashenka” comes to Iranian bookstores

TEHRAN – British historian Simon Sebag Montefiore’s book “Sashenka” has been published in Persian.

Majid Sadri named Persepolis interim GM

TEHRAN – Majid Sadri was named as interim general manager of Persepolis football club.

Movies from Iran line up for Torino Underground Cinefest

TEHRAN – The Torino Underground Cinefest has picked five movies by Iranian filmmakers to screen in various sections of its 8th edition, which is currently underway in the Italian city of Turin.

Persian book Munisnameh published in Azerbaijani 

TEHRAN – The Munisnameh, an anthology of Persian stories by Abu Bakr Ibn Khosrow al-Ustad, has been published in Azerbaijani in Baku.

Tazieh tools, scripts on view at Tehran exhibition

TEHRAN – An exhibition opened at the Abolfazl Aali Gallery of the Art Bureau on Tuesday showcasing a collection of tools for tazieh performances and scripts.

Govt. supports private sector to establish innovation houses abroad

TEHRAN – The Vice Presidency for Science and Technology supports the establishment of innovation houses in other countries to develop the export of knowledge-based products, IRNA reported on Sunday.

IRCS to vaccinate refugees residing in Iran

TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) will vaccinate refugees residing in the country against coronavirus soon.

'End of coronavirus' in Iran by mid-Feb. next year

TEHRAN- The Iranian health minister has said public vaccination against the coronavirus will be completed by mid-February next year.

Nearly $620m paid for agricultural mechanization since late-Mar.

TEHRAN - The head of Iran’s Agricultural Mechanization Development Center said the government has paid 26 trillion rials (about $619.04 million) of the allocated budget for agricultural mechanization since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), IRNA reported.