Iran runners-up at UWW Freestyle World Cup

TEHRAN – Iran fell short in the final match of the 2019 United World Wrestling (UWW) Freestyle World Cup, losing to hosts Russia 9-1 at the Yakutsk’s Triumph Sports Training Center.

By Afshin Majlesi

Lipar, a small lake in pink

TEHRAN – Lipar, a small lake which usually turns pink, is an off-the-radar tourist destination in Iran, which has never been introduced completely!

By Mohammad Ghaderi - Twitter: @ghaderi62 - Email: m.ghaderi62@gmail.com

What are the charges of French government?

TEHRAN - The violent crackdown on the French government with protesters has led to the protest of many formal and informal institutions in Europe and the world. This is while the Emmanuel Macroen government is trying to make it natural! Reports published recently in France have shown that Paris has blamed the government for its opponents and suppressed protesters in the streets of the capital.

Persepolis back on Iran Professional League top

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team defeated Sepidrood 3-1 and to move top of the Iran Professional League (IPL) table on Saturday.

Flood responsible for 61% of natural disasters

TEHRAN – Flood is the leading natural disaster being responsible for 61 percent of the total natural disasters happened in the country, according to studies conducted over the past four decades in Iran.

Heavy snow, blizzard hitting 8 provinces

TEHRAN – Severe snowfall along with snowstorms have haunted 8 provinces of the country over the past 24 hours, Rescue and Relief Organization head Morteza Salimi said on Saturday.

Volunteer groups dispatched to deprived areas on cultural missions

TEHRAN – The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has dispatched volunteer teams to provide cultural services to the children residing in the underprivileged villages of the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan.

Paris-Isfahan-Samarkand tourist route proposed

TEHRAN – Head of Uzbekistan Center of Islamic Civilizations has proposed stablishing a touristic itinerary, which connects Paris to Isfahan and Samarkand, IRNA reported.

Tehran subway line 7 partially inaugurated 

TEHRAN — Tehran subway line 7, connecting southeastern Tehran to northwestern parts of the city, was partially inaugurated on Saturday morning, Tasnim news agency reported.

‘Childhood obesity rate worryingly soars in Iran’

TEHRAN — Childhood obesity is on the rise in the country alarmingly and it can be prevented by healthy diet and increased physical activity among children, director of the Health Ministry's nutrition office, Zahra Abdollahi, has said.

Expediency Council backs Guardian Council on budget bill

TEHRAN – The Expediency Council on Saturday voted in favor of the Guardian Council’s objection to a parliamentary decision on the budget bill for the next Iranian year (March 2019-March 2020), a member of the Expediency Council said.

Ex-minister raps West’s double standard on terrorism

TEHRAN – Former Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Saturday slammed the West’s double standard with regard to terrorist attacks.

Envoy decries BBC Persian’s failure to label terror attack

TEHRAN – Iranian ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad has strongly criticized the Persian service of the BBC for refusing to call the New Zealand shootings “terrorist attacks”.

Moscow says Iran rigorously adhering to JCPOA

TEHRAN – Tehran is rigorously complying with the nuclear deal it signed with world powers in July 2015, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

31 years since Saddam gassed Halabja

March 16 marks the 31st year after the Iraqi Baath regime’s chemical attack against the Kurdish city of Halabja in northern Iraq that killed thousands of people during the closing days of the Iran–Iraq War in the 1980s.

Iran ranked 13th most powerful country

TEHRAN – Iran has been ranked 13th most powerful country in the world, according to an annual ranking.

Over $714m worth of commodities traded at IME in a week

TEHRAN- During weekdays ending up to March 14, approximately 624,721 million tons (MT) of commodities worth over $714 million were traded at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME).

Monthly gas condensate export from Pars energy zone rises 15% on year

TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s gas condensate export during the eleventh Iranian calendar month of Bahman (ended on February 19) rose 15 percent compared to the same month of the past year, the director general of Pars Special Economic Energy Zone’s Customs Department announced.

Dutch museum wins American art prize for Iran exhibition

TEHRAN – The Drents museum has won an audience prize in New York at the prestigious Global Fine Art Awards. The prize was granted on March 12 for its contribution to hosting “Iran – Cradle of Civilization”, an enormous loan exhibit on the history of Persia.

Afghans should have final say on their country: Zarif

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that it is the people of Afghanistan who should decide about their country.

Iran’s mechanism for INSTEX to be set up soon: CBI governor

TEHRAN- The Iranian mechanism which is in consistence with INSTEX (the special purpose vehicle to facilitate trade between the EU and Iran to get around U.S. sanctions) will be set up in Tehran soon, Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnaser Hemmati said on Friday night.

By Ebrahim Fallahi

One belt-one road, a path to economic resilience

The history of Iran and China’s economic and cultural relations goes back to the ancient times, when positioned at the heart of the Silk Road, Iran linked the Asian country to the nations in Europe. Now, centuries later, the two countries have still maintained those strong ties and the economic relations between the two sides are seemingly on a new path to growth.

“Iran, Cradle of Civilizations” on show in Spain

TEHRAN - “Iran, the Cradle of Civilizations”, an exhibition of nearly two hundred magnificent pieces of ancient relics, has opened its doors to the public at the Archeological Museum of Alicante (MARQ) in south eastern Spain.