New archaeological work starts in Burnt City

TEHRAN – The 16th archaeological season has commenced in Burnt City, a weighty UNESCO World Heritage site in southeast Iran that was thriving in the Bronze Age.

Traces of Elamite urban life detected in northcentral Iran

TEHRAN – Vestiges of urban life attributed to Elamite-era (c. 2700 – 539 BC) have been found at Tappeh Sofalin, a prehistoric archaeological site located near Pishva, Tehran province, Mehr reported on Monday.

By Zahra Sadat Khezri

Germany, EU have realized they must rely on themselves for security: SWP chief

Volker Perthes says Germany does not try to personalize its foreign relations

TEHRAN - Volker Perthes, director of the Berlin-based Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - SWP), says Germany and other European Union members have realized that they must be more self-reliant to protect their security.

Germany to fund 100MW solar farm in Iran

TEHRAN – An Iranian-German company is going to finance a 100-megawatts solar farm worth $120 million in Iranian central province of Yazd, IRNA reported on Wednesday.

Iran progress to U-17 World Cup Round of 16

Iran defeated Germany 4-0 on Tuesday to book a place at the FIFA U-17 World Cup Round of 16.

Iran U-17 ready to face strong teams at worlds

Iran will start the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup with a match against Guinea on Saturday while the Persians have an uphill task in the event after being drawn with European powerhouses Germany and Costa Rica in Group C.

Rouhani calls for co-op with Germany on regional crises

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday called for broadening of cooperation between Iran and Germany in order to find a peaceful solution to the regional crises and uprooting terrorism.

Sohrab Shahid-Saless is subject of doc in Germany

TEHRAN – The Germany-based Iranian filmmaker Mahmud Behraznia is making a documentary about his fellow filmmaker Sohrab Shahid-Saless (1944-1988) who continued his career in Germany during the 1970s and 1980s.

By Hanif  Ghaffari

The definitive decision of the Social Democrats in Germany

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is now thinking of forming a coalition government in her country. It seems difficult to deal with the situation.

by Zahra Khezri

P4+1, EU would try to do their best to keep JCPOA alive: CARPO chief

Approving Iran as being non-compliant is U.S. difficult task

By Carl Bildt

Redefining Europe, and Europeans

For Europe to find its place in a rapidly changing world, its citizens will have to look beyond the nation-state as their sole source of personal identity. There are few “first nations” left in the world today – and that is a welcome development.

Iran’s 5-month outbound passengers +20.9% y/y: official

TEHRAN – Over 3.4 million Iranians traveled abroad during the first five months of the current [Iranian] calendar year (started on March 21, 2017), an increase of 20.9 percent from a year earlier, a tourism official said on Monday.

Rehabilitation work restarts at Takht-e Soleyman

TEHRAN – A new round of restoration works on the UNESCO-registered Takht-e Soleyman (“Solomon’s Throne”) in northwest Iran has recently been commenced by a team of Iranian and German experts.

By Andrew Hammond

The EU isn’t getting weaker – in fact, it’s planning to have its own army

Emmanuel Macron hosts his German, Spanish and Italian counterparts in Paris on Monday after a morale-boosting few weeks for the EU.

By Mary Dejevsky

Merkel’s commitment to refugees is admirable. But it may backfire

‘If we need new Germans, we can make them ourselves,’ say the far right. Immigration is now key to an election in which many are undecided

Iranians visiting Istanbul on the rise

TEHRAN – The number of Iranian travelers to Istanbul has followed an upward trend in the recent years, ranking second after Germans when it comes to the distribution of tourists visiting the Turkish city by country.

By Klaus Brinkbäumer

The true face of Donald Trump

U.S. President Donald Trump is a racist and a hate preacher. It's time to stop trivializing the immense damage he is causing.

By Farnaz Heidari

Digging deep into human-carnivore conflicts in Iran

Human-carnivore conflicts is rapidly increasing in Iran. For instance just recently a young boy who was tending his sheep was attacked by a black bear on July 10, 2017 on the outskirts of a village in Jiroft, southeastern province of Kerman.

Some 360,000 Iranian expats toured home in 3-month span

TEHRAN – A total of 360,200 of expatriate Iranians visited home as sightseers during the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21 – June 21), a tourism official says.

By Amanda Erickson

How the world is reacting to war of words between Trump and North Korea

Last week, tensions between the United States and North Korea hit a boiling point.

By Nina Schick

Angela Merkel's secret to election success

Political upset and change -- the twin themes dominating Western politics of late -- have led to Britain's voting to leave the EU, the election of Donald Trump and, most recently, in Emmanuel Macron's ascendancy to the Elysée Palace in France.

Team Melli remain as Asia's best in FIFA Ranking

The Islamic Republic of Iran dropped one place to 24th but remain Asia’s top ranked team, in the latest FIFA World Ranking which was released on Thursday.

Health tourism could fetch Iran $7b a year

TEHRAN – The Iranian minister of cooperatives, labor and social welfare has said that the country has a potential to earn $7 billion in revenues through attracting one million health tourists on a yearly basis.

Intl. officials surprised to see Golestan Palace

TEHRAN – Senior officials from sixteen countries visited the UNESCO-inscribed Golestan Palace in downtown Tehran, expressing surprise at the architectural and artistic masterpieces of the historic complex.

By John Lloyd

Europe’s leaders struggle over a Trump strategy

“We have to understand, that we Europeans must fight for our own future and destiny,” said Angela Merkel.

Germany's Martin Schulz says Trump 'far worse' than expected

Martin Schulz, the rival who wants to unseat Angela Merkel as chancellor in September, made headlines before the election with his criticism of Donald Trump.

By Curt Mills

Will Europe rebel against U.S. sanctions?

In comprehensively punishing Moscow, Washington risks further cleaving itself from senior European leadership.

Behnam Safavi returns home after surgery in Germany

TEHRAN – Iranian pop singer Behnam Safavi returned home last Tuesday after brain surgery in Germany.

By Naman Jain

The EU can't afford to ignore Europe's migrant mrisis

A lot has been happening in the midst of the European migrant crisis.

German, French companies ready to establish chain stores in Iran

TEHRAN- Some big German and French companies have declared their preparedness to set up chain stores in Iran, The Head of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) Mojtaba Khosrotaj told IRNA on Saturday.