Sistan-Baluchestan exports over $3m of handicrafts

TEHRAN – Handicrafts exports from the lesser-known Sistan-Baluchestan province surpassed $3 million during the previous Iranian calendar year 1398 (ended on March 19), IRNA reported.

Iran cruise to win over Uzbekistan at CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal

TEHRAN – Iran beat Uzbekistan 7-1 at the CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal Championship 2020 penultimate match on Tuesday.

Iran proposes visa-free travel among ECO member states

TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan on Saturday called for the Economic Cooperation Organization to consider granting visa-free travel for member states.

Iran earn third successive win at CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal Championship

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Turkmenistan 12-0 at the CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal Championship 2020 on Sunday.

Iran down Tajikistan at CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal Championship

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Tajikistan 15-0 in the opening match of the CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal Championship 2020 on Friday.

Iran will participate at CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal Championship: coach

TEHRAN – Iran U19 Girl’s Futsal coach Niloofar Ardalan says her team will take part at the CAFA U19 Girl’s Futsal Championship 2020 Tajikistan.

Iranian academia to attend tourism development conference in India

TEHRAN – A number of Iranian scholars and academia along with fellows from several other counties have been invited to the 2nd Joint International Conference on Tourism, Hospitality and Sustainable Development Goals, which will be held in Hyderabad, India from February 8 to 10, 2020.

Iran seeking to win four joint UNESCO tags in 2020

TEHRAN – Iran is seeking to secure four world heritage status jointly with other countries in 2020.

Iran runners-up at CAFA U23 Women’s C'ship

TEHRAN – Iran finished CAFA U23 Women’s Championship with heads held high.

Iran sink Kyrgyz Republic at CAFA U23 Women’s Championship

TEHRAN – Iran earned their third successive win at the CAFA U23 Women’s Championship on Monday.

Iran too strong for Turkmenistan at CAFA U23 Women’s Championship

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Turkmenistan 5-0 in their second match at the CAFA U23 Women’s Championship on Saturday.

Iran start CAFA U23 Women’s Championship on high

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Tajikistan 4-0 at the inaugural CAFA U23 Women’s Championship on Friday.

Iran ready for CAFA U23 Women Championship 2019: coach

TEHRAN – Iran coach Maryam Azmoun says that his team are ready to take part at the CAFA U23 Women Championship 2019.

Iran is world’s 3rd fastest growing tourist destination: Afar magazine

TEHRAN - Iran has been ranked 3rd among countries with fastest growing tourist destination by Afar, a U.S.-based award-winning travel magazine, next to Tajikistan and Ecuador in the first and second spots.

Hamedan children’s theater festival wraps up

Winners pose during the closing ceremony of the 26th International Theater Festival for Children and Young Adults at the Ibn Sina Hall in Hamedan on November 12, 2019.

Iran’s Sari, Ardebil named ECO cultural capitals

TEHRAN – Iranian cities of Sari and Ardebil have been selected as the cultural capitals for the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) in the years 2022 and 2023 respectively.

Iran crowned CAFA U15 Women’s champions

TEHRAN – Iran lifted 2019 CAFA U15 Women’s Championship trophy on Monday.

Iran claim CAFA U19 Championship 2019 title

TEHRAN – Iran U19 football team became the champions of the second edition of the Central Asian Football Association’s (CAFA) on Thursday.

Iran, Tajikistan stress expansion of tourism ties

TEHRAN – Iran and Tajikistan have recently explored avenues to enhance tourism ties after the two nations experienced decline in the number of arrivals.

Rouhani receives credentials of four ambassadors

Clock is ticking on Europe to save nuclear deal, Rouhani warns

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani on Monday separately received credentials of the new ambassadors of France, China, Poland and Tajikistan.

Rouhani to attend CICA summit in Tajikistan

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani will travel to Dushanbe, Tajikistan, next week to attend the 5th summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA), according to Mehr news agency.

Rouhani says Iran can serve as the best and safest transit route for Tajikistan’s goods 

Iran, Tajikistan push for close ties in line with mutual interests 

TEHRAN – Tajikistan’s Foreign Minister, Sirodjidin Mukhriddin, held separate talks on Saturday with President Hassan Rouhani and his Iranian counterpart Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

New Tajik envoy submits credentials to Zarif

TEHRAN – The new ambassador of the Republic of Tajikistan to Tehran met with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday.

New ambassador calls for closer Iran-Tajikistan relations

TEHRAN – Iran’s new ambassador to Tajikistan, Mohammad-Taqi Saberi, on Sunday called for closer ties with Dushanbe, saying he will use every opportunity to expand Iran’s relations with Tajikistan.

Iran’s ties with Tajikistan familial: spokesman

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qassemi has responded positively to Tajik foreign minister’s remarks about relations between Iran and Tajikistan, saying Tehran considers its ties with Dushanbe as “familial”.

Iran-Tajikistan cooperation essential to fighting terrorism: MP

TEHRAN - Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi, an Iranian MP and head of the Iran-Tajikistan parliamentary friendship group, said on Tuesday that Iran-Tajikistan cooperation is essential to fight terrorism.

Tehran hosting 29th ECO Regional Planning Council meeting

TEHRAN - The 29th meeting of Regional Planning Council (RPC) of Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) kicked off on Monday at the ECO secretariat in Tehran.

Senior Iranian diplomat meets Abdullah in Tajikistan

TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy foreign minister on Saturday met with Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah on the sidelines of a Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.

Iran summons Tajik envoy over terror attack claims

TEHRAN – The Foreign Ministry has summoned Dushanbe’s ambassador to Tehran to protest claims of linking a deadly terror attack in the Central Asian country to Iran, spokesman Bahram Qassemi said on Wednesday.