Tehran – An open-air museum will be established on the premises of the ca. 7,000-year-old Qoli Darvish Hill, which is situated in the north-central Qom province. “The first phase of the project involves building an access road and installing metal grating fences along the route of visitors to the Iron Age site,” deputy provincial tourism […]

TEHRAN- Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (TCCIMA) in collaboration with Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FPCCI) will hold Iran-Pakistan Business Webinar on Pharmaceutical Industry on August 11. As announced, official from the both sides including Hassan Nourian, the consul general of Iran in Karachi, and Masood Ahmed, the trade […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Ministry unveiled a comprehensive system for training and data analysis in the water and electricity industry, in a virtual ceremony on Tuesday, the portal of the Energy Ministry known as Paven announced. The ceremony was attended by officials and managers from the Energy Ministry, energy-related companies and subsidiaries of the Energy […]

TEHRAN – Iranian weightlifter Ali Davoudi won a silver medal at the +109kg weight class of the 2020 Olympic Games on Wednesday. He lifted a total weight of 441kg. His snatch lift was 200kg, with the clean and jerk of 241kg. Georgian Lasha Talakhadze set a new world record in the snatch lift and clean […]

TEHRAN – Mohammadreza Geraei won Iran’s second gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He defeated Ukraine’s Parviz Nasibov 9-1 in the men’s Greco-Roman 67kg final bout. Shooter Javad Foroughi had previously claimed Iran’s first gold in the Games. Freestyle wrestler Hassan Yazdani has advanced to the final bout of 86kg and will […]

TEHRAN- Iran’s Transport and Urban Development Minister Mohammad Eslami announced that the country’s length of freeway network will be increased to 3,100 kilometers in the coming weeks. As announced two weeks ago by the deputy minister, there is currently 20,000 kilometers of highways and 2,500 kilometers of freeways across the country. Back in May, Kheirollah […]

TEHRAN – Car manufacturing by Iran’s major carmakers rose 11.2 percent during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21- July 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the data released by Codal website showed. Three major carmakers, namely Iran Khodro Company (IKCO), SAIPA Group, […]

TEHRAN – Former Iran taekwondo player Majid Aflaki criticized the technical staff of Iran’s taekwondo national team following poor results in the 2020 Olympic Games. Iran finished the Games without winning a medal in Tokyo. It was the first time that the country’s taekwondo failed to win any medal since 1988. Former national team practitioner, […]

TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), climbed 34,962 points to 1.351 million on Saturday, which is the first day of Iranian calendar week. As reported, over 7.542 billion securities worth 58.18 trillion rials (about $1.385 billion) were traded at the TSE on Saturday. The first market’s index rose 28,642 points, and […]

TEHRAN – Iran sprinter Hassan Taftian failed to progress to the semifinals of the men’s 100m event at the Olympic Games. He finished in fourth place with a time of 10.19 seconds. South African sprinter Akani Simbine finished in first place with 10.08. Arthur Cisse gets Cote d’Ivoire a spot in 10.15, and Paulo Andre […]

TEHRAN –A total of 17 hotels and apartment hotels are being constructed across the central province of Qom, adding 2894 beds to the province’s hospitality sector. Over 16 trillion rials (about $381 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) has been invested in the hotel projects, the provincial tourism chief has […]

TEHRAN –A total of 13 historical moveable properties in Zanjan province have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts announced the inscriptions on Saturday in a letter to the governor-general of the northwestern province, CHTN reported. Historical coins, gravestones, work tools, and wooden shrines were among […]