TEHRAN – Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has said the company requires $11 billion of investment for completing the development projects defined for the oil fields at the West Karoun region. Speaking in the introductory ceremony of the new head of Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC), Mohsen Khojasteh Mehr pointed […]

TEHRAN – American writer Steven Millhauser’s novella “Enchanted Night” has been published in Persian. Javad Homayunpur is the translator of the book published by Saless. This is a stunningly original new book set in a Connecticut town over one incredible summer night from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Martin Dressler”. The delicious cast of characters […]

TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently confiscated 15 prehistoric objects, which were kept unlawfully in a pharmaceutical warehouse in Zahedan, southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province. The relics, estimated to date back to the Iron Age, have been unearthed in the historical sites in the west of the country, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural […]

TEHRAN- During the past Iranian calendar week (ended on Friday), 1.913 million tons of commodities worth $543 million was traded at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME), showing 18 percent rise in value and five percent growth in volume of trades as compared to its preceding week. As reported by the IME’s Public Relations and International Affairs […]

TEHRAN- The value of non-oil export from Hormozgan province in the south of Iran rose 47 percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, a provincial official announced. Abolfazl Akbarpour, the director-general of the customs office of […]

TEHRAN – Landlocked Uzbekistan is increasingly expressing interest in using Iran’s oceanic Chabahar port as a trade gateway that could help it expand to new overseas markets, Hindustan Times reported quoting senior Uzbek officials. As reported, the country’s authorities have said that Uzbekistan will push ahead with a joint plan with India and Iran to […]

TEHRAN – Persepolis football team defeated Foolad 3-1 Friday night in the Matchday 1 of Iran Professional League (IPL). Reza Asadi opened the scoring for the visiting team just after the hour mark. Substitute Hamed Pakdel made it 2-0 in the 72nd minute with a header assisted by Mehdi Torabi. Foolad halved the deficit in […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has spoken over the phone with his counterparts from Turkey and Indonesia to discuss a number of issues including developments in Afghanistan. Abdollahian and his Turkish counterpart Mevlüt Çavusoglu have in a telephone conversation discussed the latest developments in Tehran-Ankara ties and regional and international issues of […]

TEHRAN – Noting that the cold war between Beijing and Washington is a must, an Indian academic says they have already kicked it off. “The Cold War between China and the U.S. is a must, and it has already started,” Ashok Swain tells the Zardis News. “The Cold War between these two will be different […]

TEHRAN — A senior Russian military official has said the participation of Iranian warships in the Russian Navy parade in the current year “adorned” the naval parade. Admiral Luminov made the remarks in a meeting with Major General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of General Staff of the Armed Forces of Iran on Wednesday, IRNA reported. The […]

TEHRAN- Iranian banking system has paid 12.41 quadrillion rials (over $295.49 billion) of facilities to domestic economic sectors in the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), registering a 57.9-percent rise from the same period in the previous year, IRIB reported. According to the data provided by the Central Bank […]

TEHRAN- Iran produced 178,784 tons of copper anode in the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), IRNA reported. As reported, the figure shows no change as compared to the copper anode output in the first six months of the previous year. Although, the monthly copper anode production indicates a four-percent […]