TEHRAN- As announced by the managing director of Maku Free Trade Zone Organization, commodities valued at $2.030 billion were exported from the Maku FTZ, in Iran’s northwestern province of West Azarbaijan, during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22). Mohammadreza Abdol-Rahimi said that the export of non-oil products worth nearly […]

TEHRAN — Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid met with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday to discuss the Vienna talks that are primarily intended to lift sanctions on Iran. He was in the UK on November 28 as well. Is Israel sending a message to the negotiating sides in Vienna? “I just finished a long […]

TEHRAN – After a months-long hiatus, Iranian and Western negotiators ultimately met in the same room but much of the work does not seem to be done in the room. Instead, the Western negotiators seem to prefer forging ahead with media hyperbole. While many of those who participated in Monday’s plenary session in Vienna came […]

TEHRAN – A selection of 52 high-quality works handcrafted by the natives of Khuzestan province has been granted the National Seal of Excellence, the provincial tourism chief has announced. Winners were picked by a panel of national juries from a shortlist of 80 works, Seyyed Hekmatollah Musavi said on Tuesday. “Khuzestani craftsmen and artists have […]

TEHRAN – Mooud Bonyadifar will referee the match between Esteghlal and Persepolis football teams. The Tehran derby will be held on Matchday 8 of Iran Professional League (IPL) in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Saturday. Bonyadifar, 36, has been officiating in Iran Professional League (IPL) for seven seasons and has been on the international list since […]

TEHRAN – Iran and Syria have signed four documents to boost cooperation in the fields of trade and industry, especially areas related to standards, IRNA reported on Wednesday. Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Reza Fatemi Amin inked the documents at the end of the two countries’ joint economic and industrial committee meetings which were […]

TEHRAN – Iran unveiled a series of domestically produced smart customs systems and equipment on Monday in a ceremony attended by the country’s Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Ehsan Khandouzi and the Vice President for Science and Technology Sourena Sattari, IRIB reported. As reported, the unveiled equipment includes two container X-ray machines that have been […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Reza Fatemi Amin has visited Syria on top of a high-ranking delegation to attend an Iran-Syria Joint Economic Committee meeting and also to launch the country’s exclusive exhibition in Damascus. As Mehr News Agency reported, upon arrival on Monday morning, Fatemi Amin met with the Syrian Minister […]

TEHRAN – A Persian translation of the Hungarian-American mathematician John von Neumann’s 1958 book “The Computer and the Brain” has come to Iranian bookstores. Rendered into Persian by Reza Amirrahimi, the book has been published by Now Publications. In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between […]

TEHRAN- Sepahan football team defeated Nassaji 2-0 on Matchday 7 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Monday. Shahriar Moghanlou scored a brace in Isfahan’s Naghsh-e Jahan Stadium. In Tehran, Persepolis defeated Naft Masjed Soleyman thanks to Mehdi Abdi’s 50th-minute goal and moved up to second place. Earlier in the day, Esteghlal were held to a […]

TEHRAN – The commander of the Iranian Navy has announced that the first marine diesel engine, which is designed and built entirely by Iranian experts, will be unveiled soon. Admiral Shahram Irani broke the story in a TV program on Saturday night. His remarks came as Iran was celebrating Navy Day, which fell on November […]

TEHRAN – An Indonesian expert in international relationship says that Wahhabism lacks rationality and it creates division, instead of unity, among the Islamic Ummah. Dina Yuliant tells the Zardis News that Wahhabism “does not encourage rationalist thinking”. “The doctrines put forward by Wahhabism are purification and takfirism. Such doctrines will lead to division and conflict […]