TEHRAN – Kamran Ghasempour won Iran’s third gold medal in the 2021 World Wrestling Championships. He defeated Russian wrestler Magomed Kurbanov 8-4 in the final bout of 92kg. Bronze medal went to Azerbaijan’s Osman Nurmagomedov and J’den Cox from the U.S. Iranian freestylers Hassan Yazdani and Amirhossin Zare had won two gold medals in the […]
TEHRAN – Former Israeli MK Colette Avital reported two incidents during which former President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres harassed her. According to an interview published in the Hebrew edition of Haaretz, the first incident occurred when they were both on a diplomatic mission in France. The former Israeli prime minister invited Avital to have […]
TEHRAN – A review of the latest statistical data released by the Statistical Center of Iran (SCI) shows that Qom province with 41.3 percent and Tehran province with 41.8 percent recorded the lowest inflation rates in the twelve-month period ended on September 22. The highest 12-month inflation rate is related to Ilam province with 50.2 […]
TEHRAN – Amirhossein Zare claimed Iran’s second gold medal at the 2021 World Wrestling Championship underway in Oslo, Norway on Sunday. He defeated three-time world championship gold medalist Geno Petriashvili from Georgia 9-2 in the final match of the 125kg. Earlier in the day, Hassan Yazdani had defeated American wrestler David Taylor 6-2 in the […]
TEHRAN –Heads of Iran’s chambers of commerce and some of the country’s exporters held a meeting with the country’s Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Seyyed Reza Fatemi Amin on Saturday to discuss major issues in the way of export development, IRIB reported. The meeting was also attended by the Head of the country’s Trade Promotion […]
TEHRAN – The Hormuz Medium Range Tactical Radar and Shams Simulator were unveiled on Saturday in the presence of Brigadier-General Alireza Sabahifard, Commander of the Army Air Defense Force, and other military officials in the Self-Sufficiency Organization. The purpose of the Hormuz project is to design and build a medium-range radar so that in addition […]
TEHRAN – Iran’s export to Uzbekistan has risen 370 percent during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the portal of Iran’s Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) reported. Uzbekistan was Iran’s second export destination after the Russian Federation […]
TEHRAN – The head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament has said that no country can ignore the effective role of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the fight against terrorism in the region, the IRIB reported on Friday. Vahid Jalalzadeh made the remarks in a meeting with Lyndall […]
TEHRAN – Saipa of Iran were defeated against Thailand’s Supreme Chonburi 3-1 (25-23, 22-25, 25-13, 25-13) at the 2021 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship on Friday. Saipa will meet Kazakhstan’s Altay and Rebisco of Philippines in Pool B on Saturday and Sunday, respectively. “It has been two years that we were away from the international […]
TEHRAN — Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iran’s permanent ambassador to the United Nations, insisted on Tuesday that the occupation of Syria by foreign forces must come to an end. Ravanchi made the remarks while addressing a UN Security Council meeting on the most recent political and security developments in Syria. The following is the text of […]
A report from Yahoo News published Sunday says that the Trump administration and CIA considered kidnapping WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2017 and even raised the prospect of assassinating him amid concerns he may be planning an escape of his own, according to the Hill. Citing conversations with more than 30 former U.S. intelligence and security officials, Yahoo reported that […]
TEHRAN – Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) managed to collect 1.38 quadrillion rials (about $32.85 billion) of tax revenues during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), to register a 62 percent rise compared to the previous year’s same period, an official with the mentioned administration told ISNA. According […]
