TEHRAN – Esteghlal and Foold football teams defeated their rivals in the Iran’s Hazfi Cup semifinals Wednesday night. Esteghlal defeated Gol Gohar 2-1 in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium thanks to goals from Vouria Ghafouri from the penalty spots in the second half. Amin Pourali scored Gol Gohar’s goal before the halftime. In Ahvaz, Foolad defeated Malavan […]
Some Americans, but far too few, want to know how Barack Obama gets to plan his upcoming 60th birthday bash this month on his 30-acre oceanfront estate on the island of Martha’s Vineyard off the coast of Massachusetts. There are 475 confirmed guests set to show up who will be catered to by a staff […]
TEHRAN – A former Lebanese ambassador to Chile, Poland, and Canada says that the Pegasus project showed Israel’s desire to spy on its allies as well as its foes. “Historical incidents show how Israel has spied on its friends as much as it did on its foes, and Pegasus is only a new tool for […]
TEHRAN – Hassan Yazdani from Iran claimed a silver medal at the Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 86kg at the 2020 Olympic Games on Thursday. He lost to David Taylor from the U.S. 4-3 in Tokyo. Yazdani could have won his back-to-back Olympics gold but the American wrestler got a two-point takedown to give him a 4-3 […]
TEHRAN— After his mandate was approved by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Ebrahim Raisi formally sworn in as the eighth president of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The swearing-in ceremony was held in the Iranian parliament on Thursday afternoon, attended by senior Iranian civil and military officials and a large […]
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, […]
