TEHRAN — According to Fars News Agency, two of the high-profile presidential candidates will probably be found incompetent, as heated debates surfaced in the Guardian Council over their records. The report did not give names, but pointed to certain clues about the candidates. Fars claimed that one of the candidates will not be confirmed because […]
TEHRAN – 10 years ago today, Iran and Esteghlal legendary goalkeeper Nasser Hejazi left us. Iran’s football has not forgotten him as a person who made the nation proud in his footballing life. The custodian lost his battle with lung cancer on May 23, 2011 in Tehran at the age of 61. Hejazi was a […]
TEHRAN – The Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) announced punishments for three players and one coach for infractions during two weeks of the Iran Professional League (IPL). The FFIRI’s Disciplinary Committee found Persepolis’ captain Jalal Hosseini and Sepahan defender Ezatollah Pourghaz guilty for violent conduct at the […]
TEHRAN — The Islamic Revolution Guards Corp released a statement on Friday afternoon congratulating the Palestinians on their bravery and courage in the fight against the usurper Israeli regime. “We thank the Almighty God, who at a critical and decisive moment, fired the volcano of anger and the holy will of the Palestinian resistance in […]
TEHRAN – Abaa is a kind of loose-fitting and long robe worn over clothing. Such an outfit has been produced across Bushehr province and for centuries. In the past, Abaas were made from camel hair so that water did not pass through them, and were in black. The Abaas is considered to be made in […]
TEHRAN – A reading performance of American writer Arthur Miller’s 1946 popular play “All My Sons” will be staged at the Orkideh Hall of Tehran’s Shahrzad Theater Complex on Saturday. Parnian Karimian will direct the reading performance based on a Persian translation of the play by Hassan Maleki. Karimian, Ali Khayyam, Sadaf Asadollahi, Alireza Salmanian, […]
TEHRAN – A professor of international politics at Lancaster University says that the recent escalation in Palestine reflects Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to secure his base in power. “The escalation is a perfect storm of issues, reflecting Netanyahu’s efforts to secure his base after recent elections, but also to capitalize on wider Arab support stemming from […]
TEHRAN – Edward Corrigan, a political analyst from Canada, believes that as a new reality for “the Jewish State”, it is the first time in West Asian history that Israel can be attacked by the Axis of Resistance from all sides. “For the first time Israel is facing resistance at all of its borders. This […]
TEHRAN – Five of Iran’s top enterprises have signed memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry to invest three quadrillion rials (about $71.4 billion) in industrial projects. The mentioned MOUs have been signed under the framework of a program dubbed “Resilient Economy with Top Enterprises” in which the Industry Ministry defines […]
TEHRAN- Iran’s deputy energy minister for electricity affairs announced that power consumption in the country has risen 7,000-8,000 megawatts (MW) since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), as compared to the same period of time in the past year. “We have started a warm year, Homayoun Haeri said, adding, “In the […]
TEHRAN- A provincial official announced that 80 mining licenses for the inactive mining areas of North Khorasan province, in the northeast of Iran, will be awarded to the private sector through tenders. Hossein Haji-Beglou, the head of the province’s Industry, Mining, and Trade Department, said that the tenders will be held in the next Iranian […]
TEHRAN – National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) is going to conduct a project for collecting the flare gases of Mansouri and Marun oil fields in southwestern Iran to offer them to the private sector buyers. According to the Head of NISOC’s HSE Department Mohammadreza Naderi, the mentioned project is aimed at protecting the environment […]
