TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), dropped 9,634 points to 1.233 million on Saturday, which is the first day of the Iranian calendar week. Over 1.459 billion securities worth 15.208 trillion rials (about $362 million) were traded at the TSE on Saturday. The first market’s index fell 8,752 points and the […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Supreme Council for Economic Coordination has ratified a package of provisions to clarify the regulations and procedures regarding the re-injection of non-oil export revenues earned during the Iranian calendar years of 1397-1400 (March 2018-March 2022) into the country’s economy, an official with the Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) announced. According to Ehsan Ghamari, […]

TEHRAN – Indian Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Mansukh Mandaviya has emphasized his country’s determination for fulfilling its commitments for the development of Iran’s southeastern Chabahar Port, IRNA reported. Speaking in a meeting with the Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in India Ali Chegini, Mandaviya pointed to the good neighborliness and amicable […]

TEHRAN – A total budget of 30 trillion rials (nearly $714 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has been allocated to create 60,000 jobs for the underprivileged individuals covered by the Welfare Organization, IRNA reported on Saturday. “Our commitment last year (March 2020-March 2021) was to facilitate the employment of 56,716 people, while […]

TEHRAN – The deputy director of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Department of Kerman Province has said that 1,082 artisans working in the field of handicraft were introduced last Iranian year (ended March 19) to benefit from rural and nomadic insurance. In an interview with IRNA on Saturday, Kazem Hosseinzadeh added that 604 crafters were […]

TEHRAN – While the world is affected by the coronavirus, people with a bleeding disorder are no exception and are highly bearing the impact. World Hemophilia Day is an international awareness day for hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. It is held annually on April 17, the date of the birthday of Frank Schnabel, founder of […]

TEHRAN – Fifty-five cities, five villages, and three metropolitan areas will be selected as pilots to improve accessibility for persons with disabilities, Ebrahim Kazemi, head of the secretariat of the accessible-cities coordination headquarters has announced. According to the national document on improving accessibility in cities for persons with disabilities, fifty-five cities, five villages, and three […]

TEHRAN – Some 65 percent of the elderly being kept in nursing homes have received coronavirus vaccine, Mostafa Seraj, an official with Welfare Organization has said. Influenza vaccination has been done in all day-care centers under the Welfare Organization’s control, and since early March, COVID-19 vaccines are being injected into these target groups, he added. […]

TEHRAN-American educator, counselor, motivational speaker, and author John Bradshaw’s popular book “Healing the Shame that Binds You” has recently been published by Nasl-e Noandish Publications in Tehran. The book has been rendered into Persian by Ali-Akbar Qariniat. In “Healing the Shame that Binds You”, in an emotionally revealing way, Bradshaw shows us how toxic shame […]

Billboard — General Yousef Ghorbani, commander of the Army Airborne Division, said on Saturday that Iran will never imagine that it has reached a zenith, noting the Islamic Republic is setting aims for greater steps. “Our effort today is to take greater steps for the development and promotion of the airborne division in 1399,” Ghorbani […]

TEHRAN –  A total of 36 movable, immovable, intangible, and natural sites in the northwestern Ardebil province have been registered on the national heritage list. “Of these, seven immovable monuments include Jajin Tower of Ardebil, Odolo Tomb of Bilesavar city, Zangi Castle of Namin City, Mansourieh Bath of Ardebil, Ardebil Barracks, Arbabi House (Morad Nejad), […]

TEHRAN – An American professor is of the view that Biden’s administration is keen to revitalize the 2015 nuclear deal but there is no guarantee the next U.S. administration will honor the pact. “I think that the Biden administration wants the JCPOA – after all, it was Obama and Biden that helped to create it […]