TEHRAN – Iran President Ebrahim Raisi gave Jaber Sadeghzadeh special Bazouband (Armband). Sadeghzadeh won Iran’s Pahlevani Wrestling Championship for the seventh time on Sunday. Pahlevan of Iran is an annual Pahlevani Wrestling competition held in Iran, in which athletes from across the country participate to achieve the title.

TEHRAN – Akbar Misaghian has been named as Padideh football team coach. He replaced Reza Mohajeri, who had been named Padideh coach in September. Misaghian, 68, is a long-serving Iranian coach and has worked at several clubs since 1995. Padideh were held to a goalless draw against Aluminum in Matchday 1 of Iran Professional League […]

TEHRAN – Arthur Yamga stood up for his team Esteghlal by scoring a brace in his first match and took the Blues to a 2-0 win over Zob Ahan in round two of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Monday. The French winger gave the visiting team a lead in the 28th minute. Zob Ahan put […]

TEHRAN – A new Persian translation of German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse’s tenth novel “Steppenwolf” has been published in Iran. The Elmi Farhangi Publishing Company is the publisher of the book rendered by Keikavus Jahandari. At least three other Persian editions of the novel have previously been published in Iran. Originally published in Germany in 1927, […]

TEHRAN – Iran defeated Nepal 4-0 at the 2022 AFC U23 Asian Cup qualification opener on Monday. Hossein Nokhodkar made a brace and Mehdi Limouchi and Yasin Salmani each scored for Iran. Iran will play Lebanon and Tajikistan on Thursday and Sunday, respectively. In each group, teams play each other once at a centralized venue. […]

ISVAND Machine Manufacturing Company, which is producing high-quality industrial parts and equipment, was introduced as exemplary entrepreneur in the country in previous Iranian calendar year in 1399 (2020) in the field of generation of new employment opportunities. Thanks to the salient achievements of the company in terms of creation of employment, Managing Director of ISVAND […]

TEHRAN – Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has said the company requires $11 billion of investment for completing the development projects defined for the oil fields at the West Karoun region. Speaking in the introductory ceremony of the new head of Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (PEDEC), Mohsen Khojasteh Mehr pointed […]

TEHRAN – American writer Steven Millhauser’s novella “Enchanted Night” has been published in Persian. Javad Homayunpur is the translator of the book published by Saless. This is a stunningly original new book set in a Connecticut town over one incredible summer night from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Martin Dressler”. The delicious cast of characters […]

TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently confiscated 15 prehistoric objects, which were kept unlawfully in a pharmaceutical warehouse in Zahedan, southeastern Sistan-Baluchestan province. The relics, estimated to date back to the Iron Age, have been unearthed in the historical sites in the west of the country, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural […]

TEHRAN- During the past Iranian calendar week (ended on Friday), 1.913 million tons of commodities worth $543 million was traded at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME), showing 18 percent rise in value and five percent growth in volume of trades as compared to its preceding week. As reported by the IME’s Public Relations and International Affairs […]

TEHRAN- The value of non-oil export from Hormozgan province in the south of Iran rose 47 percent during the first half of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-September 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, a provincial official announced. Abolfazl Akbarpour, the director-general of the customs office of […]

TEHRAN – Landlocked Uzbekistan is increasingly expressing interest in using Iran’s oceanic Chabahar port as a trade gateway that could help it expand to new overseas markets, Hindustan Times reported quoting senior Uzbek officials. As reported, the country’s authorities have said that Uzbekistan will push ahead with a joint plan with India and Iran to […]