TEHRAN – Hassan Yazdani from Iran claimed a silver medal at the Wrestling Men’s Freestyle 86kg at the ۲۰۲۰ Olympic Games on Thursday. He lost to David Taylor from the U.S. ۴-۳ 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 ۴-۳ […]
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. ۷,۰۰۰-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 ۱۱. 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 ۲۰۲۰ 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 ۲۰۲۰ Olympic Games in Tokyo. He defeated Ukraine’s Parviz Nasibov ۹-۱ 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 ۳,۱۰۰ kilometers in the coming weeks. As announced two weeks ago by the deputy minister, there is currently ۲۰,۰۰۰ kilometers of highways and ۲,۵۰۰ kilometers of freeways across the country. Back in May, Kheirollah […]
TEHRAN – Car manufacturing by Iran’s major carmakers rose ۱۱.۲ percent during the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March ۲۱- July ۲۲), 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, […]
TEHRAN – Former Iran taekwondo player Majid Aflaki criticized the technical staff of Iran’s taekwondo national team following poor results in the ۲۰۲۰ Olympic Games. Iran finished the Games without winning a medal in Tokyo. It was the first time that the country’s taekwondo failed to win any medal since ۱۹۸۸. Former national team practitioner, […]
TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), climbed ۳۴,۹۶۲ points to ۱.۳۵۱ million on Saturday, which is the first day of Iranian calendar week. As reported, over ۷.۵۴۲ billion securities worth ۵۸.۱۸ trillion rials (about $۱.۳۸۵ billion) were traded at the TSE on Saturday. The first market’s index rose ۲۸,۶۴۲ points, and […]
TEHRAN – Iran sprinter Hassan Taftian failed to progress to the semifinals of the men’s 100m event at the Olympic Games. He finished in fourth place with a time of ۱۰.۱۹ seconds. South African sprinter Akani Simbine finished in first place with ۱۰.۰۸. Arthur Cisse gets Cote d’Ivoire a spot in ۱۰.۱۵, and Paulo Andre […]
