TEHRAN – Ali Yahia, a Lebanese consultant in international relations, says that the Iran-China partnership pact would undermine U.S. efforts to put more pressure on Iran through sanctions. “The Iran-China framework agreement undermines U.S. efforts and provides additional leverage to Tehran concerning sanction, which incidentally became less effective with a pivot eastward,” Ali Yahia tells the […]
TEHRAN – A restoration project has been completed over the ancient city of Seymareh, which is located in western Ilam province. Architectural sites and agricultural lands inside the ancient city, which were damaged by seasonal rains, were repaired and restored, the provincial tourism chief, Abdolmalek Shanbehzadeh, announced on Saturday. A budget of two billion rials […]
TEHRAN— In an interview with Tasnim News Agency, Abbas Moghtadaei, deputy head of the National Security Committee of the parliament, said that the lifting of sanctions should be based on the fact that the parliament has taken strategic action to lift the sanctions in accordance with the law. Responding to a question about the recent […]
TEHRAN – A recent report by Nature Scientific Journal on Iran’s water crisis indicates that from ۲۰۰۲ to ۲۰۱۵, over ۷۴ billion cubic meters have been extracted from aquifers, which is unprecedented and its revival takes thousands of years along with urgent action. Three Iranian scientists studied ۳۰ basins in the country and realized that […]
TEHRAN – Three Iranian clubs did a great job in the ۲۰۲۱ AFC Champions league (West) group stage, advancing to the Round of ۱۶. It means the football clubs in the West Asian country has improved over the past years. Persepolis qualified for the AFC Champions league final two times in three years (۲۰۱۸ and […]
TEHRAN- The value of exports from Markazi province, in the central Iran, was tripled in the first month of the current Iranian calendar year (Mach ۲۱-April ۲۰), as compared to the first month of the past year, according to a provincial official. Esmaeil Hosseini, the director-general of the province’s customs department, said ۹۶,۰۰۰ tons of […]
TEHRAN –A total of nine properties including three mansions and two mosques scattered across the Iranian Yazd province, have recently been added to the national cultural heritage list. The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts announced the inscriptions on Thursday in separate letters to the governor-general of the central province, CHTN reported. Mostufi, Rahim […]
TEHRAN – Available evidence suggests that locks have been made in Chaleshtar for centuries. Experts believe that the artistic values of Ghoflsazi (locksmithing) are more significant from its industrial aspects. Chaleshtar is one of the oldest cities in the neighborhood of Shahr-e Kord in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province. In Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari the padlocks were more used as means […]
According to the statistics recently released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics, China’s GDP increased by ۱۸.۳% year-on-year in the first quarter of ۲۰۲۱. Considering the test by the COVID-۱۹ pandemic in winter and spring and the uncertainty of the external environment, it is fair to say that China’s economy has witnessed an exciting start […]
TEHRAN- As announced by a provincial official, ۴۰ idle production units were revived in Qazvin province, in the northwest of Iran, in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March ۲۰). Hamidreza Khanpour, the managing director of Qazvin’s Industrial Parks Company, also said that ۱۰۰ idle units are planned to return to the production cycle […]
TEHRAN – Persepolis of Iran football team secured top spot in Group E of the ۲۰۲۱ AFC Champions League on Thursday with a ۴-۲ win over Al Rayyan of Qatar. Yahya Golmohammadi’s side bounced back from their loss against Al Wahda and ensured their passage to the Round of ۱۶ at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru […]
TEHRAN – Former Iran national team weightlifter Mangashti Amirian passed away on Thursday. He died at the age of ۸۲. Amirian represented Iran at the ۱۹۶۰ Summer Olympics, where he finished seventh at the ۸۲.۵ kg weight class. Tehran Times extends deepest sympathy to Amirian’s family, loved ones, and friends over his demise.
