TEHRAN – Former Iran water polo national team player Morteza Shariat passed away on Thursday. Shariat lost his battle with pancreatic cancer at the age of 68. He was a member of Iran water polo national team who made history in the 1974 Asian Games, winning the gold medal by beating China in the final […]
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts has cleaned the well-known 19th-century bas-relief, which is carved on a rock face in Cheshmeh-Ali, southern Tehran. A restoration operation has been completed on the Qajar-era relief of Cheshmeh Ali, which had recently been damaged in an act of vandalism by an individual (or individuals), throwing hair […]
TEHRAN – Iran knew their rivals at the summer’s FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2021 on Wednesday. In the 15th edition of the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2021, which will take place in the cities of Riga and Daugavpils from July 3 to 11, teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. […]
TEHRAN – Iranian drama “Seven and a Half” won an honorable mention at the Indie Meme Film Festival in Austin, Texas, the Organizers announced on Sunday. The film written and directed by Navid Mahmudi received the honor in the narrative feature catgory. 16 films from South Asia were also screened at the festival, which was […]
TEHRAN – Some 261 aging monuments and historical sites across the eastern South Khorasan province have been demarcated, the provincial tourism chief has said. The demarcation will contribute to better preservation and protection of the historical sites by creating legal bans against intruders, IRNA quoted Hassan Ramezani as saying on Wednesday. It will also prevent […]
TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir) said the company has defined 40 programs for maintaining electricity supply and preventing power outages during the hot season peak consumption period. As reported by IRIB, Mohammad-Hassan Motevalizadeh underlined early increase in the temperature and water shortage for hydropower plants as […]
TEHRAN- The value of non-oil trade between Iran and the members of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) reached $2.1 billion in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), data released by Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (TCCIMA) showed. Based on the mentioned data, the value of trade shows an 11-percent […]
TEHRAN- Iran produced 68.3 million tons of cement during the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), the secretary of Cement Industry Employers Association announced. Abdolreza Sheikhan also said that the annual output can reach over 70 million tons in the current year. According to the production statistics of 68.3 million tons in the previous […]
TEHRAN – Pan Bafi, which falls under the category of traditional textiles, is a prominent handicraft being practiced in Alamut in Qazvin province. Also called Navar Bafi or Kart Bafi, it is the art of weaving a kind of narrow strip with a width of one to two centimeters. According to Visit Iran, these handicrafts, […]
TEHRAN – Al Ahli Saudi and Esteghlal football teams played out a goalless draw at King Abdullah Sports City Stadium on Tuesday to set up a thrilling final matchday in Group C of the 2021 AFC Champions League. A goalless draw means three teams – Saudi Arabia’s Al Ahli, Al Duhail of Qatar and Iran’s […]
TEHRAN – Iran is planning to produce 32 million tons of steel in the current Iranian calendar year (March 2021-March 2022) to register a 27.7 percent rise compared to the figure for the previous year (ended on March 20). Based on the Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry data, Iranian steel companies managed to produce 28.374 […]
TEHRAN — Guardian Council Secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said on Monday that examination of presidential candidates to confirm their competence will take place with due care. Speaking at the extraordinary meeting of the council on Monday, Jannati said the examination procedure will be carried out in accordance to law. He pointed out that an extremely […]
