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Nominees to Coach Iran Include Branko 17 Dec 2019

Nominees to Coach Iran Include Branko

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) President Mehdi Taj said that Branko Ivankovic is one of the nominees to coach and take charge of the Iran team. Marc Wilmots left his role in early December as coach of the Iran national team, just seven months after replacing Carlos Queiroz at […]

Article 59 fails, then we go to amending constitution 17 Dec 2019

Article 59 fails, then we go to amending constitution

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The spokesman for the Guardian Council said on Sunday that reviewing and amending the constitution is possible provided that the constitution itself, including its Article 59 of the constitution, could not help the country get rid of a probable problem. Article 59 states: In considering vital economic, political, social, and cultural […]

Refinery projects can offset US oil sanctions 17 Dec 2019

Refinery projects can offset US oil sanctions

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Unilateral US sanctions imposed on Iran’s oil sector will fail to impact the domestic economy if the country completes the implementation of its major refinery projects and reduces its exports of crude oil through increasing production of petrochemicals, said an Iranian MP. Speaking to Iran Daily in an exclusive interview, Ali […]

Reducing Reliance on Oil Revenues by Boosting Handicrafts Industry 16 Dec 2019

Reducing Reliance on Oil Revenues by Boosting Handicrafts Industry

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of handicrafts, carpet and tourism committee of Iran Chamber of Cooperatives Mr. Abdollah Bahrami believes by a good and wise planning, carpets and handicrafts can replace oil sales revenues in the country and reduce reliance on oil revenues. Bahrami in a joint press conference with the managing director of Talfigh-e […]

Oil Minister Impeachment Cancelled 16 Dec 2019

Oil Minister Impeachment Cancelled

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian parliament has withdrawn a motion to impeach Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh a month after he was accused of ignoring the will of the lawmakers before announcing a controversial fuel price hike. “Given negotiations (held between) lawmakers and the current situation of the country, the impeachment of oil minister […]

Dangerous air pollution closes schools across Iran 16 Dec 2019

Dangerous air pollution closes schools across Iran

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Dangerous air pollution has shut down schools, kindergartens, and special-needs schools in Iran’s capital Tehran and surrounding towns.  Authorities in the Iranian capital Tehran decided to close down all kindergartens, schools, and universities on Sunday because of high levels of air pollution. According to the air quality control center, the air-pollution […]

Family and Community Make Dialogue 16 Dec 2019

Family and Community Make Dialogue

TEHRAN (Iran News) – One of the fundamental issues in modern societies is that families and kinship groups can no longer be the only shelter for individuals in society, and the lack of family dialogue is clear. On the one hand, citizens in different groups: age, gender, social and income levels expect to live in […]

Spox Dismisses Rouhani Plan to Resign 16 Dec 2019

Spox Dismisses Rouhani Plan to Resign

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The spokesperson of Iran’s administration dismissed speculation that President Hassan Rouhani is planning to resign. Speaking at a weekly press conference on Monday, Ali Rabiee denied any plans for Rouhani to resign, saying such an idea has been by no means raised in the administration. He added that First Vice-President Eshaq […]

South Pars development provides export opportunity 16 Dec 2019

South Pars development provides export opportunity

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Sunday that Iran is exporting oil products due to the development of its gas supply know-how and giant South Pars (SP) field. Iran has various gas resources and 95 percent of the population has direct access to the gas network, Zanganeh said, reported IRNA. […]

Second cyberattack in less than a week; ICT minister 16 Dec 2019

Second cyberattack in less than a week; ICT minister

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s ICT minister announced on Sunday that the country has defused a second cyberattack in less than a week, this time “aimed at spying on government intelligence.” Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi said in a short Twitter post that the attack was “identified and defused by a cybersecurity shield,” and that the […]