TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Iranian Central Organization for Rural Cooperatives (CORC) plans to adopt new measures of farming systems to optimize the use of natural resources in the drought-hit province of Sistan and Balouchestan in southeastern Iran, Deputy Minister of Agricultural Jihad Hossein Shirzad said. Shirzad, who is also the chief executive officer of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The CEO of the National Petrochemical Company, NPC Co., said that the company has launched an initiative to orchestrate petrochemical projects in the industry. In a meeting with the projects department of National Petrochemical Company on Sunday, Behzad Mohammadi said that since last year, NPC had sought to ensure the construction […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The value of Iran’s annual seafood exports will reach $600 million by March 2020, indicating a 20-percent growth year-on-year, said the secretary-general of Aquatics’ Production and Trade Union of Iran. Ali-Akbar Khodaei added the figure marks a record in Iran’s annual seafood exports. According to statistics by Iran Fisheries Organization, he […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The spokesman for the Guardian Council, Abas Ali Kadkhodaei, wrote on his Twitter account late on Saturday that the competency of the candidates for the parliamentary elections will be studied according to the constitution. Abas Ali Kadkhodaei, who also serves as the deputy secretary-general of the council, wrote that time for […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Border guards in the southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan have managed to smash a major drug ring, capturing 500 kilograms of opium, the commander of the province’s border police announced on Sunday. Following intelligence activities, the forces of the Mirjaveh Border Regiment were informed of the intention of a major […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A senior energy official announced that Iran’s gasoline export, for now, includes some 25 million to 30 million liters per day as a result of the implementation of the gasoline rationing scheme that recently came back into force. Spokesman of the Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters’ Union Hamid Hosseini […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Candidates have finished the registration for the 11th Iranian parliament elections. Over 13000 people have registered for Parliamentary elections nationwide among them almost 16-hundred women. The parliamentary candidates will be screened for their qualifications by Iran’s vetting body, the Guardian Council, after filing their certificates of candidacy. The 11th round of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Soleimani arrived at Tehran Mehrabad airport on Saturday evening after he was released by the US in a prisoner swap, he was welcomed by his family members and Iranian officials upon his arrival. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accompanied the released scientist from Zurich where the swap took place. The Iranian […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that the country’s next budget bill for the coming fiscal year has been designed to counter US sanctions and that it is not much reliant on oil revenues. “Our budget for the next year, like the current year, will be based on resistance against sanctions; the budget’s […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) plans to unveil 50 new technological achievements in building new generations of centrifuges and producing heavy water in the early days of the next Iranian year, which starts on March 20, 2020. The announcement was made by Ali Asqar Zare’an, the assistant head of […]