TEHRAN (Iran News) – A report shows Iranians are making heavy investments in the copper industry to make it more competitive at the global level. IRNA said in a report that more than $3 billion will be invested in various Iran copper industry projects across the country in the next five years, allowing the country […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A senior Iranian Health Ministry official said that an ongoing flu epidemic has claimed the lives of 56 people since its outbreak more than a couple of months ago. “Due to influenza, 273 individuals have been hospitalized and 19 have lost their lives” in the past week alone, said Alireza Raisi, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian authorities say air taxi services would be allowed for the first time in the country as demand for short-haul, on-demand services increase amid American sanctions that have affected the aviation industry. An official in Iran’s Civil Aviation Organization said on Sunday that several companies had obtained initial permits for launching […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday that US maximum pressure is a “wrong policy” and the United States must stop it. “There has always been the political will to solve issues and there is no dead end… The issue is that the policy of maximum pressure is wrong and […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has stressed that only qualified candidates should run for the next parliamentary elections. Teaching a class of advanced Islamic Jurisprudence (kharej–e Fiqh) this morning, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, criticized the enrollment of individuals who are not qualified for […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Southeastern province of Kerman non-oil exports worth $458 million in the past 8 months (March 21- November 22), which indicates a 48% jump in comparison with figures from the corresponding period in the last year. Some 257,000 tons of non-oil commodities worth $458 million were exported from the Iranian province […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Candidates for parliamentary election can now register for the next election at designated places across the country. Minister of Interior issued on Sunday morning the permission to begin the process of registering candidates for the parliamentary election. Applicants can apply for the registration until Saturday, Dec. 7 in their cities’ governorates. […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – A number of ancient relics, estimated to date from prehistoric times to the [early] Islamic era, have recently been seized from a smuggler in Nahavand, Hamedan province, west-central Iran. “The accused was traced and lastly arrested in Nahavand after police received reports from cultural heritage aficionados about him [illegally] keeping ancient […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s Navy announced the mass production of the indigenously-designed and submarine-launched Jask cruise missile along with unveiling a handful of other military projects and technological achievements. Navy chief Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi announced the mass production of the Jask cruise missile while visiting a navy exhibition showcasing a number of the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says he will not run for re-election in the upcoming parliamentary elections. “I represented the noble people of Qom for three terms, which has been an honor for me,” Larijani said on Saturday, according to ILNA. Larijani added that “however, in general, I do not have any […]