Tabriz-Mashhad Train Accident Responsibe Found
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Parliament Civil and Development Commission in a report announced that the General Inspection Organization of Iran (GIO) has submitted the report on Tabriz-Mashhad train accident to the heads of three branches of power. The collision of two passenger trains on Tabriz-Mashhad Railway in Khondab was one of the bitter accidents happened […]
Iran crude steel output hit 21.5m tons
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian steelmakers made 21.52 million tons of crude steel output during the first 10 months of 2019, marking a 6.2-percent increase compared to corresponding figure of 2018, which was 20.26 million tons. According to figures released by the World Steel Association (WSA) on Tuesday, Iran made it to 2.2 million tons […]
Iranian products replace imports
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian officials plan to manufacture $11 billion worth of domestic products in the next couple of years to replace some imports. The Iranian companies aims to produce electrical, automobile and telecommunications commodities, and double exports to neighboring countries in order to reach a target value of $48 billion products to replace […]
Fight against corruption; Judiciary chief urges forces
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Fight against corruption will continue relentlessly, Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday, noting that he will not allow anything to deflect attention from the war against corruption. Speaking at a meeting with 40 principlist legislators, the top judge said, “Fight against corruption and countering the corrupt is a priority that […]
Not joining riots admired
TEHRAN (Iran News) – The fact that from the very first hours demonstrators were not joining riots and thugs in the last week’s protests over increase in gasoline price testifies the people’s vigilance and this is admirable, Brigadier General Ayoub Soleimani, the deputy police chief, said on Tuesday. On Monday, people poured into Tehran’s main […]
Bill of ‘Conflict of interests’ Presented to Majlis
TEHRAN (Iran News) – President Hassan Ruohani introduced a new bill on Tuesday about “how to manage conflict of interests” to the parliament. The bill is concerned with “how to manage conflict of interests in fulfilling legal missions and rendering public service”. It was initially ratified in the cabinet of ministers a couple of weeks […]
Gasoline consumption droped millions of litres, oil ministry says
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Oil Ministry announced on Tuesday that after the implementation of gasoline rationing scheme, consumption droped by 19 million liters per day in Iran. In a time span from November 15 to 24, Iranians consumed 79 million liters of gasoline daily, while their consumption stood at 98 million liters per day from […]
Iran’s Non-Oil Exports to Rise 100%
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Vice-President and Head of the Management and Planning Organization (MPO) Mohammad Baqer Nobakht said that Iran’s after accomplishing an objective of increasing non-oil exports to 15 neighboring countries by two-fold to counter the US bans on its oil sale. Nobakht said on Monday that non-oil exports to 15 neighboring and […]
‘When the Moon Was Full’ highly praised at Estonia’s Tallinn festival
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar’s award-winning drama, ‘When the Moon Was Full,’ was screened in the official competition of Estonia’s 23rd Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival and received an enthusiastic welcome from Estonian film fans. The first screening of ‘When the Moon Was Full’, also its first international debut, was on November […]
Tons of Illicit Drugs Seized at Borders
TEHRAN (Iran News) – Commander of Iran’s Border Police Brigadier General Qassem Rezaei said his forces have managed to capture more than 62 tons of illicit drugs over the past eight months. “In addition to ensuring order and security through carrying out purposeful activities and operations in the fight against trafficking, the zealous border guards […]