TEHRAN (Iran News) – Air pollution forced the closure of schools and universities in parts of Iran on Saturday, including Tehran, which was cloaked by a cloud of toxic smog. The decision to shut schools and universities in the capital was announced Friday by Deputy Governor Mohammad Taqizadeh, after a meeting of an emergency committee […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – The CEO of Kharg Petrochemical Plant said the company is to launch a project for collecting associated gases in Khark Island by next week. Gholamreza Amirshaghaghi said on Wednesday that the company comprised NGL and methanol units and supplied items like methanol, propane, butane, naphtha, and sulfur, Shana reported. On the […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Interior Minister Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli says 731 banks and 70 gas stations were set ablaze or damaged during the recent unrest in the country. “731 banks were torched with fire, among other damages of recent unrest,” Rahmani Fazli said on Tuesday evening on state TV. “Also, 140 public places, 70 gas […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Commander of the Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi said the force’s first combat drone with jet engines dubbed “Sejjil” has been designed by domestic military experts and is planned to be built soon. Rear Admiral Khanzadi said this first combat drone uses two jet engines that enable it to reach […]

TEHRAN (Iran news) – President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated a new railway connecting the East Azarbaijan Province’s cities of Mianeh and Bostanabad in the country’s northwest on Wednesday, a key railway that significantly boosts international transport via Iranian corridors. The new railway, part of the old Tehran-Tabriz railway, will cut the distance between the two cities, […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Head of the Marine Industries Organization of Iran General Amir Rastegari announced that loads of speed boats will be delivered to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy in the next few months. “Loads of speed boats will be delivered to the IRGC Navy by the yearend (March 21, end of […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian parliament’s Nuclear Committee paid a visit to Arak heavy water complex and nuclear reactor on Wednesday. The MPs, in this visit, were informed of the site’s facilities and procedures besides its production, engineering and technical activities. The visit was paid to let the MPs prepare their periodical report (each six […]

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said the biggest wind farm in Iran is slated to be inaugurated in the northwestern city of Mianeh, East Azarbaijan Province, during President Hassan Rouhani’s ongoing visit to the province. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet session in Tehran on Wednesday, Ardakanian said […]

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 […]

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 […]