Some 36 volunteer dentists have offered free of charge dental care services in underprivileged villages of Rigan county, southeastern province of Kerman, IRNA reported on Saturday. Mohammad Nasiri, an official with the Red Crescent Society, explained that volunteer dentists have set up 19 dental unites in the area and offered services to the financially struggling […]

The Bahraini opposition figures deplored the parliamentary elections held in the Persian Gulf country on Saturday as a complete sham and said that up to 92% of voters had boycotted the polls in some constituency, rejecting government reports of 67% turnout. In remarks released on Sunday, Hussain Al Daihi, the deputy secretary general of al-Wefaq […]

Hossein Jaberi Ansari, a senior advisor to Iranian foreign minister for political affairs, held separate talks with the outgoing UN special envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, and some Syrian opposition figures in Switzerland on Monday and Tuesday. The sides held consultations on the resolution of problems in formation of the Syrian Constitution Committee and […]

Third International Conference and the 7th National AIDS Seminar is taking place in Tehran from November 21 to 23, ISNA quoted the conference’s scientific director as saying. Early diagnosis of AID/HIV patients, educational and preventive programs for controlling the disease and devoting extra attention to sexual transmission of the disease are the main topics of […]

As the world gears up to observe the Week of Unity coinciding with the birth anniversary of the Holy Prophet (pbuh), it has become extremely important to follow in letter and spirit the teachings of the greatest man to have ever lived and assiduously espouse the cause of Islamic unity, peace, tolerance and brotherhood and […]

 The Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi issued a statement Sun. condemning the life sentence verdict issued by a Bahraini appeal court against prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ali Salman. “This verdict will leave no room for any doubt in the public opinion and the international community that the Bahraini government does not intend to improve […]

 Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said in an open session of the parliament on Sunday that the U.S. has been interfering in Iran’s internal affairs for more than 80 years, however the Iranian nation has always defused conspiracies, the Mehr news agency reported. “Yesterday, the great leader of Islamic Revolution referred to three important events whose […]

Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdolnaser Hemmati said that the United States failed in sanctioning Iranian oil. Today, it has been clear for everyone that the United States has been defeated in sanctioning Iranian oil and minimizing it into zero level completely under any pretext. He made the above remarks on his […]

TEHRAN – The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has declared March 14 as the International Day of Mathematics (IDM) to pay tribute to late Iranian mathematician Maryam Mirzakhani and some other female scientists. According to the UNESCO official website in mid-September through a proposal, prepared by the International Mathematical Union, UNESCO proclaimed […]

President Hassan Rouhani referred on Wednesday to the 13th of Aban in the Iranian calendar (Nov. 4), which marks the anniversary of Iranian university students’ seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979, saying it was basically the day of fighting capitulation for the independence of the Iranian nation against US aggression. Speaking in […]