TEHRAN – Road 59, also known as the Chalous Road or Kandovan Road is an important road for people of Tehran, a large number of whom drive to popular tourist attractions in the north of Iran on weekends and for holidays. This road is one of the busiest roads in Iran. The road becomes dangerous […]

TEHRAN – The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said Iran is currently exporting 42 million cubic meters of natural gas per day. NIGC Managing Director Hamid Reza Araqi said the above, adding exports rose to the number by starting of gas exports to neighboring Iraq. He said export of natural gas to neighboring countries will […]

TEHRAN – A member of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee has said that during a meeting of the committee it was decided that Telegram messaging app would probably be unblocked by Thursday. Abolfazl Hassan Beigi said on Wednesday that Telegram team needs to prevent the app from becoming a platform for acts of […]

Major General Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces condemned US interventionist approach toward Iran’s domestic affairs in an address on Wednesday. “US which is a symbol of injustice with its history of murder and savagery is not fit to level accusations against the nation and the officials of the Islamic Revolution,” said […]

Lordegan in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province, southwest of Iran, has been turned into one of the most ecotourism sites of the country. Its beauty doubles in spring. The history of civilization in the region is back to Elamite Empire (about 2500–3000 BCE). The most important evidence about the history of region is three hills (Qaleh Afghan, Qaleh […]

TEHRAN – Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, the Tehran prosecutor general, said on Tuesday that more detainees arrested by security forces during the recent riots have been released, Fars reported. “Seventy other detainees were freed on bail after preliminary investigations were completed following detention of a number of suspects in the recent riots and in line with the […]

Last month, Iranian Deputy Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Jafar Sarqeini announced that the government will impose a 10% export duty on iron ore from the beginning of the next Iranian calendar year 1397 (March 21, 2018) and plans to increase the figure to 15% in the calendar year 1398. The official said that the government’s decision is […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Masoud Karbasian praised the country’s current gross domestic product (GDP) growth saying, “What makes this growth important is that, it is not driven only by oil income.” According to Karbasian, although this year’s GDP is going to be less than last year’s 12.5 percent but considering the […]

An Iranian and French Training Workshop on HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) in the oil industry will be held in Tehran on Jan. 29-30, 2018. The Iranian-French Tutorial Workshop will be held in the presence of France’s most prestigious oil and gas majors in the field of HSE in cooperation with HSE Department and Commercial […]

Syria’s Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad said the failure of enemies’ malicious plots in Syria have forced them to support riots in Iran. Faisal Mekdad made the remark in his meeting with a visiting Iranian Parliamentary delegation, saying, “decisive defeat of enemies’ plans in Syria has forced them to steer war into the Islamic Republic […]