TEHRAN- Some 14,300 kilometers of roads are under construction in Iran, the managing director of Construction and Development of Transportation Infrastructures Company announced in a news conference on Tuesday. As IRNA quoted Kheirollah Khademi, some of these roads are to be completed in near future. “More than 70,000 workers are constructing these roads,” he said. […]

Defending champions Iran defeated Iraq 5-3 on Tuesday to win Group C in a match that proved the first real test of the holders’ credentials. Both Iran and Iraq had already qualified for the quarter-final ahead of the match at University of Taipei Gymnasium but, nevertheless, it was to be a hard-fought and intriguing contest […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Football Federation has asked the AFC to respect Iranian football clubs’ freedom of choice in selecting their host venues when they meet Saudi teams. In a letter to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Iran has officially asked the Asian body to respect the rights of the Iranian teams when it comes to […]

TEHRAN- Increasing 59 percent, Iran’s exports to Turkey hit $7.49 billion in 2017, according to the latest report of Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat). Iran’s exports to Turkey was $4.69 billion in 2016, the same report confirmed. Iran-Turkey trade stood at $10.75 billion in 2017, growing 11 percent in comparison with the previous year when the […]

TEHRAN – Hossein Ferasat, the governor of Golpayegan city in central Iran, was sacked on Wednesday after insulting and threatening a journalist. Golpayegan is a city in Isfahan province. “The (local) official was dismissed for his ill behavior towards a journalist in Golpayegan,” said Gholamreza Qa’ediha, an official from Isfahn province. He added that Mohammad […]

TEHRAN — Heavy snow has covered the Iranian capital, Tehran, and other cities in 17 provinces across the country. Snow began falling on Friday in western provinces and reached central regions by Saturday night, causing disruption in road and air transport. East and West Azarbaijan, Ardabil, Zanjan, Alborz and Tehran provinces were swept by snow […]

According to Tunisian media reports, Tunis will host Iran on March 23 at Stade Hedi Ennaifer in Le Bardo, west of Tunis. Iran will play Tunisia because of similarity of the team with Morocco. Carlos Queiroz’s team have been drawn in the 2018 World Cup Group B along with Spain, Morocco and Portugal. Team Melli […]

Javad Mahjoub bagged a bronze medal for Iran’s national judo team in Tunisia Grand Prix 2018. Javad Mahjoub was the only judoka from Iran who managed to win a bronze medal in men’s +100kg weight division from Judo Grand Prix 2018. The winner of the gold medal in 2013 Bangkok Asian Championships Javad Mahjoub advanced […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a note published in the Financial Times on Sunday, proposed a security network in the post-ISIL region, calling on the Europe to encourage the regional countries to implement the plan. Here is the full text of his note: The defeat of ISIL has not just heralded the return […]

Iran is very eager to see a peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan, and welcomes any achievement in the path to an Afghan-owned and Afghan-led peace process, Iran’s UN envoy Al-Habib said on Friday. Es’hagh Al-Habib, Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations, addressed the UN Security Council Ministerial […]