TEHRAN – Iran was named the AFC Inspiring Member Associations of the Year at the AFC Annual Awards 2017 on Wednesday. The Iranian federation claimed the award of the AFC Inspiring Member Associations of the Year in the ceremony held at the Aksra Theatre King Power in Bangkok, Thailand on Wednesday. Iran was the first […]

Following negotiations initiated by Iranian foreign ministry, embassy to Ankara, and justice ministry four Iranian convicts were returned to Iran. Four Iranian nationals trialed, sentenced and sent to jail in Turkey were extradited back to their home country. The four prisoners are supposed to serve the remainder of their sentence in local jails. Also the […]

Located between the opening of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz, Qeshm Island is Iran’s second free trade zone and a unique tourism hub. Qeshm has semi-equatorial climate and is hot and humid most of the year. The island experiences pleasant falls, mild winters and springs, and very hot summers. Qeshm was known […]

The ancient Jame’ Atiq Mosque of Shiraz is one of the oldest mosques in Iran and a relic of the days of the Saffarid Amr bin Leys’s reign. It is a structure referred to many times in the writings of travelers such as the Bin Battuta and Madame Dieulafoy. The Saffarids were a people of […]

Iran holds some 22 percent of Afghanistan’s goods consumer market, Afghan commercial attaché to Iran said Tuesday. Afghanistan imports about 11.5 billion US dollars worth of consumer goods annually and Iran’s share accounts for 2.5 billion US dollars of the total sum, Afghan commercial attaché to Iran, Jaber Ansar, said Tuesday. Cheaper transportation costs reduce Afghanistan’s expenses […]

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan told Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif that Iran is eager to expand ties with Iran. “We see no hurdle obstructing the expansion of ties between the Islamic Republic of Iran and we attach great importance to the might of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” said Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan during […]

TEHRAN– Iran defeated Qatar 65-39 on Day 4 of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Asian Qualifiers on Monday. In the match held in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Arsalan Kazemi ruled the boards with 17 rebounds to prop up Iran’s cause, while the scoring cudgels fell on the shoulders of Meisam Mirzaei, Sajjad Mashayekhi and Vahid […]

TEHRAN- Indian Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha voiced his country’s readiness for expansion of cooperation on information technology, communication and related industries with Iran, IRNA reported on Saturday. “Iran and India previously negotiated expansion of bilateral communication ties. We continued our negotiations today,” Sinha told IRNA after a Friday meeting with Iranian Minister of Communication and […]

TEHRAN- Iran and Turkey aim to increase the value of trade in technical and engineering services sector to $10 billion per annum. Iranian Industry, Mining and Trade Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari and Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci signed a memorandum of understanding to boost bilateral technical and engineering services transactions to $10 billion. The MOU was […]

The Iranian football teams cannot play in front of their eager fans against Saudi Arabian teams just for political reasons, however sport is always above politics. In March 2016, AFC had ruled the clubs from Saudi Arabia and Iran had to play each other at neutral venues. The decision was taken after two countries failed […]