TEHRAN – Iran’s international tourism arrivals over the last year dropped by 5.6 percent compared to 2015. According to UNWTO (World Tourism Organization) tourism highlights 2017 edition, 4.942 million tourists have visited Iran in 2016. The figure for 2015 stood at 5.237 million. The country’s tourism receipt in 2015 hit $3.868 million but the report […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian national football team’s coach Carlos Queiroz says that they need a consistent budget in order to make decisions for the 2018 World Cup preparation. Queiroz’s side became the first team from Asia to book its ticket for Russia in June and next summer’s tournament will be the fifth time Iran has appeared […]

TEHRAN – Iran has received nearly two snap nuclear inspections a month and almost double the overall number of visits it had just five years ago. International Atomic Energy Agency monitors conducted 402 site visits and 25 snap inspections in the first 12 months since the deal was enacted in early 2016, according to data […]

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian freestyle wrestler Mehdi Eshghi claimed a gold medal at the 2017 United World Wrestling (UWW) Cadet World Championships. Eshghi defeated Kanata Yamaguchi from Japan 6-0 in the final match of the 54kg. Furthermore, Meysam Zare beat Oleksandr Vyshniak from Ukraine 3-1 in the 76kg and won a bronze medal. And in […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian lawmaker stressed the need for practical ways to force the government of Myanmar to stop oppressing the Muslim minorities, proposing that the Middle East nations should halt exporting energy to Myanmar as a punishment. In an interview with Tasnim on Monday, member of the Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, […]

TEHRAN – According to Border Guard Commander Ghasem Rezaee, Iran and Pakistan have strengthened border security following the recent talks with Pakistan authorities in the past two months. Concerning the measures taken by Pakistan’s authorities to improve eastern borders’ security, General Ghasem Rezaei said “we have some security issues on our borders with Pakistan which I […]

A senior Iranian official has slammed the ongoing brutal crackdown on the Rohingya in Myanmar, saying the Muslim community is suffering from organized crime at the hands of the Israeli regime. “The Zionist regime’s plot to cleanse its cruel and child-killing image and promote the culture of cruelty and oppression against children, the elderly and innocent people in coordination with […]

Head of Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) Mehdi Taj has denied match-fixing claims between Iran and Syria teams. Iran was held to a 2-2 draw by Syria in the 2018 World Cup qualifier in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium on Tuesday. The draw was enough to give Syria third place in Group A […]

Two of the other brand-new turboprops Iran has purchased from ATR aircraft manufacturer will arrive in the country during the next Iranian month, CEO of Iran Air Farzaneh Sharafbafi announced. According to the top official, Iran will have the two new passenger planes delivered in the month of Mehr (September 23 – October 22). Iran […]

Foreign exchange rates increased in Tehran’s market on Wednesday, following the Central Bank of Iran’s latest regulations concerning foreign currency offered at banks to travelers. According to the latest directive by the policymaker published on its official website, banks are allowed to “sell travel currency at open market rates starting from September 11”. That is […]