Two German rowing coaches Wolfgang Lothar Schäfer and Ralf Herbert Zeidler start their works with Iranian teams. They’ve already worked with the Iranian teams and returned to the country once again to lead the rowers. Iranian rowing teams prepare for the 2018 Asian Games to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Rowing has been contested at […]

Iran National Paralympic Committee has announced the team for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games. The country will be represented by five athletes in the prestigious event. Elaheh Gholi-Fallah and Abolfazl Khatibi are Nordic skiers and Sedigheh Rouzbeh, Hossein Soleghani and Pouria Khalil Tash will represent Iran in snowboard. The Iranian team will be headed […]

The bodies of 3 Iranian crew members who lost their lives in Sanchi oil tanker incident last month will be flown to Tehran on Tuesday night. Iran’s General Consul in Shanghai Alireza Irvash told IRIB News Agency that all the necessary measures have been taken to transfer the three corpuses to Tehran from Shanghai later on Tuesday. The Iranian, […]

The Divan of Bos’haq At’ema, written by the 14th century satirical poet Fakhreddin Hallaj Shirazi, is one of the most ancient sources about Persian cuisine, offering information about a wide range of Iranian foods consumed during that time as well as past centuries. Fakhreddin Hallaj Shirazi used Persian culinary vocabulary and kitchen terminology in his […]

TEHRAN– Iranian deputy minister of health stressed the necessity of facilitating the process of applying for international patents for Iranian inventions and said “at present, 10% of Iranian inventions have obtained patents.” Deputy Health Minister Reza Malekzadeh attended a workshop on the management of intellectual property and the industrialization of technology for managers and said […]

TEHRAN  – Dizin is a ski resort north of Tehran in Alborz mountains and is located only 71km (43 miles) north of the Iranian capital. The resort is available from Tehran by 2 roads, one is the upper via Shemshak (71 km – The road is now and again shut because of substantial snow) and […]

TEHRAN – A team of researchers from the University of Nebraska, Harvard medical school and MIT have developed a bandage that releases medication over time. The medical bandage is made of electrically conductive fibers coated with hydrogel. The gel contains medication such as antibiotics, growth factor and painkillers meaning that one bandage could contain several […]

Iranians celebrate National Day of Cinema across the country, marking the 117th anniversary of introduction of the art form in the country. On September 12 each year, Iranian artists, movie fans and officials celebrate the occasion across the country. This year, the first anniversary ceremony was held in the northeastern city of Mashhad on Sunday, as the […]

TEHRAN – Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi praised Iraq for its endeavor to combat terrorism, advising caution against political disputes that could undermine the Arab nation’s counterterrorism efforts. Iran admires the Iraqi nation for its victories against the Daesh (ISIL) terrorist group, Ayatollah Mahmoud Shahroudi said on Sunday, stressing that political […]

TEHRAN  – The chairman of the Iranian parliament’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Faction said it is very likely that the country will resume dispatching nationals to Saudi Arabia’s holy cities for performing the Umrah (minor) Hajj pilgrimage. Hojatoleslam Ahad Azadikhah underlined that sending Iranians to Saudi Arabia for performing the Umrah hinges on the proper holding […]