Nearly a year after the Iranian capital’s iconic Plasco building collapsed in a fire, the Tehran Municipality said it plans to start the construction of a new 10-storey high-rise in the location of the previous building later this month. Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Tehran on Monday, Deputy Mayor Mahdi Hojjat said […]

The 2nd Tehran Security Conference on challenges facing regional security in West Asia has opened in the Iranian capital on Mon. morning with over 200 Iranian and foreign political dignitaries in attendance. The 2nd Tehran Security Conference was inaugurated on Monday morning in the Iranian capital under the motto of “Regional Security in West Asia; Emerging […]

TEHRAN,– Eighty foreign guests invited from executive and scientific elites from regional and trans-regional countries will take part in the Tehran Security Conference slated for January 8, according to the event’s director. Jalal Dehghani Firouzabadi, director of Tehran Security Conference, told reporters on Sunday that the three-day event that will kick off on Monday, comprises […]

TEHRAN– An official from Iran’s railways organization said on Saturday that the third freight train has left China for Iran and will arrive in Tehran later this week. Seyed Mostafa Davoodi from Iran Railway Company said that Iran has already been negotiating with neighboring and regional countries to develop international transit corridors, and said the third […]

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian has postponed his trip to Tehran, which was planned for Jan. 5, to a future date, the French presidency said Tue., according to Reuters. The French Foreign Minister, who was scheduled for a trip to Tehran on January 5, has postponed his vist to a future date. The visit is […]

TEHRAN — Majlis (the Iranian parliament) has mandated Tehran municipality to spend traffic fines on implementing measures to abate air pollution in the capital, ISNA reported on Tuesday. MP Ali Asghar Yousefnejad has explained that traffic fines pertaining to cars which have failed to pass vehicle inspection are bound to be spent on carrying out […]

TEHRAN — Air pollution, the recurring nightmare of Tehraners from which there is no waking, is a complicated saga of the busy capital of Iran. Tehran, a city with some 9 million residents, is experiencing its worst days with the lowest precipitation amounts and subsequently most polluted days with no rain or snow. Schools are […]

TEHRAN – Unsteady earth and grey sky is making many people living in Tehran to spend heavy days. While Tehran has been grappling with persisting air pollution in recent weeks, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the city on December 21. The face of the city has not changed after all. Tehran’s streets are still full […]

A minor earthquake hit Tehran Province and nearby cities in early hours of Wednesday local time. Border between Tehran and Alborz provinces was announced as the epicenter of the earthquake which was felt at 12:54 a.m. Iran local time. Reports revealed that the light quake, which occurred in the depth of 12 kilometers, had a […]

TEHRAN — The magnitude 5.2 tremor on December 20 near Tehran once again has heightened serious concerns over the city’s resistance to an imminent and most probably destructive earthquake. The some parts of country have been affected by recurrent strong quakes over the past 40 days and suffered damages to a certain extent. Tehran, the […]