TEHRAN – An exhibition opened at the Iran Photographers House in Tehran on Monday displaying rarely seen photos of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. A total of 65 photos by Qasem Haj-Mohammadi who worked for the Persian daily Ettela’at in 1979 has been selected for the exhibition entitled “Season of Awakening”, the organizers announced on Tuesday. […]

TEHRAN — The organization for development, renovation, and equipping of school of Tehran, affiliated with Education Ministry, will retrofit and reconstruct 1,400 dilapidated schools in the province over the course of 10 years, ISNA reported on Saturday. Dariush Varnaseri, director general for Tehran province organization for development, renovation, and equipping of school, has explained that […]

TEHRAN — People commemorated the brave firefighters who lost their lives trying to save people from the Plasco building, a shopping center which caught on fire and collapsed on January 19, 2017.  The towering 17-stroey shopping center in downtown Tehran turned into piles of rubble within seconds after fighting the blaze for more than three […]

TEHRAN- The Iranian capital is simultaneously hosting three international exhibitions from January 11 to 14 at the Tehran Permanent International Fairground, IRNA reported on Thursday. The three international exhibitions include the 8th edition of International Exhibition of Architecture, Interior Design, and Modern House (Midex 2018), the first edition of Iran’s international business development exhibition called […]

The newly proposed scheme for traffic restricted zones put forward by Tehran Municipality to replace the odd-even traffic scheme has led to a series of debates both among officials and the public. The odd-even traffic scheme is a method of rationing in which access to the streets for private vehicles is granted on alternating days, […]

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 […]