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With the lifting of sanctions, trade between Moscow and Tehran has grown 70.9% in year-on-year terms, according to Russia's ambassador to Iran, Levan Dzhagaryan. Since sanctions against Iran were lifted, there has been a surge in interest from Russian firms in doing business in the country, the ambassador said. “Russian companies are resum ...

Iran expects $25b oil contracts signed within 2 years

Iran expects foreign oil companies to sign deals valued at $25 billion over the next one to two years under the terms of a new contract model approved ...

Rostami wins Iran’s 1st Rio medal with weightlifting gold

Iran win their first medal of the Rio 2016 Olympics Games as weightlifter Kianoush Rostami grabs gold in the men's 85-kilogram category with ...

Iran, Russia to cooperate in building remote-sensing satellite

Minister of IT has said an agreement has been hit with Russia where it will cooperate with Iran in developing Iran’s National Remote-Sensing Satellite ...

Weightlifter wins second gold medal for Iran at Rio 2016

Iran’s weightlifter Sohrab Moradi lifted a total of 403 kilograms at the 94-kilogram category of Rio 2016 Olympics Games to win the second gold medal ...

Iran eases process for foster, adoptive parenting

The State Welfare Organization of Iran has facilitated the process for prospective foster or adoptive families, an official with the organization anno ...

New Delhi to host festival of Iranian films

A festival of Iranian films is scheduled to be held at the Habitat Film Club in New Delhi from August 9 to 27. The festival has been organized in c ...

Iran to name two more women ambassadors: report

The Iranian Foreign Ministry is going to introduce two women as new ambassadors, an unnamed source from the ministry told the Shargh newspaper. The ...

“Bab’Aziz” star Parviz Shahinkhu dies at 101

Parviz Shahinkhu, the Iranian star of Tunisian filmmaker Nacer Khemir’s 2005 acclaimed drama “Bab’Aziz - The Prince That Contemplated His Soul”, died ...

Intl. science Olympiad opens in Tehran

An international Olympiad of math, chemistry and statistics will open today in Tehran’s Shahid Beheshti University, Tasnim news agency reported. St ...