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Iran Plans Direct Shipping Route to QatarIran’s Valfajr Shipping Company is planning to establish a direct marine route from the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr to Qatar in the next two weeks. Abolqasem Mohammadzadeh, an official with Bushehr Ports and Maritime Organization, was quoted as saying by IRNA. The move is aimed at “expansion of non-oil trade” to the neighboring Arab stat ...
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Major book center opens in Tehran
A major center for publications named the Tehran Book Garden, covering an area of 110,000 square meters on Abbasabad Hills in the northeast of the cit ...
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Iran produces 80k tons of honey
Deputy agriculture minister said over 80,000 tons of honey are produced annually in Iran two percent of which is exported to global markets. Deputy ...
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Oscar organization invites nine Iranians
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited nine Iranians to join the organization. The list includes Iranian actresses Leila Hatami, Gols ...
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Iran sets sights on 6.5m foreign tourist arrivals
Iran aims to draw some 6.5 million foreign travelers by the end of the current calendar year 1396 (March 20, 2018), though the country’s tourism infra ...
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‘Release from Heaven’ nominated for Best Animation at SICAF
Iranian animated piece ‘Release from Heaven’ by Ali Noori Oskouei has been nominated for Best Animation Award at SICAF film festival in South Korea. ...
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Total, CNPC seal $5b gas deal with Iran
Iran signed a deal with France’s Total and China’s state-owned National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for development of phase 11 of its South Pars gas ...
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900 Km of Freeways Under Construction in Iran
Iran’s sixth five-year development plan (2017-22) stipulates that the total length of Iran’s freeways should reach 7,500 kilometers by 2022 There a ...
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Iran ranks 3rd in 2017 World Taekwondo Champs
Iran men's national taekwondo team finished third and the women squad finished 11th at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in South Korea. On Fr ...
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Kimia Alizadeh to bear flag at 2017 World Taekwondo Champ.
Kimia Alizadeh, the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal, has been selected as flag-bearer for the opening ceremony of the 23rd edition of the ...