During the nine months to Jan. 20, from the total 937 road deaths in Tehran, close to 38% were motorcyclists, the Traffic Police reported.
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Tehran subway network will expand to the city of Parand in Robat Karim county, southwest of the capital. In 2016, in a bid to provide subway access to the southwestern areas of the province, a…
With little more than a month before Norouz (Iranian New Year) holidays and Tehran’s chromic traffic congestion at unbearable heights, urban authorities have updated a traffic scheme in place…
Close to 13,000 innocent lives were lost in road accidents during the nine months to Dec. 21, data published by the Coroner's Office shows. Iranian Legal Medicine Organization (ILMO) data show…
The Tehran Transportation Council has proposed a new plan for curbing traffic and air pollution in central parts of the metropolis, after an arduous debate among environmentalists and urban…
Visibly disappointed at the outrageously high road mortality rates and saying that everyday at least 40 innocent lives are lost in traffic accidents, Traffic Police Chief for Roads says enough…
Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Education to support poor students who have dropped out of school. "A…
The nurse to bed ratio in Iran is at 0.8, the head of Nursing Organization of Islamic Republic of Iran said. Asghar Dalvandi added that the ratio should rise to 1.8, Mehr News Agency reported…
Following two air pollution-ridden days, Tehran’s air quality began to improve on Wednesday as particulate matter concentrations subsided.
The air quality in Tehran, which has been…
An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Bairam in southern Fars Province Saturday morning, the provincial Seismological Center affiliated to the Geophysics Institute of…
Much publicized memoirs of former FBI director James Comey about his relationship with US President Donald Trump has been translated into Persian. The 350-page book “A Higher Loyalty” has been…
Joe Wright’s 2017 history drama “Darkest Hour” is to have one screening at Qolhak Cineplex on May 12, the venue’s website wrote.
Raj Gallery will have a single screening of the 2015 British-American mystery thriller miniseries “And Then There Were None” on Friday.
The three-episode series is directed…
Musician and record producer Reza Khorram, the eldest son of late violinist and composer Homayoun Khorram, will perform in Tehran.
Slated for May 10-11, the concerts are to be held at…
An exhibition of artworks by veteran Japanese artist Chiba Myamato is underway at Farzaneh Ceramic House in north Tehran until Thursday.
The event is a selection of Myamato’s tile works…
L’Envers du Décor (Behind the Scenes), a 2016 play by French novelist and playwright Florian Zeller is underway at Shahrzad Theater in Tehran.
The second edition of “Trends and Approaches in Contemporary Art” will open at Pardis Art Gallery in Tehran’s Mellat Cineplex.
Paintings, sculptures, installations, photos and video art…
The 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday night with the world premiere of two-time Oscar-winning director Asghar Farhadi’s familial kidnapping mystery drama “Everybody Knows…
A stage reading of the play ‘Waiting for Godot’, written by Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theater director, poet, and literary translator Samuel Beckett, will be held at Nasser Khosrow…
Mehrab Theater Hall is hosting the theatrical work ‘Qajari Coffee’, a comedy written by renowned actor, writer and theater director Atila Pesyani.
The title refers to the bizarre ways of…
A group photo exhibition of the lure of a desert in central Iran is underway at Theme Art Gallery in Tehran.
Titled ‘Kavir’ (desert), the exhibition is the product of a 2-day trip by…
Symphony orchestra Bel Canto conducted by Nima Panahiha is going to perform on April 26 in Tabriz, capital of East Azarbaijan Province.
A photo exhibition of Majid Javani titled ‘Figures of Iran’s Theater’ opened Friday at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran. As the title suggests, the exhibit is dedicated to photos…
Indian musicians for the first time are to present a ‘Nostalgic Concert’ in Tehran.
Musician Shabbir Kumar, a playback singer (his pre-recorded songs are used in Indian movies), will…
Prominent writer Mahmoud Dowlatabadi’s novel ‘Thirst’ will be unveiled at Tehran International Book Fair in early May after waiting ten years for the publication permit.
The story is…
