A 1,500-year-old stone tablet with the earliest known chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments was sold at a US auction on Wednesday for $850,000.
The two-foot (61 cm) square slab of…
Veteran actor, writer and theater director Jafar Vali, 83, is staging a play about the last day of two old men.
‘Whisper in My Sound Ear’ was scheduled for November and December, but…
The Iranian movie ‘Cyanide’ directed by Behrouz Shoaibi has started screening in Vancouver since November 16.
The political drama has been received well by the public in Iran and taken in…
The Persian translation of the children’s book ‘The Neverending Story’ has been reprinted for the fourth time in Iran.
A fantasy novel written by the German author Michael Ende (1929-1995…
A Central Bank of Iran official says rather than focusing on the reaction to the US election, the central bank must “implement good and consistent policies” and work to make Iran’s economy “…
The dollar soared to its highest since April 2003 against a basket of currencies on Wednesday, reaching its strongest in a year against the euro as major banks and investors debated the…
US President Barack Obama has warned of a "rise in a crude sort of nationalism" following the Brexit and US presidential votes.
Speaking in Greece on his final foreign trip, Obama said, "We…
Iran's security forces have confiscated nearly two tons of explosives from terrorists linked to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in the city of Garmsar, southeast of the capital…
The government is set to succeed in its efforts to defeat the "monster" of air pollution, although its major steps to overcome the formidable challenge may take time to produce tangible results.…
French President Francois Hollande says he doubts that US president-elect Donald Trump would scrap Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers.
“This accord gives us all security ... Could…
Iran's Defense Ministry plans to unveil a domestically developed helicopter and an advanced tank in the near future, Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said on Wednesday.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and Indonesia’s ambassador in Tehran explored avenues for strengthening relations between the two Muslim nations, particularly in the economic sphere, as…
Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said Iran feels no concern about the results of the recent US presidential vote because it has never tied its foreign policy to changes…
The parliament is ready to hold next year's city council polls electronically, a senior lawmaker said, in another attempt to replace old-school ballot boxes with voting machines in Iranian…
A senior parliamentary official warned the United States that it will face the Islamic Republic's retaliation, should it violate the Iran nuclear deal. The warning came a day after the House of…
The Foreign Min istry spokesman said the human rights mechanisms of the United Nations are not meant to be exploited by western powers in their "political games" to put pressure on independent…
Mazandaran Province is expected to produce more than 2.5 million tons of citrus fruit in the current Iranian year (March 2016-17), which would register close to 14% increase compared with last…
A look at Iran’s trade statistics shows a downward trend in the import of basic commodities since President Hassan Rouhani took office in 2013.
According to the Islamic Republic of Iran…
The Cabinet recently approved a bill allowing it to take $1.5 billion from the National Development Fund of Iran for creating jobs in rural and nomadic areas.
The money from Iran’s…
Iran exports semi-finished leather and imports processed leather priced three times higher, the secretary of Iran’s Leather Union said. “This means our country experiences all the adverse…
East Azarbaijan Province produced about 200 tons of pistachio from 160 hectares of land dedicated to its cultivation during the current Iranian year (started March 20), registering a 15% rise…
Around 200 commercial delegations have visited Iran after the signing of the nuclear agreement known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action between the country and world powers in July last…
More than 200 representatives from China’s private transportation and infrastructure sectors attended the Housing, Transportation and Logistics Investment Summit in Beijing on Tuesday.
In…
Mena M&A activity and value declined in the third quarter of 2016, recording 74 deals amounting to $5 billion, compared to 98 deals amounting to $6 billion in Q3 2015, says top professional…
Transparency International has published the results of a poll on corruption in over 40 nations in Europe and Central Asia. One in three people there see bribes changing hands as one of the…
