The third floor of a Tehran University building housing the Department of Dentistry, located in Shanzdah Azar Street, Enqelab Square, caught fire on Wednesday afternoon. Repair work was going on…

To reach seriously-ill patients fast enough in the capital where regular ambulances usually get stuck in the traffic snarls, around 400 motorbike ambulances are planned to be added to the…

About 8% of all university students are regular smokers, said Dr Mojtaba Sedighi, head of the Student Affairs Organization at the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology.

He hoped that…

The key to working better, sleeping better and feeling better could be rooted in the design, maintenance, and operation of the buildings where we spend the majority of our time, a new Harvard…

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US President Donald Trump agreed in a phone call overnight to act jointly against the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group in the Syrian towns of al…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that good ties based on shared values with the United States were in the interest of the European Union.

“As Germans and Europeans, good…

The head of the UN on Tuesday slammed an Israeli bill that provides immunity for illegal settlements and outposts in the occupied West Bank.

Al-Shabaab fighters stormed a hotel in the capital of the semi-autonomous Puntland region killing four guards, while two of the attackers also died, a senior Somali official said. “The attack…

A lawyer seeking to reinstate Donald Trump’s travel ban was grilled by a panel of three judges on Tuesday, facing questions over the president’s inflammatory campaign promise to close America’s…

Beijing has played down the prospects of conflict with the United States over the South China Sea in the wake of aggressive rhetoric by the administration of new US President Donald Trump, saying…

The first wave of four new NATO battalions has arrived at a military base in Eastern Europe close to Russia’s border, with the alliance claiming it’s driven to deter alleged “Russian aggression”…

The latest edition of ‘Amino Acids,’ a series of solo painting exhibitions by Iranian painter Vahid Chamani, is underway at Galerie Lazarew in Paris.   

A free adaptation of the play ‘King Lear’ directed by Mohammad Aqebati will go on stage at Iranshahr Theater in Tehran on February 12.

Iranian traditional vocalist and ney player Mohammad Motamedi, 38, recipient of 2013 World Music Prize from French public radio Musique, will have a performance of his new pieces on February 22 at…

Iranian researcher Majid Sarnayzadeh has been invited to the 23rd Performance Studies International Annual Conference in Hamburg, Germany.

The event is slated for June 8-11 and Sarnayzadeh…

Khavaran Theater Complex in Tehran is hosting a short story writing competition titled ‘Children at Work.’

The contest is organized in collaboration with Vajeh Literary Society, founded two…

The National Museum of Iran in downtown Tehran is displaying historical relics recently returned to the country.

The exhibit that will run through February 10 features 550 historical relics…

Chairman of the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO), Mansour Moazami, told a press briefing at the opening of the new Punch Powertrain transmission manufacturing…

The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade welcomes Renault’s presence in Iran but insists the company also set up an R&D center, an informed source told Financial Tribune’s sister…

 Since the start of the fiscal year last March, the number of vehicles shipped to and from Shahid Bahonar Port more than doubled compared to the previous year.

A total of 32,313 units…

French investigators have referred Fiat Chrysler Automobiles for possible prosecution over abnormal emissions of nitrogen oxide pollutants from some of its diesel engines, the government said.

In a deal with the Belgian firm Punch Powertrain, a CVT transmission manufacturing factory opened  Tuesday in Zanjan, northwestern Iran. 

The plant has been set up jointly by the…

The next round in the fight over US President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries starts on Thursday.  Attorneys from the Justice Department and Washington…

The Israeli Army has attacked a number of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding at least three people, according to Palestinian health officials.

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani reiterated that the July 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers can be used as a blueprint for diplomatic efforts to strengthen peace and security in the…