Most cities across the country, except for Khorramshahr and Abadan in Khuzestan Province (areas with low seismic activity) “are prone to moderate to very strong earthquakes,” said Seyed Hamid…

An earthquake measuring 4.3 degrees on the Richter scale shook Kazeroun in the southern Fars Province early Saturday at 2:28 am. Out of the total 10 injured people, nine with minor injuries were…

The Health Ministry has sent a team of mental health experts to the scene of the Plasco building collapse to provide psychological support to those affected by the tragic event.

Iran cinema won five awards at the closing ceremony of the 15th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) held at the Bangladesh National Museum on Friday, January 20.

In the Asian Film…

Actor, playwright and theater director Amir Dejakam, 54, is participating in the 35th Fajr International Theater Festival with a humanitarian play on the phenomenon of migration. 

The…

Translator Reza Motamedi, an expert in poetry translation, has converted into Persian the ‘Last Love Poems’ of French poet Paul Eluard (1895-1952) who was among the founders of the surrealist…

The joint Iran-India movie ‘Salaam Mumbai’ has started international screening in 11 US cities since January 17.

According to the public relations office of the film, it has been shown in…

The 35th Fajr International Music Festival awarded the winners of different categories with the Barbad Award at its closing ceremony at Vahdat Hall in Tehran on Friday, January 20.

Iranian authorities have reduced the cost of the Temporary Admission License for the vehicles that enter Iran from Armenia by over $410. Mehr News Agency reports that the Islamic Republic Customs…

An updated version of an electric car and two electric motorbikes were unveiled in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani earlier this week at the courtyard of the presidential complex in Tehran…

Germany will need a new economic strategy geared toward Asia should the new US administration start a trade war with China, Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said on Friday, warning against…

The total revenue of Iranian auto importers and producers during the first nine months of the current fiscal that ends in March was 391 trillion rials ($10.2 billion), according to a new report.…

Nissan will review the case for future investment in the United Kingdom when the terms of the country’s departure from the European Union finally become clear, CEO Carlos Ghosn said.

Non-compliance with global standards and poor enforcement of regulations are the main causes of Tehran’s persisting air pollution, the head of Tehran’s Air Quality Control Company said. 

Companies with a combined value of $2.9 trillion have formed a data alliance to help them push deforestation out of their supply chains.

The Court of Administrative Justice last week ruled against a directive by the Cabinet that aimed to add more than 6,000 hectares of land to Anzali Free Trade Zone, on the grounds that the…

Fifteen logging licenses in the Caspian Hyrcanian forests will be revoked by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2017), the head of Forests, Range and Watershed Management Organization…

The British government is considering bringing in additional charges for buying plastic bottles to tackle the quantity of waste taking up space in landfill sites and polluting the sea. Customers…

Donald Trump was sworn into office on Jan. 20 as the 45th president of the United States and he marked his first day in office by purging any and all references to climate change from the official…

The British government is coaxing lenders into facilitating trade with Iran. Recently, British officials have sought to boost business ties with Iran—a year on from the lifting of international…

Tens of thousands of security officials were deployed in Washington, DC, on Friday, as the capital braced for almost a million people flooding in to either celebrate or protest against the…

China's plans to create a new crude futures contract to compete with global pricing benchmarks have been shelved due to market resistance, five sources with knowledge of the matter said, dealing a…

Losses caused by the recent inferno in a Tehran high-rise and its subsequent collapse are estimated at 15 trillion rials (over $390 million), said the head of Iran Chamber of Guilds, Ali Fazeli.…

Colza production is expected to reach 200,000 tons in the next Iranian year (March 2017-18), double the amount of production this year, according to Alireza Mohajer, an official with the Ministry…

A Republican congressman has introduced legislation in the new US Congress that could complicate Boeing and Airbus sales to Iran Air, made possible by a multinational nuclear agreement signed in…