A reformist politician described the criteria for picking the next chairman of the Expediency Council, who will replace its first and only chief, the late Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.

Senior Iranian and Syrian diplomats stressed the importance of boosting coordination and consultations ahead of the planned intra-Syrian peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana.

Deputy…

Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said Tehran has not backed off from pursuing a complaint about the US move to extend Iran Sanctions Act, saying its implementation will be a…

Iraq’s foreign minister said he had carried messages between Iran and Saudi Arabia in a continuing attempt to curb a feud involving its two neighbors, Iran’s state television reported on Saturday…

The Indian government is considering a proposal to increase foreign direct investment limit in print media sector to 49% from 26% at present.

Currently, the FDI policy permits 26% foreign…

Halliru Godel, a member of the Association for the Emancipation of Rights of Small Scale Industrialists, has called for overhauling the taxation system in Nigeria to fast track economic…

South Korea's job market is under strain from not only a rising unemployment rate but also an increasing number of people who have been jobless for a long time, data showed Sunday.

The International Monetary Fund said late Saturday its executive board approved a new two-year flexible credit line arrangement for Poland worth about €8.24 billion ($8.77 billion), about half the…

The head of Indonesia’s National Development Planning Agency, or Bappenas, Bambang Brodjonegoro, has said household consumption and inflation will be the key to achieving higher economic growth in…

The Majlis has defined the obligations of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology as part of the next five-year economic, social and cultural development plan (2016-2021).

An electronic signature used in Azerbaijan will be recognized in the European Union according to the spokesman of the Digital Austria platform Christian Rupp. A working group was established…

Electronic waste is rising sharply across Asia as higher incomes allow hundreds of millions of people to buy smartphones and other gadgets.

So-called e-waste in Asia has jumped 63% in five…

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on January 15 and placed a constellation of satellites in orbit, marking the company’s first launch since a fireball engulfed a similar rocket…

Avatech, one of Iran’s biggest startup accelerators has launched its pre-accelerator program with 17 teams for the first round in 2017.

 Called ‘Avacamp’, the program is designed to…

Engaging in physical activity can reduce pain and help maintain mobility and independence for older adults with arthritis, but current exercise recommendations are often unachievable for this…

Benefits of leisure activities are associated with good health and satisfaction in life, and the contribution of outdoor recreation to healthy living can be considered in the context of ‘wellness…

The number of birds dying from a dangerous strain of avian influenza found at Mighan Lagoon wetland in Markazi Province has surpassed 2,400, said Reza Mirzaei, deputy head of Environmental…

People with heightened activity in the amygdala, an area of the brain linked to stress, may be at greater risk of heart disease and stroke, scientists said last week in research that could lead to…

A national Congress on Youth Affairs Management will be held January 21 by the Ministry of Sports and Youths Affairs at Tehran’s Olympics Hotel in the presence of First Vice President Es’haq…

The Iran-Austria joint conference was held Sunday at Tehran’s Kharazmi University in the presence of Iranian deputy ministers for education and an academic delegation from Vienna.

Preservatives are not permitted to be used in canned food products, according to regulations of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Nastaran Mohammadi, head of Monitoring and Evaluation of…

The universities of medical sciences in Tabriz (East Azarbaijan) and Urmia (West Azarbaijan) have been tasked to conduct a comprehensive long-term study of the effects on health of the people…

Fajr International Theater Festival has convened a working group for critical appraisal of some of the participating plays.

‘A Man Called Ove’ (in Swedish: ‘En Man som Heter Ove’), a novel written in 2012 by Swedish columnist, blogger and writer Fredrik Backman, 35, has been published for the second time in Persian.…

Following the initiative launched last year, the poster of the 35th Fajr Film Festival (FFF) will depict a prominent figure of Iran cinema, the celebrated filmmaker Ali Hatami (1944-1996).