Japan’s Inpex Corporation has opened negotiations with the National Iranian Oil Company to develop Azadegan Oilfield in southwestern Iran, the chief executive of Iran's Petroleum Engineering and…

The world's largest oil trader, Vitol, has clinched a deal with the National Iranian Oil Company to loan it an equivalent of $1 billion in euros guaranteed by future exports of refined products,…

Global oil and natural gas prices are expected to remain volatile again in 2017, but fluctuate within the $40-60 per barrel range, Moody’s Investors Service said in a press release on Tuesday.

Libya, the holder of Africa’s biggest crude reserves, is ramping up output from its biggest oil field again after two years of internal conflict, the latest reminder of just how vulnerable OPEC’s…

Shale gas deposits have been found in Lorestan Province, about 500 kilometers southwest of Tehran, an official at the National Iranian Oil Company said.

"We are certain of a shale gas…

The Traffic Police Department of the Law Enforcement Forces (LEF) has revised the rules for new driving licenses to curb traffic accidents and prevent untimely deaths.

The protocol imposes…

As part of the fourth goal of the 2014 Health Reform Plan which calls for reforms in the medical education system, music therapy is to be offered as an academic discipline in universities of…

The Iran Veterinary Organization said that the N5H8 virus earlier detected in seven provinces has now spread to 10-12 provinces across the country.

However, the organization only released…

France has reversed its policy on organ donations so that all people could become donors on their death unless they join an official register to opt out.

The new law presumes consent for…

Only one-fifth of Iranians are aware of the services provided by the State Welfare Organization to improve the quality of life, said Habibollah Masoudi Farid, deputy head of the SWO, on Tuesday.…

Currently, 4 million people in the country, mostly living in deprived areas such as Sistan-Baluchestan Province, receive fewer calories than they need, said Rasuol Dinarvand, head of the Food and…

Fire broke out in a 10-storey residential building (with 80 units) in Phase 1, Ekbatan Township (Shahrak-e-Ekbatan) located in northwestern Tehran on Wednesday, said spokesman of Tehran’s…

Leading immunologists and allergy specialists from around the world will gather February 15-17 at the Third International Congress on Immunology Asthma and Allergy at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini…

The provincial office of the Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs in Sistan-Baluchistan Province is holding ‘laughter yoga’ courses for patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS) to help with…

After a 24-hour hiatus, the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade  resumed registering orders for foreign car imports.

South Korea banned the sale of 10 models built by Nissan, BMW and Volkswagen Group’s Porsche brand after an investigation found the automakers fabricated documents related to emission tests,…

A report on Iran’s car, bus and truck production output indicates a 39.1% year-on-year growth during the first nine months of the current fiscal year that ends in March.

A local news…

In the closing two months of 2016 a new automotive website banban.ir entered the increasingly overcrowded online car sales market. Banban.ir, an Iranian-funded startup, does what many other sites…

Several Syrian opposition groups have reportedly threatened to boycott the upcoming political settlement talks in Kazakhstan due to alleged ceasefire violations.

Middle East expert Danny…

US president-elect Donald Trump said a briefing he was due to receive on Russia’s alleged hacking attacks and meddling with US elections was strangely delayed until Friday, making him wonder…

Israeli forces have killed more Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and Beit-ul-Moqaddas in 2016 than any other year in the last decade, rights group Defense for Children International…

Units of the Syrian Armed Forces and volunteer guards on Tuesday attacked the strongholds of terrorist groups to the north of the city of Homs, 165 km from Damascus, Al Watan newspaper said in a…

Turkey has established the identity of the gunman who killed 39 people in an attack on an Istanbul nightclub on New Year’s Day, its foreign minister said, and further arrests were made on…

The Public Libraries Office of Gilan has organized workshops where mothers will be trained how to read books and tell stories to children.

The story-telling and book-reading workshops are…

The play ‘The Yalta Game’ directed by Iranian-Armenian actor and director Levon Haftvan is currently on stage at Tehran’s Baran Theater.

Developed from a theme in Anthon Chekhov’s 1899…