The Iranian short film ‘Kech’ has won the top award in the Short Film Fiction Competition section at the 15th Third Eye Asian Film Festival in Mumbai, India.

Directed by Mehrdad Hasani, the…

Three Iranians are in the international jury of the 15th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) slated for January 12-20 in Bangladesh.

Among the four jurors of Australasian (Australia…

Four volumes of a comic strip book series ‘Famous Commanders of Iran’ have been published by Khorasan Cultural and Artistic Institute in Iran.

The National Iranian Oil Company on Monday issued a list of 29 international companies approved to bid in the country’s dozens of oil and gas tenders.

Iran has halted natural gas imports from Turkmenistan, the Oil Ministry said in a statement on its website Sunday.

The statement came a day after Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said…

Pope Francis in his year-end message urged leaders on Saturday to do more to tackle youth unemployment, saying a generation was being lost to desperation, migration and joblessness.

Armed men attacked a prison in Bahrain where inmates convicted over anti-government protests are held, killing one policeman and allowing prisoners to escape, the interior ministry said.

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The Central Bank of Iran has issued a foreign exchange directive that curbs the activities of bureaux de change and increases banks' role in forex trading, the CBI governor announced.

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Bank Sepah has opened a $1 billion credit line for a gas refinery project, as the first tranche of a $2.2 billion syndicated loan, said Bank Sepah’s chief executive.

Lawmakers in an open session on Sunday ratified new articles related to the sixth five-year development plan (2016-21), obligating the government and the Central Bank of Iran to take initiatives…

The Central Bank of Iran will launch the interbank foreign exchange market to prevent fluctuations in foreign exchange, CBI’s governor announced on Sunday. Valiollah Seif added that the interbank…

Tehran Stock Exchange’s main index shed 590.60 points or 0.74% to end Sunday trade at 78,896.

The support level refers to the price level, below which, historically, a stock or an index has…

One hundred forty-eight parliamentarians approved last week a motion to hand over all Iranian free trade zones to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance.

The measure was added by the…

The government is unwilling to pull down the inflation further.

Economy Minister Ali Tayyebnia said the government has reached “the stiff core of the inflation” and that “it has become…

Over $25 billion will be raised in the capital market from Salaf contracts and capital increase by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20), the head of Securities and Exchange Organization…

Syria's top diplomat said the Arab government, by engaging in a Russia-Turkey brokered ceasefire, wants the liberation of Aleppo to help open the door to intra-Syrian negotiations aimed at the…

Iran's Guardians Council Spokesman Abbasali Kadkhodaei hailed a United Nations Security Council resolution on a nationwide ceasefire in Syria, saying it proves the influential role of "the…

Police chief Lieutenant General Hossein Ashtari stressed Iran’s high capabilities to defend itself using advanced indigenous weapons and missiles, and assured the nation that the Iranian borders…

A lawmaker dismissed recent allegations by Jordanian military officials that Iran is interfering in the internal affairs of the region's conflict-stricken countries, saying it would never take an…

The presidents of Iran and Russia welcomed the ongoing nationwide ceasefire in Syria, stressing the importance of carrying out more measures to fight terrorist groups.

A lawmaker said Oman's Thursday announcement that it has joined a Saudi self-proclaimed anti-terror Muslim coalition is economically-motivated and unlikely to affect Oman's "stabilizing" role in…

A lawmaker called on hajj authorities to insist on Iran's preconditions in meetings requested by Saudis to discuss a return of Iranian nationals to the largest annual Islamic ritual.

Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi strongly condemned the suicide bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad and a shooting in Turkey’s Istanbul, which killed dozens of people and injured many…

Accountants or advisers who help people bend the rules to gain a tax advantage never intended to face tougher fines under new penalties proposed by the British Treasury, BBC reported. A fine of up…

Tibet reported 11.5% gross domestic product growth this year, realizing the 24th straight year of double-digit growth, Xinhua reported. The plateau region’s GDP reached 114.8 billion yuan ($16.5…