In order to maintain the 7.4% economic growth experienced in the first half of the current Iranian year (started March 20, 2016), there is a need to bring about structural economic reforms,…

A diet high in saturated fats and sugars can affect the parts of the brain that are important to memory.

Being overweight can raise blood pressure, cholesterol and risk for developing…

A high-ranking Austrian delegation comprising the head of the Austrian Agency for International Cooperation and representatives of 12 prestigious universities and research centers will visit Iran…

A total of 1,500 residential units will be handed over to families with disabled children in rural and deprived areas of the country by the end of the current fiscal year in March, said Musa…

The controversial 7th floor of the famous electronics shopping center ‘Aladdin’ in Tehran has been demolished by the Tehran Municipality,” said Nasser Amani, deputy mayor of Tehran. The owner of…

Clogged roads and highways in Tehran are just one painful reminder of how urban management has failed in this metropolis of more than 12 million people.

Improvements in emergency medical services under the 2014 Health Reform Plan notwithstanding, this sector still lags both in terms of equipment and human resources.

Pir-Hussein Kolivand,…

Iraq was the top foreign destination of Iranians in the first half of the current Iranian year (started March 20), knocking Turkey down to second place, the tourism deputy at Iran's Cultural…

The world's biggest cruise ship has docked at Puerto Rico for the first time, as the US territory reports a boost in tourism amid an economic crisis. Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas arrived…

After over a decade of offering academic courses on hotel management in state-run and private universities, Iran is still lacking definitive, up-to-date Persian textbooks on the subject.

SolarStratos, a Swiss startup, has unveiled an airplane that uses solar power to lift people to the edge of space and return them gently to earth.

Vacation rentals have been popular with Iranian travelers for years, which help meet the country's demand for lodging places, especially in the absence of quality hotels.

As the world ushered in 2017 with a new start and a new way to go, Financial Tribune takes a look at what transpired over the past 12 months in the Internet in Iran and what Iranians were actually…

Foxconn, a Taiwan tech-giant, plans to build an $8.8 billion factory in China, state media said on December 31, amid reports its billionaire boss is cooling off on future US investments.

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Private Internet service provider Shatel has hit back at the Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI) after the state firm barred the ISP’s new Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) service from…

The fourth edition of Iran Web Festival has started accepting applications from exhibitors. Those owning a website, a web-based software or mobile phone application in the country can take part.…

An Iranian knowledge-based company has manufactured a device for tracking eye movement, a process widely used in medicine, psychology and business.

The company, staffed by young…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday the nuclear capable country was close to test-launching an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM).

North Korea tested ballistic missiles at…

At least 39 people have been killed and dozens more wounded in an attack on a crowded nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey’s interior minister said.

Suleyman Soylu added that police are hunting a…

President-elect Donald Trump says that “no computer is safe” when it comes to keeping information private, expressing new skepticism about the security of online communications his administration…

Burundi’s environment minister was shot dead in the capital Bujumbura early Sunday, police said, the first assassination of its kind since the country plunged into political turmoil in 2015.…

The UN has approved a Russia-drafted resolution supporting a shaky but functioning ceasefire in Syria.

The measure calls for immediate and speedy access for humanitarian workers to the…

President Joseph Kabila will be unable to change the country’s constitution to extend his mandate for a third term. He will step down after elections are held in 2017.

These are the major…

At least five people have been confirmed dead after a fire broke out on a large boat carrying tourists to islands north of the Indonesian capital, while more than a dozen others remain missing and…

A theater adaptation of the novella ‘The Little Price’, the most famous work of French writer and poet Antoine de Saint-Exupery is underway at Ezatollah Entezami House Museum in northern Tehran.…