The University of Tehran has became a member of the International Center for Diffraction Data (ICDD), a nonprofit scientific organization, founded by and dedicated to scientists working in the…

Currently, 33,000 Iranian households who have a breadwinner in jail are under coverage of the Imam Khomeini Relief Committee (IKRC), said its deputy director Fatemeh Rahbar, a lawmaker. “The IKRC…

Preschools and primary schools were closed in Tehran on Saturday, as the sprawling city experienced its second consecutive day of dangerously high pollutant levels.

For the second day in a…

Iran has been struggling with water shortage for so long that those in their early twenties do not recall a time when the country did not suffer from the scarcity of this precious resource.

A day after poachers killed a rhino and de-horned it in the Bagori forest range of Kaziranga, in the state of Assam, India, seven staff members of the park, including three constables of the state…

American researchers say there is an experiential basis for skepticism about climate change in the country.

“The local weather conditions people experience likely play a role in what they…

The hunting of birds along the coastal areas of Mazandaran Province has long been a hotly debated topic between environmental officials and hunters, but it has recently become more serious due to…

The 3rd National Festival of ‘Siah-Bazi’ will be held December 26-29 in Sari, capital of the northern Mazandaran Province.

Siah-Bazi is a type of Iranian folk performing art that typically…

The masterpiece ‘Death of Yazdgerd’ by the acclaimed Iranian playwright, theater and film director and researcher Bahram Beyzai, 78, was staged on Saturday, December 24, at Bazigah Theater in…

A play written by French playwright and novelist Yasmina Reza and directed by Iranian theater director Saedeh Lorestani is currently on stage at Konesh-e- Moaser (Contemporary Action) Theater in…

Due to the rousing reception from fans, pop singer Mohammad Alizadeh will have four more performances in Tehran at the end of December and in early January.

A group of contemporary artists in visual arts have set up an exhibition of paintings, drawings and photographs at Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran.

The Iranian movie ‘Born in 1987’ directed by Majid Tavakkoli has started its international debut from Canada, hitting screens last week in Montreal and Toronto.

The first feature film by…

Oil slipped below $55 a barrel on Friday as a stronger US dollar weighed on commodities and as higher Libyan output threatened to counter some of the supply cuts planned by OPEC and other…

Romania could have its first female prime minister, an economist who is a member of the country's small Muslim community.

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday he would appoint…

Turkey’s authorities detained in Istanbul on Friday Deputy Parliament Speaker Pervin Buldan who is a member of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party.

Buldan has confirmed the detention…

It was not clear what prompted Thursday's tweet by Trump, who takes office on January 20, but it came the same day Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country needed to boost its nuclear…

The Syrian Army has regained control over all of Aleppo and has returned “security and stability to the city”, the army's general command said. The Red Cross has also confirmed that a complex…

The Berlin Christmas market truck attacker was killed in a pre-dawn shootout with police in a suburb of the northern Italian city of Milan on Friday, Italy's interior minister said.

Two hijackers of a Libyan aircraft with 118 people on board surrendered to authorities on the island of Malta hours after claiming to have hand grenades and threatening to blow the plane up unless…

Bank Maskan, the state-owned lender specialized in financing the housing sector, has been tasked with financing the renovation of 300,000 housing units each year, as part of the sixth five-year…

The US dollar exchange rate is expected to drop after the New Year Eve, said the Central Bank of Iran’s head of Exports Department.

The currency registered a big recent rally in Tehran…

More than 120,000 Housing Savings Accounts have been opened since the scheme to assist first-time home buyers was launched last year, announced the head of Bank Maskan's Public Relations…

Enhanced connectivity and banking channels between Iran and Pakistan are imperative to fully exploit the post-sanctions' opportunities and negotiations in this regard are at an advanced stage and…

A banking memorandum of understanding was signed between the central banks of Iran and Kazakhstan during President Hassan Rouhani's three-nation tour of Armenia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.