The long-awaited joint production of Iran cinema and Bollywood was finally released in Iran on December 1 and so far has set new records at the box office.

 The Global Nomadic Art Project (GNAP) opens today, December 5, in Salakh village on Qeshm Island, Hormozgan Province.

A total of 11 artists from Iran are taking part, along with nine…

In the heart of Morocco’s ancient city of Fez, stands the world’s oldest working library. 

As early writings from the Arabic-speaking world have come under increasing threat from…

A play based on a mix of myth and cosmology theories, is underway at Arghanoun Theater in Tehran.

The so-called ‘Gari Get Get’ play is written and directed by Farshad Qasemi who, in an…

The British Labour leader said progressive parties need to break away from establishment to prevent populists from filling the political void.

The populist right are “political parasites…

President-elect Donald Trump drew a rebuke from former Democratic presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders, on Saturday, after turning his attention to another Indiana company planning a move to…

Pakistan has once again offered India for a dialogue on all issues, including terrorism, within the framework of a comprehensive dialogue agreed upon on the sidelines of last year’s Heart of Asia…

Italians are heading to the polls to vote on a referendum that is seen as a test of rising populist forces in the country against the political establishment, in a contest that could end in the…

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Najib Razak said Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi must step in to prevent the “genocide” of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, as he criticized the Nobel laureate for her…

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday ahead of a visit to Japan by President Vladimir Putin that the countries’ leaders are pushing to end a territorial row dating back to World…

A Dagestan-based militant leader who swore allegiance to the self-styled Islamic State terrorist group was picked as “emir” by IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and was linked to terrorist acts in…

President Hassan Rouhani said any attempt by any country to undermine the implementation of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers should be blocked.

Oil pricing agency Platts is considering the first major overhaul in nearly a decade of its benchmark dated Brent assessment, which is used for most of the world’s crude trade. It may add…

A growing water crisis in Iraq’s Mosul is affecting up to 650,000 civilians. It is also preventing thousands of displaced families from returning to their homes and hampering efforts to completely…

A coal mine explosion in a northern Chinese region killed 17 people on Saturday and left 10 others trapped, state media and officials said.

Four miners were rescued after the blast, which…

The government aims to promote competition in the insurance industry, the economy minister said at an annual event held to mark National Insurance Day on Saturday.

"We are looking to make…

Iranian private lender, Bank Sina, has opened an account in Switzerland’s BCP, which allows Sina to transfer euro and Swiss franc. According to a press release released on Sina’s website on…

Export Guarantee Fund of Iran, the state-owned export credit agency, will start offering insurance coverage for fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, mainly to support Iranian exporters, said a…

The US dollar swelled yet again in Tehran’s foreign exchange market on Saturday, reversing its fall on Thursday.

The greenback started off at 38,000 rials at the market’s opening on…

Top officials from Switzerland’s Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research and State Secretariat for Economic Affairs are set to visit Tehran next week.

A dispute between the ministries of roads and industries over the import of freight wagons from Russia has recently grabbed headlines in the local media. 

In an open letter, Minister…

Foreign direct investment in Iran has been made easier, as Bank Mellat, one of Iran's largest lenders, has signed a contract with the Central Securities Depository of Iran to facilitate FDI in…

Plans are underway to build a chromite concentrate plant in Kerman Province, the managing director of South Kerman Industries, Mining and Trade Organization announced. “The plant will produce 20,…

Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture hosted the Iran-New Zealand Economic Forum on Saturday. 

Present at the gathering were New Zealand’s Trade Minister Todd…

Telepizza, the leading pizza restaurant chain based in Spain, has announced its planned arrival in Iran as of March 2017 via a strategic master franchise alliance with its partner Momenin…