Iranian veteran composer and conductor Ali (Alexander) Rahbari has been invited by Antalya State Symphony Orchestra to conduct a repertoire at the amphitheater of Aspendos, which was an ancient…

The Iranian play ‘Wong Temple Monks’ written by Mohammadreza Koohestani and directed by Ahmad Soleimani will participate in the 2017 Kijimuna Festa, Japan’s International Theater Festival for…

The famous Muslim singer-songwriter Sami Yusuf will perform in Dubai for the first time at Dubai Opera House on December 16.

The one-night concert will feature the performance of Yusuf’s…

Two movie stars will play in ‘Love Letters from the Middle East’, directed by playwright and theater director Kiumars Moradi.

Winner of Crystal Simorgh for Best Actress at 2012 Fajr…

The G20 group of leading economies must find a solution to excess capacity in the global steel industry, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday, adding that overproduction in some…

The German-based Gerda Henkel Foundation has selected Iran, along with Uganda and Russia, as one of the recipients of this year’s research grants.

Wisconsin's election board agreed on Friday to conduct a statewide recount of votes cast in the presidential race, as requested by a Green Party candidate seeking similar reviews in two other…

China on Saturday formally launched a state-backed commodity trading center in Shanghai, as the world's top energy consumer looks to race ahead of other countries such as Tokyo and Singapore to…

The total amount of loans allocated to the services sector by Iranian banks in the first seven months of the fiscal year to October 22 has been more than five times the amount of loans handed out…

Parsian Insurance Company, affiliated to Parsian Bank and one of the four major private insurers in Iran, will compensate the victims of Friday’s train crash in the north central province of…

The governor of the Central Bank of Iran has analyzed recent concerns over the growth of money supply saying that private sector savings–as opposed to state deposits–comprise 95% of the liquidity…

Tejarat Bank has established relations with 60 foreign banks since the lifting of sanctions in January, said Ali Mehrpour the bank’s director for international affairs. He added that talks are…

Iranian ships and oil tankers are now free to be insured following the country's landmark nuclear deal with world powers, says the head of the Central Insurance company of Iran, the industry's…

Defense Minister Hossein Dehqan said on Saturday Moscow has accepted Tehran's terms on "joint investment and supply of technology" for the purchase of Russian-made Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a message on Saturday offered condolences over the tragic death of dozens of Iranians in a truck bomb terrorist attack in Iraq and…

Army Commander Major General Ataollah Salehi announced two homegrown watercrafts are ready for naval missions to areas as far as the Atlantic Ocean.

The Foreign Ministry dismissed “unfounded” claims by Djibouti’s President Ismail Omar Guelleh that the Islamic Republic is interfering in the affairs of regional countries. Foreign Ministry…

Chairman of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi said the legislature is considering a plan to respond to US moves that constitute non-compliance with last…

The president attached high importance to regular political consultations between the two neighbors, saying it can help promote peace in West Asia.

Rouhani said regional security should be…

Lawmakers say Iran will never agree to any plan to further tighten limits it has accepted on its nuclear program under last year's deal with major powers.

A lawmaker played down the importance of a recent US Congress measure to restrict the sale of western aircraft to Iran, saying it actually places limitations on the US, not Tehran.

Online retail sales in the US on Black Friday will surpass $3 billion for the first time, including a record $1.1 billion from smartphones and tablets, according to data released by Adobe, which…

South Korea’s central bank said it will reduce the size of monetary stabilization bonds issuance in a move to help stabilize the local financial markets, Yonhap reported. The MSB is a unique…

Bahrain’s GDP growth will reportedly remain unchanged this year at 2.9%, according to a report by Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, DTnews reported. The report ‘Economic…

Brazil’s central government reported its first primary budget surplus in six months in October, thanks to an inflow of billions of dollars from an asset amnesty program.

The South American…