Iranian automakers have voiced their displeasure and MPs have questioned the legality of the MoU signed by the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization with Renault in September

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The DS 5LS has received permission to enter Iran following other models of the recently formed Citroen sub-brand.

The DS 5LS is a 4.7-meter luxury saloon based on the same C4-derived…

Moscow’s Skolkovo Innovation Center has unveiled Russia’s first unmanned “ElektroAutobus” called the Matreska, which is designed to carry up to eight passengers.

Iran Khodro Diesel, the industrial vehicle subsidiary of Iran Khodro Company, the country’s top carmaker, has announced the production of its first range of CNG-powered buses.

As concerns grow regarding adequate vitamin D intake, low levels have now been linked to a risk of bladder cancer, according to results presented this week at the Society for Endocrinology…

Well-qualified and talented Iranians continue to go abroad for higher studies or to seek better living standards. Many are driven away by the high unemployment rate (12.7%) in the country, but…

Although the government has laid the tracks to improve women’s status in management, there is still a long way to go before they can get their due share, said Vice President for Women and Family…

Around 950 applicants in the first half of the current year (started March 20) registered at the Tehran Central Forensic Medicine office seeking permission for medical termination of pregnancy (…

A dental treatment center was opened on Monday at ‘Khaneh-Khorshid’ (literally Sun House) women’s charity to provide oral care services to HIV patients and drug addicts. The dental unit and other…

A total of 714 LDR (Labor-Delivery-Recovery) rooms were inaugurated in 144 hospitals in 135 cities across the country on Tuesday.

Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi, who was in Fasa…

Many patients in the country still receive chemotherapy and radiation therapy separately while new studies conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) have shown combining the treatments can…

A bus carrying Iranian pilgrims to the holy city of Karbala in Iraq for the Arba’een mourning rituals overturned in an accident on Tuesday evening, killing 28 people and injuring 12.

The…

Well-known Italian author and theater director Eugenio Barba is planning to stage his new play ‘The Tree’ in Tehran in February 2017, said Mehdi Shafiee, director general of the Department of…

Kayhan Kalhor, acclaimed Iranian composer and master of classical Kurdish and Iranian traditional music, accompanied by Turkish folk musician, composer and singer Erdal Erzincan will perform a…

An exhibition of Iranian and Arab modern art opened on Tuesday, November 8, at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA).

Titled ‘The Sea Suspended’, the exhibit showcases 40 artworks…

The ‘Overlook Film Festival’ will open in April 2017 at Oregon’s Timberline Lodge, which was used for the exterior setting of the Overlook Hotel in Stanley Kubrick’s famous horror movie ‘The…

Italian oil refiner Saras has paid $177 million of the debt it owes Iran for crude oil bought before sanctions were imposed and its chief financial officer said the total debt to Tehran will be…

Talks have been held on plans by three Iranian commercial banks to open branches in Turkey, the country's economy minister said.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries raised its forecast for global oil demand next year and through the end of the decade, anticipating that cheaper crude will spur consumption even…

Democrat and Republican Donald Trump faced voters on Tuesday, as millions of Americans turned out on Election Day to pick the next US president and end a bruising campaign that polls said favored…

Helping Syria to weather the current crisis and fight terrorism is the Islamic Republic of Iran’s strategic decision, a deputy foreign minister said.

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps Naval Force is manufacturing a jumbo-sized version of a new high-speed military vessel that was brought into service in September, a top commander announced.

Lawmakers called on the government to ensure that the prospective EU mission in Tehran will pursue an agenda limited to diplomatic and economic affairs.

Iran's Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari said a naval fleet is planning to head for the Atlantic Ocean for the first time after a port call in South Africa.

Newly-elected Lebanese President Michel Aoun hailed Tehran's stance of supporting Lebanon's stability, in his first meeting as the Lebanese head of state with a foreign minister, Iran's Mohammad…