On the northeastern outskirts of Tehran stands a building with a blue glass facade built by Pars Online, an Internet service provider run by the Fateh brothers.

It was finished two years…

China has set its 2020 target for installed nuclear power capacity at 58,000 KW and set 2020 target for installed solar power capacity at 100,000 KW, China's Cabinet said on Friday. The growth of…

A memorandum of understanding was signed between the National Iranian Oil Company and Poland's state-run gas company PGNiG on studying the Sumar Oilfield in western Iran.

Iran on Saturday signed the first agreement for cooperation in ITER, a global megaproject  aimed to produce clean, safe and theoretically limitless energy from nuclear power.

A tanker leased by the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) sank near a drilling rig belonging to Soroush Oilfield in the Persian Gulf on Wednesday. The crew was rescued.

According to an…

A senior energy official said Saturday that Iran is keeping all its options open for tendering the Farzad-B Gas Field because negotiations with India over the drilling rights of the coveted gas…

Regardless of whether OPEC manages to pull off a real deal on curbing production, the oil market is bound to recover in the second half next year, said Ann-Louise Hittle, head of macro oils at the…

OPEC cannot cut oil production alone to stabilize the market, according to the former Saudi Arabian oil minister who masterminded the pump-at-will policy the group adopted two years ago.

The political clouds that darkened Spain and its markets for more than 300 days as the country languished without a government have finally parted, as Mariano Rajoy was voted in by parliament on…

US equities closed lower on Friday after the release of key employment data while investors braced themselves for the election next week.

Russia’s economy may see a positive trend by the end of 2016, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with the Chinese Central Television, Tass reported. “We expect the phase of…

Turkey’s economy is expected to grow 2.9% this year, the International Monetary Fund said.

The preliminary findings in a staff report were made after the fund visited Turkey at the end of…

Egypt’s prime minister tried to reassure an anxious public on Friday as Egyptians expressed alarm and anger over prices that swiftly soared a day after the nation’s currency was floated, sending…

Plenty of uncertainty about the national economy lingers among professional accountants in leadership positions, according to a new survey conducted for Chartered Professional Accountants of…

There are no signs to suggest Italy’s sluggish economy will accelerate in the final months of this year, national statistics bureau ISTAT said.

Gross domestic product in the eurozone’s…

The Health Ministry’s Nutrition Improvement Office has launched a national model of the Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Program (ECHO) to curb the increasing trend of childhood obesity and…

Forensic scientists should be provided research and study opportunities regularly at the international level to update their techniques in the field so as to improve the quality of domestic…

Despite the advancements, Iran has a low index in terms of female education and health. “The country has an overall good standing in education and health, but there are still challenges regarding…

The number of mobile HIV/AIDS test centers has increased to three as of October and are operating in west, east, and central Tehran daily until 6 pm. The program was first launched by the NGO ‘…

A sociologist specializing in rural development has voiced concern over the increasing number of people residing in shantytowns on the outskirts of large cities as well as the state of poverty and…

Annually, the direct and indirect medical costs associated with different kinds of cancers amounts to $2.8 billion (100,000 billion rials), said Dr Mohammad Motlaq, head of the Cancer Prevention…

Currently, 136,000 students are at risk of addiction and among them 3,600 have tried at least one illegal drug at some point in their life, said Nader Mansour-Kiaee, director general of Social…

Private cars with license plates registered in other cities and working illegally as taxis in the capital are responsible for 30% of the traffic jams, says Tehran Traffic Police Chief Brigadier…

Scientists have found that smoking a pack a day of cigarettes can cause 150 damaging changes to a smoker’s lung cells each year.

The findings come from a study of the devastating genetic…

Media Motors, the main distributor of MG cars in Iran, is offering sales packages for MG6 with a loan of $17,000. The car is priced at 1,370,000,000 rials ($39,000 at market exchange rate). Car…