Following the earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale in Zarand city, Kerman Province on October 20, twenty aftershocks have rattled the region in the past week with the last 2-Richter…

Iranian researchers at the University of Tehran have developed a kind of packaging that is edible in addition to being highly biodegradable. “Synthetic biofilms are one of the most important…

The World Health Organization’s cancer agency - which is facing criticism over how it classifies carcinogens - advised academic experts on one of its review panels not to disclose documents they…

Teaming up with the International Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, the 6th round of the International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICNN) commenced Wednesday at Kharazmi…

The rate of stunting in children under the age of five has reduced to 7% currently from around 26% in 1990, said Ahmad Meydari, social welfare deputy at the Ministry of Labor, Cooperatives and…

Despite having the authority to carry and use weapons in case of emergency, park rangers normally find themselves in prison for using their weapons to defend protected areas—and themselves—against…

Iran's annual water consumption tops 97 billion cubic meters, while the country only has 88 bcu of renewable sources, according to a former agriculture minister.

Honda's Clarity hydrogen fuel-cell car goes on sale in California later this year. When it does, it will have the longest range of any zero-emissions vehicle on the market, although there are…

A US judge on Tuesday granted final approval for a $14.7 billion class action settlement in Volkswagen's diesel emissions cheating scandal, the largest such automaker settlement in history.

The mere closure of gravel mining sites in southwestern Tehran is not enough to ensure an end to the pollution caused by such sites, the Iranian capital’s chief environment official said.

The deal signed last week by 197 countries to drastically reduce the use of hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) gases has been hailed by experts as a key step toward limiting the planet's warming.

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Malaysia’s International Trade and Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed met with SAIPA CEO Mehdi Jamali in Tehran on Monday.

The Malaysian minister said expansion of bilateral ties is the main…

Nissan Motor and Renault are open to partnership with other companies to equip their vehicles with sophisticated technology, as the automakers race to develop cars of the future, Ogi Redzic, the…

Renault Group, the French company that has made inroads into the Iranian market, announced that third-quarter revenues were up 13% across all markets. Revenues rose to €10.55 billion ($11.5…

A specialized exhibition on Iran’s automotive industries opened in Lebanon on October 25, according to reports from the East Mediterranean country.

The Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has set a deadline for car importers to register as official dealers of foreign companies or face closure and prosecution.

The deadline is until…

An elite unit of the Iraqi Army paused its weeklong advance on Mosul as it approached the city’s eastern edge on Tuesday, waiting for other US-backed forces to close in on the last major urban…

Crude oil futures gained on Tuesday ahead of the release of US crude inventory data, which in recent weeks has provided bullish surprises, but a flurry of top-level comments from OPEC members…

The UK Treasury Monday announced that it has removed Bank Saderat Iran and its London-based subsidiary Bank Saderat PLC from the blacklist of financial sanctions against Iran.

Singapore and Iran have agreed to expand banking ties following the lifting of economic sanctions. This was decided in a meeting between the heads of two countries' central banks.

"The…

In the first seven months of the fiscal year (March 20-October 22), Iranian banks allocated more than 38.5 trillion rials ($1.2 billion) in Qarzol-Hasana (interest-free microcredit) marriage loans…

Some 14 million passengers have travelled via railroad since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20), according to Mir Hassan Mousavi, an official with the Islamic Republic of Iran…

Heading an economic delegation, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to visit four European countries, namely Bulgaria, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, from November 7 to…

Iran exported $25.89 million worth of industrial, mining and construction machinery during the first half of the current Iranian fiscal year (March 20-September 21, 2016), the Islamic Republic of…

Chinese Ambassador to Pakistan Sun Weidong recently welcomed the prospect of enhancing cooperation with Iran on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.