Asia Iran The head of Iran's Trade Development Organisation has announced a 400% increase in the export of technical and engineering services compared to the previous year
Asia Iran The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has launched a second satellite into space, the Noor-2, in the northeastern desert of Shahroud, according to Tehran state television
Asia Iran UN experts have called on the government to abandon its efforts to enact a new law, commonly referred to as the "User Protection Bill", which would isolate the country from the global internet, giving wider control to the army and government
Asia Iran President Ebrahim Raisi visited Qatar for the first time in eleven years; bilateral agreements were signed and he attended a summit on gas exports
Asia Iran Oil production in the first month of 2022, despite lasting economic sanctions, rose by 21.000 barrels, surpassing 2,5 million barrels per day, the highest level in three years
Asia Iran The Foreign Ministry spokesman said the country expects the US delegation to arrive in Vienna with a clear agenda to remove anti-Iran sanctions, calling for statements on positive talks to be translated into actions
Asia Iran Human Rights Watch, a pressure group, condemned a new verdict handed down to Narges Mohammadi, a prominent Iranian human rights defender sentenced to eight years in prison and 74 lashes, calling on Tehran to release her "immediately and unconditionally"
Asia Iran The Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade has announced that Iran's exports have exceeded US$40 billion in the last ten months; it has been estimated that exports will reach US$45 billion by the end of the year
Asia Iran Iranian volleyball player Zahra Moghani has joined AJM FC Porto in Portugal; she is the youngest Iranian volleyball player playing in the European champions' league
Asia Iran Negotiations to revive a 2015 nuclear deal signed between the country and other world powers - China, France, Germany, Russia, the UK - will resume today in Vienna, the capital of Austria
Asia Iran Amnesty International launches Persian-language website to increase access to information about Iranians' rights amid escalating impunity crisis in the country
Asia Iran Iran's 27th International Textile and Machinery Exhibition kicked off at the Tehran Permanent International Fair, with more than 200 companies from all over the country participating to showcase their domestic production
Asia Iran Iranian photographer Mohammad Babaei has won the Winter Sports Photo Awards at the World Media Summit in China for his stories on Iran's national women's ice hockey team during their training for the Asian Challenge Cup