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
Asia Iran The judiciary shut down the state-owned, Tehran-based daily Kelid two days after its front page read 'millions of Iranians live below the poverty line'
Asia Iran The Iran Saffron Council, said that from March 20 2021, the country has exported 95.708kg of saffron, for a total value of over US$47 million, to some 60 countries; compared to the same period last year, export has grown by 25%
Asia Iran After two years of work, Iranian researchers have produced a new breed of genetically modified goat that is bigger than a donkey and cannot be found anywhere else in the world
Asia Iran Iran's Minister of Communications and IT has proposed the establishment of joint regional data centers with the Organization of Developing Countries' Communications and Information Ministers
Asia Iran Filmed secretly by women and men, the film 'Nasrin', a portrait of human rights activist and political prisoner Nasrin Sotoudeh, among the 100 most influential people of 2021 according to The Times, is now available on streaming platforms
Asia Iran The Asian Football Confederation has released a report on the historic presence of Iranian women at the AFC Women's Asian Cup; after their victory over Jordan, Iranian women have reached the finals and this achievement is for the first time ever
Asia Iran The foreign minister called on Britain to pay its debt to Tehran, now delayed for over 40 years, concerning Chieftain tanks sold to Tehran in the 1970s but never delivered
Asia Iran 30.000 Iranian pilgrims will be received by Iraq for Arbaeen rites provided they have a negative Covid-19 test taken 72 hours before arrival in the country
Asia Iran The head of prisons apologized for "bitter events" in Tehran's Evin prison after videos leaked by hackers showed beatings of prisoners, a rare admission of abuse by authorities
Asia Iran TPIS 2021, an international symposium on the imaging applications in preclinical studies organized by the University of Teheran and foreign specialized institutions, is to be held online today and tomorrow with 15 speakers from various nationalities
Asia Iran Authorities have distributed solar panels among nomads in the southwestern Iranian province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, where households are at least 10 km away from the nearest electricity plants and paved road
Asia Iran A state-approved matchmaking App has been launched to promote marriages in response to a big drop in fertility rates; the App also offers advice to potential couples and their families