Iran and France have stepped up their efforts to restore their economic relations following last year’s nuclear agreement. Iran’s Ambassador to Paris said on Saturday that the country is making plans for the visit of French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault to Iran for the formation of a joint economic commission in the next few months….
The first national festival of horse show was held in Isfahan, attended by 130 horses and riders from 6 provinces across the country./MNA Related posts: Horse beauty and riding contest held in Arak+Photo The horse riding course started in Golestan The International show jumping competitions began in Tehran + photo
British Airways is to resume direct flights to Tehran later – the first UK carrier to fly to Iran for four years. Six return flights per week will operate between London Heathrow and Tehran, which BA described as “an important destination”. It follows the lifting of some sanctions against Iran in January and the reopening…
Iran’s representatives have made a winning start to their campaign at the 2016 Asian Women’s Club Volleyball Championship in the Philippines. Iran’s Sarmayeh Bank faced North Korea’s “April-Twenty Five” Sports Club in their first Pool B match at the Asian tournament on Saturday. Coached by Serbian Majda Cicic, the Iranians narrowly lost the opening set…
Iranian national men’s football team handed their visitors from Qatar a 2-0 defeat in their opening match of the third round of 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification on Thursday 01 September 2016. Before the eyes of 80,000 spectators at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium, Team Melli (Iranian national men’s football team) lined up against the Maroons (Qatari…
Iranian Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi, who is visiting Ploish capital city of Warsaw, and his Polish counterpart Konstanty Radziwiłł signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday. Iranian Health Minister Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi and Polish Minister of Health Konstanty Radziwiłł signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Thursday to expand medical cooperation between Iran and…
By: Marjohn Sheikhi, MNA:Kimia Alizadeh, an 18-year-old taekwondoka, made history in Iran women’s sports as she became the first Iranian women to ever win a medal at the Olympic Games. The flame of Rio Olympics 2016 went out on Sunday, Aug. 21, with the Iranian squad packing up 8 medals as they returned home from…
The Motorcycle and Automobile Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (MAFIRI) has allowed the Iranian women to take part at the motocross race. Mahmoud Seydanlou, the head of Iran’s Motorcycle and Automobile Federation, paid tribute to the women motorcyclists at the Azadi complex motocross race in Tehran. “We hope to see the Iranian…
Head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Masoud Soltanifar said more than five million foreign tourists visited the Islamic Republic in 2015. According to Tasnim news agency, speaking in a meeting with Bangladeshi Minister of Tourism and Civil Aviation Rashed Khan Menon in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, Soltanifar said over…
Iran says its foreign trade income has surpassed $35.817 billion during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20). According to a Tuesday report by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA), the country’s non-oil exports in the aforementioned five months reached $19.108 billion, showing a 10.22-percent increase in…
