Iran expects to sign its biggest oil refining contracts worth $8.6 billion with a number of Japanese, Chinese and South Korean companies this month or later, an official said on Wednesday. The biggest deal is reserved for Japan’s Marubeni, Chiyoda and Mitsui companies to upgrade Isfahan refinery, Deputy Oil Minister Abbas Kazemi told reporters in…
Iranian girl volleyball player Soudabeh Bagherpour has been elected as the best middle-defense player in women’s world qualifiers in Central Asia, an official said. Deputy Head of Mazandaran Sports and Adolescent Organization Maryam Farajpour told IRNA on Monday that Bagherpour together with four other players were elected as the best players. Women’s world qualifiers of…
Recent excavations in the vicinity of Jahangir Dome in Eivan in Iran’s western province of Ilam proved the Sassanid origin of the architectural structures along the banks of Kangir River, said the supervisor of the excavation team in the region. Leila Khosravi added that research works were part of continued archeological studies in the Kangir…
Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says that respecting the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is very important to Paris. After signing the deal in Vienna, it was very important to France that the JCPOA as an international deal be respected, Ayrault said at the Iran-France joint economic commission…
Tens of thousands of Iranians poured onto the streets of Tehran on Monday for the funeral of 16 firefighters killed when the city’s oldest high-rise collapsed during a blaze. Black flags flew outside the Grand Mosalla Mosque, while high-ranking officials including Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri,…
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault arrived in Tehran on Monday to attend the first Iran-France joint economic commission. Ayrault is slated to visit his Iranian counterpart Zarif, President Hassan Rouhani, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and other high-ranking officials during his two-day visit. “Foreign ministers of Iran and France will convene a joint economic and trade…
The Iran women alish wrestling championships held in Arak on Friday 27 January 2017 . 130 Iranian girls from 22 provinces participated in this championship and Mazadaran become champion. Related posts: Iranian girls training grappling wrestling-Photo Photo: Iranian girls played football in Shiraz Kimia’s bronze shines golden in Iranian women’s eyes Photo: Iranian women Karate…
Sadeh meaning hundred,celebrates 50 days before Nowrouz. Sadeh celebration is a mid winter feast that was celebrated with grandeur and magnificence in ancient Iran. It was a festivity to honor fire and to defeat the forces of darkness, frost and cold. Two different days were observed for its veneration. Photo: Sadeh celeberation in Kerman The…
Kordestan, or Kurdistan is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the west of the country, bordering Iraq. The province of Kurdistan is 28,817 km2 in area and is located in the west of Iran. It is bound by Iraq on its west, the province of west Azerbaijan to its north, Zanjan…
France‘s foreign minister travels to Iran on Monday, seeking to reaffirm Europe’s commitment to the nuclear deal that US President Donald Trump has threatened to annul. The deal struck in 2015 with three European countries, Russia, China and the United States gave Iran relief from a range of sanctions, allowing it to strike major business…
