Educational projects worth $330m to be inaugurated
A total of 1,015 educational projects worth 14 trillion rials (nearly $330 million) will be inaugurated across the country, Mehrollah Rakhshanimehr, director of the organization for renovation, development, and equipment ...
Mediterranean refugee deaths drop but experts say risks remain
In the first month of 2020, at least 70 people drowned in the Mediterranean while attempting the perilous journey to Europe, the lowest level since 2014, the start of the ...
Iran CNG consumption jumps
Following the government last week to raise gasoline prices by 200%, compressed natural gas consumption has risen by 2 million cubic meters a day since Nov. 15, head of CNG ...
Us imposes sanctions on Iran’s ICT Minister
Continuing hostile policy against Iran, the US Treasury imposed sanctions on Iran’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Mohammad Javad Azari-Jahromi. The US imposed sanctions on Azari-Jahromi for his role ...
Foreign travelers not deterred by Iranophobia: tourism official
Iran’s deputy tourism minister on Monday said that anti-Iranian sentiment or Iranophobia, which has long been forged and spread by some Western governments and media, has not prevented foreign travelers ...
Hundreds of pregnant women risk death in Yemen’s Hodeida: UN
Hundreds of pregnant women in the Yemeni city of Hodeida risk dying as the escalating conflict puts medical care out of reach in a country with one of the world’s ...
Iraqi farmers fighting to save cattle from drought
Iraqi farmer Sayyed Sattar knows he will soon have to let some of his buffalo go as he surveys the herd bathing in a dwindling pond close to the holy ...
75-year-old craftswoman reviving pottery without wheel
A 75-year-old craftswoman is endeavoring to revive old school earthenware styles in which no potter’s wheel is being used. “Over 40 people have started learning how to make earthenware without ...
Zoroastrian Cleric Rejects Pompeo’s Claims about Minorities in Iran
A top Zoroastrian cleric in Iran’s Isfahan province has dismissed US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s claims that religious minorities in Iran do not have freedom, saying that such statements ...
Sexual misconduct in school gives rise to #MeToo among Iranians: good or bad?
Following a schoolmaster’s sexual misconduct at a private school in western Tehran some Iranians started using the #MeToo on twitter since Wednesday evening, sharing their experiences of harassment and assault. ...









