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Iran sets sights on 6.5m foreign tourist arrivals

Iran aims to draw some 6.5 million foreign travelers by the end of the current calendar year 1396 (March 20, 2018), though the country’s tourism infrastructure and public services are in need to be improved, a senior tourism official said on Monday. In 1395, some 5.5 million travelers visited Iran, fetching about $8 billion for the country, I ...

‘Release from Heaven’ nominated for Best Animation at SICAF

Iranian animated piece ‘Release from Heaven’ by Ali Noori Oskouei has been nominated for Best Animation Award at SICAF film festival in South Korea. ...

Total, CNPC seal $5b gas deal with Iran

Iran signed a deal with France’s Total and China’s state-owned National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) for development of phase 11 of its South Pars gas ...

900 Km of Freeways Under Construction in Iran

Iran’s sixth five-year development plan (2017-22) stipulates that the total length of Iran’s freeways should reach 7,500 kilometers by 2022 There a ...

Iran ranks 3rd in 2017 World Taekwondo Champs

Iran men's national taekwondo team finished third and the women squad finished 11th at the 2017 World Taekwondo Championships in South Korea. On Fr ...

Kimia Alizadeh to bear flag at 2017 World Taekwondo Champ.

Kimia Alizadeh, the first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal, has been selected as flag-bearer for the opening ceremony of the 23rd edition of the ...

Iran fires missiles at ISIS in Syria for Tehran attacks

Late on Sunday Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps fired six missiles into eastern Syria, targeting Islamic State strongholds in retaliation for ...

‘Servant’ wins Best Animation at Silver Scream fest

Short animated piece ‘Servant’ directed by Farnoosh Abedi won Best Short Animation award at the 2017 Silver Scream Festival in California, US. Acco ...

Iran’s Dates Earn $300 million p.a.

About 10,000 tons of dates worth close to $40 million are exported from Iran’s southern Hormozgan Province every year, an official with Hormozgan Agri ...

Iran’s 1st Wheat Export

With a shipment of 29,630 tons from Imam Khomeini Port in the city of Mahshahr in the southern Khuzestan Province to Oman, Iran exported its first whe ...