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Iranian cyclist Golbarnezhad dies following road crash at Paralympics

Bahman Golbarnezhad has died following a crash in the men's C4/C5 road race at the Rio Paralympics in Pontal, Rio de Janeiro on Saturday. Golbarnezhad from Shiraz was treated at the scene of the accident before being taken to a local hospital. He suffered a heart attack as he was being transferred to hospital and later died. He was 48. Iran' ...

Tabriz carpet to convey message of peace and friendship

An exquisite Persian carpet currently being woven in the Iranian city of Tabriz is set to deliver the message of peace and friendship of the Iranian n ...

Larijani praises Iranian Olympic medalists

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has applauded achievements of honored Iranian athletes at Rio 2016 Olympics in a ceremony on Sunday. The Ir ...

Leader declares family policies under 16 paragraphs

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei declared on Saturday general policies on family to the three branches of the go ...

Auction House Sells Carpets for $8.7m

A total of 21 Persian hand-woven carpets were sold out of the 33 presented at the auction with the highest bid of $4.3 million going to 'Iranian Parad ...

Iran ranks second in the percentage of graduates in science, engineering

According to the Global Innovation Index 2016, the Islamic Republic of Iran, among 128 countries and economies, ranked second in the percentage of gra ...

Organs of brain dead soldier save 3 lives

Family of a brain dead soldier, who was declared brain dead following a June 22 road accident, donated his organs and saved three lives. Vahid Hall ...

Leader receives cabinet, outlines 7 priorities

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei received the cabinet on Wednesday on the occasion of the Government Week. During the ...

Iran’s power generation capacity to reach 80,000 MW

With 12 new power plant construction projects inaugurated in the Government Week (August 23-29), Iran’s nominal electricity generation capacity will r ...

Iran’s non-oil trade exceeds $35.8b in 5 months

Iran’s non-oil trade during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-August 21, 2016) amounted to $35.817 billion, accordi ...