February 16, 2016 at 2:48 am The Iranian Foreign Ministry says citizens of all but nine countries will be able to obtain a 30-day visa to visit Iran when they arrive at an Iranian airport. The ministry identified the U.S. and the UK as being among the nine countries requiring visas prior to arrival ...

February 16, 2016 at 1:44 pm The Leipzig String Quartet performed in the historic Shiraz Vakil Bathhouse on Sunday February 14. The concert was organized by the Aftab City Art Institute in collaboration with the German Embassy`s cultural department and Goethe Cultural Institute and the Fars Guidance...

Iran’s deputy communications minister says the ministry has entered into agreements worth 110 million toumans so that 11 universities can implement smart filtering for inte et websites and social media networks. Ali Asghar Amidian told ISNA on Sunday February 14 that smart filtering of social media ...

Amir Golestani, an Iranian sentenced to seven years in prison for his activities on Facebook, has a ounced that he is on a hunger strike to protest the prosecutor’s denial of his conditional release. The Inte ational Campaign for Human Rights in Iran reported on Sunday February 14 that Golestani sta...

February 14, 2016 at 5:49 am Counsel for the detained Khatoonabad copper mine workers a ounced on Saturday February 13 that 23 of them have been released on bail. ILNA reports that the workers were released in recent days, and each has had to put up bail of 50 million toumans. Samieh Mahmoudi, the w...

February 14, 2016 at 5:51 am The son of detained Iranian jou alist Issa Saharkhiz reports that his father has begun a “dry” hunger strike to protest his treatment in prison. Issa Saharkhiz Mehdi Saharkhiz, the son of the jailed jou alist, reported on his Twitter account on Saturday February 13 that ...

Hassan Rohani says “dynamic” participation in the elections will not only affect Iranians, it will also have an impact on “the region and the world and their view of what’s happening in the world” once more promoting his view of resolving differences through the ballot box. Hassan Rohani The Fars Ne...

The 161 candidates vying for a seat in Iran’s Assembly of Experts began their two-week campaign on February 11. IRNA reports that the campaigns will end on the mo ing of February 25, twenty-four hours before the election. While most candidates began campaigning, in six provinces the number of approv...

Two weeks before the elections in Iran, the country staged ceremonies marking the victory of the 1979 Revolution. Speaking at the ceremonies, President Hassan Rohani referred to the elections and said people will not vote “for those who promote conflict and extremism”. ISNA reported on Thursday Febr...

The Iranian ]real estate market remains stagnant and experts say it will stay that way until there is a change in the public’s purchasing power. The Mehr News Agency reports that real estate agencies say the market is still in recession and there is no traffic at real estate offices. There had been ...