April 18, 2016 at 7:21 pm Air France has landed its first direct flight to Iran after an eight-year hiatus, with flight AF 738 touching down in Tehran from Paris on Sunday April 17. AFP reports that the flight carried France’s transportation minister and a 15-member delegation to Tehran. The French ...

April 18, 2016 at 3:18 am Iran’s new S-300 missile system was put on display in the Iranian army and air defence forces parade on Sunday April 17. The Fars News Agency reported on April 17 that in a parade marking Army Day in Iran, Iranian armed forces displayed their newly acquired S-300 defence mi...

Omid Kokabi, the Iranian physicist who has been jailed for refusing to collaborate with Iran’s military research program, is reportedly suffering from cancer of the kidney. Omid Kokabi Saeed Khalili, Kokabi’s lawyer, told ILNA that a series of tests has finally retu ed the cancer diagnosis. Khalili ...

Iran’s oil ministry says it will not take part in the OPEC meeting in Doha. The SHANA website reported on Saturday April 16 that according to Bijan Zanganeh, Iran supports the plan to consolidate a cap on crude production but “ca ot give up its historic share of the world crude market.” The OPEC mem...

Bears, tigers, crocodiles and lions can breathe a sigh of relief as their use as circus animals has been outlawed due to pressure from animal rights groups. Iran’s Environmental Protection Agency a ounced that the bill has taken effect six months earlier than pla ed. Farhad Dabiri told ISNA that man...

Iran’s meteorological reports wa of floods in 14 provinces including Tehran. Meanwhile the death toll from floods in weste Iran has reached three. ISNA reports that flood wa ings have been issued in Khuzestan, Bushehr, Hormozgan, Kerman, Lorestan, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Chaharmahal Bakhtiari, F...

April 15, 2016 at 5:40 am Heavy rains and mudslides have blocked Iran’s north-south rail lines in the Lorestan region. Lorestan city officials told IRNA on Thursday April 14 that the trains had stopped ru ing on Wednesday to allow for a clean-up of the tracks. The report adds that a passenger train ...

Former Press TV newscaster Sheena Shirani has filed a formal complaint against network producer Mohsen Emadi for allegedly subjecting her to sexual harassment in the workplace. Sheena Shirani Shirani had earlier released an audio recording of an incident that captured the harassment. She has now a o...

Italian President Matteo Renzi arrived in Tehran with a delegation of 250 people on Tuesday April 12 to promote bilateral relations with Iran, signing seven cooperation agreements on the day of his arrival. Renzi and Rohani in Tehran The Iranian president received Renzi at SaadAbad together with his...

An archeological dig at Yalda Hill in Sistan has unearthed 5,000-year-old kilns with a capacity for the surplus production of ceramics. The Shahrvand daily reported on Wednesday April 13 that the archeological team consisted of 25 archeology graduates headed by Hosseinali Kavosh, supervisor of the f...

April 12, 2016 at 3:41 pm The Alborz prosecutor has a ounced charges against 12 people in co ection with financial fraud involving two senior bank officials. The prosecutor a ounced on Tuesday April 12 that the scheme goes back a decade and involves large-scale lending that contravened bank regulati...

April 12, 2016 at 3:45 pm Schools in Abadan and Khoramshahr have once again been shut down due to the rise of airbo e dust particles during the afte oon shift of Tuesday April 12. IRNA reports that provincial officials say the concentration of dust particles has risen beyond 12 times the acceptable ...

The aroma of replenishment is gradually emanating from Lake Urmia. As waters from the Mahabad Dam, transferred waters from the the Simineh and Zarineh Rivers and cha els to the Aji Chai River are begi ing to replace some of lake’s lost water, inte ational groups are also rushing to the aid of the sh...

Jailed Iranian human rights activist Nargess Mohammadi has finally been allowed to contact her children after 10 months in Evin Prison. Mohammadi was forced to send her children abroad to France to stay with their father when she was summoned to serve out her sentence, despite having received an ear...

On Sunday April 10, Iranian Parliament ratified the budget for the new Iranian calendar year begi ing March 21, with 135 voting in favour, 37 against and six abstaining. The parliamentary report concludes that three-quarters of the budget is unchanged from the preceding year. One of the differences ...

April 11, 2016 at 7:50 pm Iran and Russia have a ounced that 10 years after they first signed the agreement to sell Russia’s S-300 defense missile systems to Iran, the delivery of the first batch has finally begun. Interfax quotes a knowledgeable source saying the first shipment of the missile syste...

The Iranian judiciary has a ounced that the president’s adviser on women’s and family affairs has been summoned to court. The Tasnim daily reports that at a news conference on Sunday April 10, the spokesman for the judiciary said a complaint against Shahindokht Molaverdi was filed by Sistan-Baluchis...

Iranian political prisoners Mostafa Azizi and Payam Bastani Parizi were released on Saturday April 3 after a receiving a “pardon from the Leader”, according to HRANA. Mostafa Azizi Mosatafa Azizi was sentenced last June to eight years in jail for “assembly and collusion against national security, pr...

April 10, 2016 at 12:59 pm The director-general of Sistan-Baluchestan School Revitalization says 56 percent of schools are in immediate need of complete rebuilding. Alireza Rasheki told Tasnim News on Saturday that 576 schools in need of rebuilding are mud buildings and are in constant danger of col...

Mehdi Karroubi has reportedly written an open letter to Iranian President Hassan Rohani calling on him to compel the establishment to comply with the Article 168 of the Constitution and give him his day in court. Mehdi Karroubi Karroubi, who has been under house arrest since February of 2011 for cha...