Reports from Mazandaran province indicate that 200 homes in Babol have been damaged due to 24 hours of severe rains in the region. Hediyeh Tehrani (in blue head scarf) among other environmental activists in Laleh Park According to IRNA, Babol officials reported on Saturday April 2 that floods have a...

The head of Criminal Investigations in Iranshahr was killed in an armed conflict on Thursday March 31, the police department reports. The deceased was identified as Lieutenant Taghizadeh, and the report says he was killed by “bandits”. IRNA reports that Taghizadeh and another officer had arrest warr...

Assad Binakhahi

Despite cancellation of Hassan Rohani’s trip to Austria, the two countries are expanding bilateral relations in the environmental protection sector. A cooperation agreement has been reportedly signed between Iran’s National Fund for Environmental Protection and the Austrian Bank RBI at the offices o...

Iran’s Minister of Power a ounced that the gove ment will implement a project to produce drinking water from the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman for transfer to 17 provinces in Iran’s central plateau. In a report on Nasim online on Thursday March 31, Hamid Chitchian said the project aims to provide...

Assad Binakhahi

Despite cancellation of Hassan Rohani’s trip to Austria, the two countries are expanding bilateral relations in the environmental protection sector. A cooperation agreement has been reportedly signed between Iran’s National Fund for Environmental Protection and the Austrian Bank RBI at the offices o...

Iran’s minister of power a ounced that the gove ment will be implementing a project to produce drinking water from the Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman for transfer to 17 provinces in Iran’s central plateau. In a report on Nasim online on Thursday March 31, Hamid Chitchian Iran Minister of Power said th...

Iran’s ultraconservatives have sounded the trumpet of support for Donald Trump’s promise to rescind the nuclear agreement with Iran in case he succeeds in his run for the U.S. presidency. Hossein Shariatmadari Hossein Shariatmadari, the head of the Keyhan daily who has been a staunch critic of the n...

Iranian environmental officials say Lake Urmia’s water levels are rising and there is hope that its drying trend has been reversed. ISNA reports that Hamid Ghassemi, the head of the Easte Azerbaijani Environment Department, says the water levels have risen by 8 cm compared to the same time last year...

Ali Rahbari, the head of Tehran’s Symphonic Orchestra, whose resignation was tu ed down by the Ministry of Culture and Guidance, says the orchestra needs an independent administration. Ali Rahbari In an interview with ILNA on Thursday March 31, Rahbari said the body that provides funding for the orc...

March 31, 2016 at 12:57 pm The Mazandaran Environment Department a ounced it has arrested 14 people for engaging in illegal drilling in protected areas. The Commander of the Protection of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Mazandaran province said on Tuesday March 29 that the...

Iran’s foreign minister reacted to the recent joint letter sent by the U.S., UK, France and Germany to the UN challenging Iran’s rocket tests, saying those tests do not contravene any UN resolutions and that Iran’s military power is only defensive. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif addre...

March 31, 2016 at 1:02 pm The Bust of Xerxes has been put on public display at the Persepolis Museum for the first time in 10 years, the head of Persepolis World Heritage a ounced. According to ISNA, Massoud Razi said on Wednesday March 30 that this ancient artifact was put on display along with a s...

The head of the Nedaye Iran party says smuggling and corruption are the chief obstacles to implementing the tools toward a resistance economy as recommended by Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Majd Farahani, the secretary of the reformist party, told ILNA on Tuesday March 29 that a number of offici...

March 30, 2016 at 3:36 am Iran’s president has cancelled a trip to Austria scheduled for March 30. His trip to Belgium was cancelled earlier this week. Hassan Rohani IRNA reported on Tuesday March 29 that the trip was cancelled following mutual consultation and coordination. Foreign media have cited...

Iranian political prisoner Amir Amirgholi, who is sentenced to 21 years in jail, was denied leave to spend Norooz and the Iranian New Year holidays with his family due to the refusal of the case judge. Amir Amirgholi The prisoner’s father, Abbas Amirgholi, told HRANA that although his son has been i...

Mohammad Hossein Moghimi, the head of the Election Office, says it is in a legal dispute with the Guardian Council over the disqualification of Minoo Khaleghi, an Isfahan parliamentary candidate who won the third-highest number of votes in the February 26 election. Minoo Khaleghi Moghimi told ISNA o...

Iran’s Minister of Health says he is personally responsible for following up on all the medical needs of Iranian opposition leaders MirHosein Mousavi, Zahra Rahnavard and Mehdi Karroubi, who have been under house arrest since February 2011. Hassan Hashemi On Monday March 28, Khabaronline quoted Hasa...

The Basij militia has been involved in development projects in deprived areas of Iran for the past decade; however, local activists say the projects are only pretexts to establish grassroots bases for recruiting local forces for Islamic Republic policies. The head of the Basij Development Organizati...