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A dozen air taxis will become operational in the skies over Iran by March 2020, an official said, stressing that the initiative was arranged in coordination with the country’s Civil Aviation Organization.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi has expressed regret over the lethal fire that broke out on a Russian submarine, killing several crew members.

Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution, has criticized those who believe the annual Hajj pilgrimage is not a political move.

A team of Iranian workers, including a number of athletes skilled in special occupations, has headed for Spain to attend the CSIT World Sports Games. Among these athletes there is lady from the north-western city of Ardabil whose job is weaving Kilim.

Iranian and Iraqi officials have discussed further arrangements for a planned clean-up of Arvand Rud border river in a meeting in Tehran.

Head of Iran’s Academy of Medical Sciences has denounced the “barbaric and illegal” US sanctions against the Islamic Republic’s health sector, saying the Iranian patients are suffering from the sanctions while the self-proclaimed champions of human rights have remained silent.

From now on, an equal amount of blood money (diyah) will be paid to male or female victims or their heirs in cases of murder, bodily harm, or property damage, in a major shift from the age-old Sharia-based law that the blood money for women is half the amount set for men.

Iranian knowledge-based products will be displayed at CNR Food Istanbul, a food show in Turkey, later in September, 2019.

Laughter has long been believed to be the best medicine for all diseases, and is said to be a major contributor to the proper functioning of the human body.

Mahnaz Mirzaee is the first Iranian woman miner and has been promoted to the position of the mine chief after 14 years now.

Zahra Beyrami is an ultra-flexible little whose performance at an Iranian talent show, named Asr-e Jadid (New Age), has amazed the audiences and gone viral on Iranian social media.

The newly launched traffic scheme has reduced traffic jam by 30-35 percent in the capital, Mardan Heidari, an official with traffic and transport affairs at Tehran Municipality has announced.

The Jameh (Grand) Mosque of Isfahan is one of the most prominent works of architecture in Iran and the world.

An Iranian group of academic experts has produced a homegrown smart system of licence plate readers with the unmatched accuracy of above 99 percent.

A book complied by two Iranian researchers has been selected as one of the most popular books of the world in 2018, the American publisher Springer announced.

Marc Wilmots, the new Belgian manager of Iran’s national football team, better known as Team Melli, describes Iran as a safe and beautiful country a few weeks after his arrival.

Iran has urged the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to find a solution to help Iranian victims of chemical attacks regain their access to medicine, which has been hampered by the US sanctions.

A research study carried out in Iran, which is globally known as a hub of cosmetic surgeries, has revealed that women who have such surgeries enjoy fewer cultural assets.

Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif has slammed the US sanction against Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei as a violation of the constitutional right of freedom of religion for American Muslims.

Poupeh, an Iranian lady who has gone down in history as the first Muslim woman to have cycled around the world, recounts how her wanderlust and love for peace pushed her to begin a solo journey to different world continents with a bicycle.

Filled with water after the late spring downpours, Agh-Gol wetland on the border of Iran’s Hamadan and Markazi provinces is hosting flamingos that preferred this western Iranian habitat to Lake Urmia and Bakhtegan lake for incubation.

A video has gone viral on Iranian social media showing a man frying an egg on a frying pan using the extreme heat of the city of Minab in Hormozgan province, southern Iran.

An official from Iran’s Vice Presidency for Science and Technology says with the efforts of a domestic knowledge-based company, Iranian-made pharmaceuticals will be exported to 20 countries.

An official with Iran's education ministry says there should not be any discrimination between foreign and Iranian national at schools and this has been announced through formal letters to school deans.

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