Security

Petchem Accidents Not Caused by Cyber Attacks: Iranian Commander

IFP Media Wire -
Head of Iran’s Civil Defense Organization Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali dismissed the notion that a number of recent incidents in the country’s petrochemical industry may have been the result of cyber attacks.
Energy

Iran’s Supertanker, Container Ship Collide in Singapore Strait

IFP Media Wire -
A large container ship has collided with an Iranian supertanker in the busy Singapore Strait, causing damage to both vessels, but no injuries or oil pollution, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) says.
Iran in Pictures

16-Year-Old Iranian Girl Pulls a Car with Her Teeth

IFP Editorial Staff -
Faezeh Sarlak is a 16-year-old girl from Iran’s southwestern city of Ahvaz. She recently pulled a car using her teeth. Here are ISNA’s photos of...
Incidents

Wild Dogs Attack Athletes in Tehran’s Azadi Stadium

IFP Editorial Staff -
A few days ago, a number of wild dogs seriously attacked and injured two athletes at Tehran’s Azadi Sports Complex. The two were sent to the hospital, and one of them is in critical conditions; however, the authorities and people avoided killing the aggressive animals.
Environment

Clashes over Water in Southern Iran Kill 1, Injure 30

IFP Editorial Staff -
At least one person has been killed and 30 people injured in clashes over a water supply.
Energy

Iran’s Petchem Complex to Resume Operation Within Weeks: Minister

IFP Media Wire -
The Iranian minister of petroleum says the country’s Bu Ali Sina Petrochemical Complex in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, which was hit by a raging fire earlier this week, will resume its operation within the next few weeks.
Incidents

Firefighters Still Battling Blaze in Petrochemical Complex in Iran’s Mahshahr

IFP Media Wire -
Iranian firefighters and helicopters tried on Thursday to extinguish a fire that broke out at Bu Ali Sina petrochemical refinery complex in southwestern port city of Mahshahr a day earlier.
Media Wire

German Mountaineer Rescued from Mount Damavand

IFP Media Wire -
The head of Amol Red Crescent said that a German mountaineer had fallen while climbing Mount Damavand, but a team dispatched to the location was able to rescue him.
Environment

Street-Cleaning Canine in Khalkhal

IFP Media Wire -
A trained dog in the city of Khalkhal, north-western Iran, cleans the streets by collecting trash bags left by the side of the road. The...
Media Wire

Red Crescent in Iran Gets 5 Air Rescue Helicopters

IFP Media Wire -
Five new rescue helicopters that Iran’s Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has purchased will enter service within a month, an official announced.
Incidents

Police Seize over Two Tons of Opium in Southeast Iran

IFP Media Wire -
Iran’s anti-narcotics police have managed to seize over 2,000kg of opium in two search and seizure operations in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, the provincial police chief said on Monday May 5.
Americas

Muhammad Ali, A Pioneer of Racial Equality

Golrokh Askarieh -
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman expressed his deepest condolences for the passing of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, deeming him a pioneer in the field of racial equality.
IFP Exclusive

A Swiss Child Wearing Black Chador

IFP Editorial Staff -
The Swiss tourist parents chose Chador as the traditional costume for their 2.5 years old daughter because as they say they want their daughter to wear what most of Iranian women and girls traditionally wear.
Education

86-Year-Old Iranian Man Receives Master’s Degree

Fatemeh Askarieh -
An 86-year-old man earned his master’s degree in educational research from Ajab-Shir Azad University, East Azarbaijan province.
Architecture

Bam Citadel to Reopen to Public after 13 Years

IFP Editorial Staff -
The world’s largest adobe building is beginning to recover some of its past glory after the reconstruction of central citadel, which is planned to be reopened to the public.
Incidents

Iran Marks 34th Anniversary of Liberation of Khorramshahr

Emad Askarieh -
On 23 May, Iran marks the 34th anniversary of the liberation of the strategic port city of Khorramshahr from Iraqi forces under the former dictator Saddam Hussein.
Selected

Famous Artworks to Embellish Tehran for Second Year

IFP Editorial Staff -
Copies of famous works of art, including many by prominent Western and Iranian artists, will appear next week on billboards and tableaus across the capital city of Tehran.
Environment

Cheetah Killed in Accident, Cub Escaped

IFP Editorial Staff -
On Wednesday night, May 11, a female cheetah unfortunately died in a collision with passing vehicles on a road between Semnan and Mashhad, near...
IFP Exclusive

Smugglers in Afghanistan Use Catapult to Get Drugs over Iran’s Borders

IFP Editorial Staff -
Alireza Jazini, a senior Iranian anti-narcotics official, confirmed that a catapult has recently been used by drug traffickers on Iran’s eastern borders to hurl illicit drugs into Iranian territory.
Incidents

Quake Jolts Southern Province of Bushehr

Golrokh Askarieh -
An earthquake measuring 4.0 degrees on the Richter scale jolted the southern province of Bushehr early Tuesday.
IFP Exclusive

Police Arrest “Electric Man” Who Stole Power Cables

IFP Editorial Staff -
Police forces in the northern Iranian city of Babol finally managed to capture a man who claimed to be immune to electricity, and had stolen the city’s power cables, causing blackouts on several occasions.
IFP Exclusive

TV Show Guest Saves Child’s Life Backstage

IFP Editorial Staff -
A new episode of Elixir, an Iranian weekly talk show aired on IRIB’s Channel 3, was being filmed when a woman was heard screaming outside the studio. The TV crew and the guest of the show ran out to see what had happened, but were shocked to find the body of a child.
Incidents

3 Iranian Police Killed in Clashes with Armed Drug Dealers

Golrokh Askarieh -
In an attack carried out by armed drug smugglers on a checkpoint in Iran’s southeastern border city of Khash in Sistan and Balouchestan Province, three law enforcement officers were killed, the provincial police chief announced on Wednesday.
Art

Kurdish Artist Buries His Sculpture of Renowned Poet

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An Iranian-Kurdish sculptor buried a statue he had made of a famous Kurdish poet, after municipal officials refused to install it in the western...
Healthcare

Iranian Dentist Gives Free Street Dental Exams

Golrokh Askarieh -
Shafi Ja’fari is a young dentist who gave out free dental examinations to people around Enqelab Square, in central Tehran, ISNA news agency reported.
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