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Road crashes in Iran during the first week of the Persian New Year has so far claimed 510 lives, which is still a grim record despite a slight decrease compared to previous years.
Road accidents across Iran during the Nowruz, or Persian New Year, holidays that started last Wednesday have so far left 469 people killed and over 12,500 injured, the deputy head of the country’s traffic police said on Monday.
A top official with the Iranian police forces has reminded Nowruz travelers of the grim reality that although the holidays can be festive, the specter of death hovers over the roads due to the high number of traffic accidents.
Iran’s national football team overwhelmed Turkmenistan with a commanding 5-0 victory at Tehran's Azadi Stadium, securing their second win in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
In a historic moment for Iranian sports, Hossein Vafai has etched his name in the annals of snooker history with an astonishing victory over "Rani O'Sullivan," the reigning world number one, in the 2024 World Open Snooker Tournament.
With a 50 percent increase in rainfalls in the catchment area of the receding Lake Urmia in Iran’s northwest compared to last year and the release of the water rights from upstream dams, the lake is in better condition now.
Iranian Vice-President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy says the country’s exports of knowledge-based products have increased by 200% over the past year.
The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has congratulated Nowruz, the Persian New Year, by releasing a poster of a few high-profile athletes of the country.
A massive number of pilgrims were in Imam Reza’s holy shrine, the eighth Shia imam, in the northeastern Iranian city of Mashhad at 06:36 local time (03:06 GMT) on Wednesday to celebrate the start of the Persian New Year, 1403.
Iconic Iranian body builder and one-time Mr. Olympia winner Hadi Choopan has arrived back in his hometown Shiraz in southern Iran to a warm welcome by family, friends and other fellow countrymen.
The Tehran Air Quality Control Company's recent disclosure highlights the capital city's troubling air quality situation. Since the start of the year, Tehran has endured 107 days of unhealthy air for sensitive groups and 12 days of unhealthy air for all demographics, posing serious health risks, says the company's report.
The Mahalati plant and flower market is the second biggest in the Iranian capital, Tehran. Every year on the threshold of the Persian New Year, Nowruz, the iconic market takes on a jovial mood.
An explosion at an oil facility in southern Iran which happened last week in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas, has left at least two people dead. One of the victims died on the spot when the incident happened
The director general of the Environmental Protection Department of Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, in southern Iran, says environmentalists have spotted 4 brown bears around the Dana protected area in Dana city.
Traffic accidents in Iran have claimed the lives of at least 17,000 people and left more than 334,000 people wounded over the past ten months, according to the latest figures released by the Forensic Medicine Organization of Iran.
Iran's Taekwondo star Mobina Nematzadeh secured a spot in 2024 Olympic Games on Friday after emerging victorious in a bout with her Japanese opponent at the Asian Qualification Tournament in China.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the Family Health Project as an Iranian initiative that can help upgrade healthcare within societies across the world.
The traditional festival of fire, or Chaharshanbe Suri, which is a prelude to the Persian New Year has so far claimed 15 lives and left 4,720 people injured, according to the head of Iran's National Medical Emergency Organization.
The astronauts of NASA's "Cro-7" mission, led by the Iranian-American astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, touched down after spending approximately 200 days away from the planet's surface.