Society

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani has planted an olive sapling at the onset of the National Week of Natural Resources as a sign of peace.

Female parliamentarians have called for broader participation of women in the Iranian society, particularly its labour market and politics, arguing it will help spur the development of the 80-million nation.

All the 33 passengers and 6 crew members of a Russian transport plane lost their lives after the An-26 aircraft crashed near the Hmeimim Airbase in Syria’s Latakia.

The flight recorder of an ATR 72 plane that recently crashed into a mountaintop in southwest Iran, killing all 65 people on board, is slated to be sent to France to be decoded, a lawmaker said.

Iraqi Minister of Electricity Qasim Al Fahdawi has hailed Iran's crucial role in Iraq’s economy, calling on the Iranian companies to play a more active role in reconstruction of the Arab country.

The Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have planted saplings on Arbour Day.

Telegram, the most popular messaging app in Iran, experienced some problems on Monday February 5, but the messenger is now back, relieving millions of its Iranian users.

Iranian scientists have managed to design a unique type of smart shoes for changing the walking patterns of patients suffering from diabetes.

A little girl suffering from cancer, whose dream was to release thousands of balloons, saw her dream realized with the help of people in the southern Iranian city of Ahvaz.

An Iranian Red Crescent Society official said climbers searching for the black box of a plane that crashed south of Isfahan province last month have found new pieces of the plane that could contain its black box.

Monir Shahroudi Farmanfarmaian, an acclaimed 93-year-old artist known for her elaborate mosaics made of mirrored glass, is among Iran’s biggest artistic names at home and abroad.

A live fashion design contest was recently held in the Iranian capital Tehran as part of 7th Fajr International Fashion and Clothing Festival.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with visiting President of the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) Gianni Infantino highlighted the key role of sport in fostering ties between nations.

Iran and Hungary have signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) on research, educational and scientific cooperation.

At least 24 people have been killed in a fire at a drug rehabilitation clinic in the Azeri capital of Baku on Friday morning, authorities say.

The head of FIFA pledged to do his best to help resolve a dispute between Iran and Asian football's governing body AFC concerning the latter’s decisions in selecting the venue for Asian Champions League matches between Iran and Saudi Arabia.

Iran’s Avicenna Fertility Clinic has established an embryo bank to ensure the safety of embryo donation and accelerate the process to help infertile Iranian couples.

Iran and Belgium have signed a number of memoranda of understanding to expand Tehran-Brussels cooperation in health and medical equipment.

Iran’s Health Ministry has reached an agreement with a Belgian firm to modernize the process of healthcare waste disposal in Iranian hospitals.

Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education Hassan Qazizadeh Hashemi and his Belgian counterpart Maggie Celine Louise De Block have discussed expansion of bilateral health ties in Brussels.

Qashqai people live in Southern Iran. While most of these nomadic pastoralists are of Turkic origins, Lurs, Kurds and Arabs are also found between them.

At least five people have lost their lives as a strong storm system that included a tornado pushed its way eastward through the central United States, leaving demolished homes, damaged vehicles and uprooted trees in its wake, according to American officials.

Iran men’s sabre team finished in second place at the World Cup Sabre de Wolodyjowski 2018 on Sunday.

A huge fire broke out in two buildings after an explosion rocked the city of Leicester in the United Kingdom.

A new car fueling system has been launched in Iran based on which the car owners order fuel using a mobile application and receive it wherever they are.