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A group of Assyrian forces is playing a key role in the Syrian troopers’ operation to retake the city of Raqqa, the self-proclaimed capital of ISIS in Syria.

Iranian education minister has called on American teachers and educators to work more on teaching history and geography to their students amid the geographical and historical misinformation disseminated by US President Trump.

A top Iranian Shiite cleric says Saudi Arabia has decided to adopt a different policy on Iran and this was evident in their recent behaviour towards Iranian Hajj pilgrims.

Iranian experts have managed to eliminate oil pollution from groundwater in Asaluyeh region in southern Iran by using local microbes, an official said.

Women in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in the southwestern part of Iran, dexterous at weaving carpets, earn a living by using their art.

Over two hundred villages in are generating solar energy to meet their power needs and the number is expected to surpass 300 by the end of this year’s Iranian calendar year (mid-March 2018).

An Iranian female cyclist has signed a contract with a cycling club in the United Arab Emirates, becoming the first Iranian female cyclist playing outside the country.

Recent discoveries of ancient stoneware in western Iran reveal that Neanderthals had advanced into western Iran during Paleolithic era, says an Iranian archaeologist.

Gholam-Reza Ramezani, born in 1926, has graduated in English language translation, from Payam-e Noor University in a town near Tehran.

A robotic team from Iran’s University of Kashan has won the “Best Idea” award in the world’s Chem-E-Car Competition, AIChE 2017, held in Barcelona, Spain.

Rahnegar Houshmand Iranian Company, as one of the most active Iranian firms in the field of ICT, is introducing its new achievements in the field of transportation information technologies at GITEX 2017 in Dubai.

Telecommunications software and equipment, as important subcategories of ICT products, are among the items being presented by Iran’s MAPFA Company at GITEX 2017 in Dubai, the UAE.

New findings and the growth of research and production in the field of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can help Iran rank as one of the leading countries in ICT within the next decade.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was inked between Iran Malaysia Women Business Forum (IMWBF) and Women Entrepreneur Network of Malaysia (WENA) to elevate bilateral trade ties and boost investment opportunities.

Iranian researchers have developed indigenous thermal night-vision goggles with both commercial and military applications.

Iran’s ICT minister says the activities of counter-revolutionary elements in the cyberspace should not be used as a pretext to restrict the country’s political landscape.

Neurosurgeons in Iran are using a modern locally-developed neuronavigation system which measures up to international standards.

Tehran’s Police Chief Brigadier General Hossein Rahimi says in view of the traffic congestion and air pollution in Tehran, police forces may carry out their missions using bicycles in the second half of current Iranian year.

A British company has invested $115 million in a garbage recycling project in Iran’s northwestern province of Zanjan.

The Iranian company Hamravesh, one of the active app developers in Iran, is offering its latest applications at GITEX 2017, which is underway in Dubai, the UAE.

The pace of reforms in Saudi Arabia has long been so slow that when the country’s king announced that women in the kingdom have been granted the right to drive, his statements grabbed the headlines across the globe. This comes as many rights activists say despite the latest reforms, the condition of women in Saudi Arabia is not acceptable yet.

Iran is going to present its latest accomplishments in the field of information security in the upcoming GITEX Technology Week due to be held in Dubai from October 8 to 12.

Iranian Vice-President for Science and Technology Affairs Sorena Sattari says the country has begun exporting nano-products and equipment to such developed countries as South Korea.

Iran has provided education for Afghan refugee children, even illegal immigrants who have no residence permits.

A German teenager who had joined the ISIS terrorist group has explained how she managed to travel from Germany to Turkey and then to Syria and Iraq to fight for the terrorist group.