Society and Culture

Gholamabbas Turki, Iranian Deputy Prosecutor General for Public Rights and Crime Prevention, revealed that around 130,000 suicide attempts occur in Iran annually, resulting in 7,000 deaths.

The Iranian Wushu team, grabbed 15 medals—7 gold, 3 silver, and 5 bronze—becoming the runners-up in the Asian Wushu Championship in China.

Tehran’s former mayor has advised Iran’s newly-elected President Massoud Pezeshkian to shy away from following the restrictive and controlling policies of the former administration on the cyberspace and women’s clothing.

A football fan passed away on Friday due to a heart attack during an Iran Pro League match between Sepahan and Malavan in the Fooladshahr Stadium in central Isfahan province.

One of the most iconic figures in the Iranian drama and theater, Pari Saberi, died on Wednesday at the age of 92 after a period of illness.

About 300 of filmmakers and cinema insiders in Iran are ‘unfairly’ out of business for grappling with legal cases due to the ‘political, social, and security situation in country,’ the spokesman for Iran’s House of Cinema says.

Iranian Paralympic athletes have concluded the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris with an impressive haul of 25 medals in total.

Iran’s elderly population, technically defined as people over 60 years old, will reach 32 percent by 2050 and will soar to 40 percent by 2080, according to a UN report.

Iran’s traffic police say 314 have died in road accidents in Iran over the past week.

The September 2024 holidays provided an opportunity for Iranians to head to the country's north for recreation, with the coastal town of Abbasabad in Mazandaran Province being one of the many tourist destinations for people.

Persepolis, the remains of an ancient city in the southern Iranian province of Fars which bears secrets dating back to over 2,500 years ago is dying a slow death due to chemical pollutants, experts warn.

Iran’s men’s sitting volleyball team have won their eighth gold medal in the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris after beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 3-1.

An Iranian official has announced the discovery of the four-arched remains of the Sassanid era fire temple in Rashidabad Village in Kohdasht, in the western Iranian province of Lorestan.   

Sadreddin Hejazi, a prominent Iranian cinema and television actor, died on Thursday at the age of 75 after a spell of illness.

The death rate due to suicide in Iran is 5.1 cases per 100,000 people which has witnessed an over 40-percent spiral in the past ten years, Tehran-based Etemad newspaper reported citing official figures.

Iranian star- studded movie The Old Bachelor will be screened in the Lucca Film Festival 2024 in Italy later this month.

Iran’s national Greco-Roman wrestling team has been crowned champion at the 2024 World Junior Wrestling Championships (U20) in Spain.

Iranian athlete Saeid Afrooz has grabbed gold in men's javelin throw F34 event at Paris Paralympics 2024, securing 13th medal and 3rd gold for Iran.

Millions of people in Iran have traveled to northern tourist resorts as well as the holy northeastern city of Mashhad during the holidays which are nearing their end.

Huge numbers of mourners gather in the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam, in the Iranian city of Mashhad to mark his martyrdom anniversary.

Iranian striker Mehdi Taremi is part of Inter Milan‘s Champions League team, while Tomas Palacios and Joaquin Correa have been left out.

The Khoda Rahm Khan Fortress, also known as the Chaleshtar Fortress, stands as one of the most magnificent and historically significant architectural landmarks in Iran.

Iran’s 24-year-old sprinter, Hajar Safarzadeh, has secured a silver medal in the women’s 400m – T12 event at the Paris 2024 Paralympics, the 12th medal for her country.

Italian volleyball coach Roberto Piazza has signed a contract with Iran to steer the country’s men’s national volleyball team for the next four years.

The Maral, or Caspian Red Deer, is one of the largest deer species and the largest native deer in Iran. Its habitat is primarily in the Hyrcanian forests in the north and the Alborz mountains of Iran.