TEHRAN – Iran’s consul general in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi has announced the resumption of direct flights from Karachi to Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad as of June 11. Iran’s Taban Airlines will resume the flights, Hassan Nourian wrote on his social media page. Also, Iran Air will continue doing its weekly

TEHRAN – Production of crude steel in Iran rose 1.1 percent in the first month of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-April 20), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, according to the data released by Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA). The ISPA data put the country’s crude steel

TEHRAN – Houman Azimi, the director of international transportation and TIR carnet department of the Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has stressed that enhancement of key regional corridors is a top agenda of this department. Azimi made the remarks in a meeting in Tehran with a high-ranking delegation from the International

TEHRAN –The ministry of health in cooperation with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) organized two training of trainers (ToT) workshops to help health experts boost their knowledge of media health literacy. The workshops were held in Tehran in the first week of May. Some 80 health education and health promotion experts from the ministry

TEHRAN –The birth of odd-toed herbivorous zebras in Garmsar Desert National Park promises to bring the valuable species back from extinction with its population anticipated to reach 50 from currently 36 in the near future. Garmsar Desert National Park, located in the west of Semnan province, is one of the primary habitats of the Persian

TEHRAN –During the administration of the late President Ebrahim Raisi, great steps were taken for a knowledge-based ecosystem, resulting in a 64 percent growth of the sector. When the administration took office in August 2021, the law for boosting knowledge-based production was seriously implemented. The law, including 20 articles, fosters development across various sectors of

TEHRAN –The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has sent the second shipment of humanitarian aid to flood-affected people in Afghanistan. It includes biological items such as medicines, foodstuff, blankets, tents, and other things, Tasnim News Agency reported. On May 10, devastating floods and torrents of water swept through multiple cities and villages in northern Afghanistan.

TEHRAN – Iran’s Customs Administration (IRICA) has reported that 4.6 metric tons of gold worth $330 million were cleared through customs ports and imported into the country during the first two months of the current year. The figure is 3.8 times more than the same period last year, when 1.2 metric tons (mt) of gold

TEHRAN – The statistical office of the European Union (Eurostat) has announced that in the first quarter of the current year, Iran’s pistachio exports to the member states of the European Union increased by 17 percent compared to the same period last year, reaching €34 million. In the same period of 2023 (from January to

FUJIAN- A number of journalists from some Asian and Pacific countries visited a huge fish farm at Sandu’ao Port in Ningde City, Fujian Province, in the southeast of China. All the visiting journalists were impressed by all those great infrastructures and facilities established on the sea. Sandu’ao enjoys favorable geographical condition and excellent water quality,