Natural gas delivery to thermal power stations in the first four months of the current fiscal, started March 21, has hiked by 3.1% compared with the corresponding period of last year, director…
With the reimposition of US sanctions on Iran expected to come into effect in autumn, plans by the European Union to protect companies still trading with Tehran from being penalized by…
The 4.3% economic growth for Iran confirmed by the International Monetary Fund in its April report is thanks to the allocation of 190 trillion rials ($4.41 billion) in loans to the manufacturing…
Investors took a wait-and-see approach last week at the stock market, as political tensions escalated between Iran and the United States, with the first wave of sanctions against the Islamic…
A total of 585,906 cases of theft were reported in the fiscal 2016-17, registering a rise of 7% compared with five years before, the Statistical Center of Iran said. The nationwide rate was one…
Cristiano Ronaldo will be fined $3.7 million and sentenced to 24 months in prison, a sentence he is unlikely to serve, after settling a tax evasion case with Spanish tax authorities, the…
The Philippines national basketball team said Friday it has pulled out of the Jakarta Asian Games next month as it prepares to appeal sanctions handed down over a nasty on-court brawl with…
As fans voted, Benjamin Pavard’s goal for France against Argentina in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Russia World Cup was chosen as the best goal of the tournament on Thursday.
German Football Association (DFB) president Reinhard Grindel has once again rejected accusations of racism, but has admitted that he and his colleagues made mistakes in their handling of the…
Iranian winger Alireza Jahanbakhsh made his move from AZ Alkmaar club in the Netherlands to the Brighton & Hove Albion FC in the England Premier League for the club transfer record of $29…
The European Central Bank is stressing that interest rates will stay low well into next year even as the US Federal Reserve is expected to keep raising rates in coming months.
The…
Political allies of Spain’s minority socialist government have pulled support for its budget hours before a key vote in parliament, in a move that casts renewed doubts over political stability…
Increased trade and advancements in new technology took center stage as leaders of five countries—representing 40% of the world’s population—met in Johannesburg on Thursday.
Already hit by a run on the currency and a surge in inflation, Turkey’s economy faces a new risk after President Donald Trump threatened to impose “large sanctions” over the detention of an…
An International Monetary Fund staff team led by Karen Ongley visited Beit ul-Moqaddas (Jerusalem) and Ramallah July 8-19 to assess economic developments in the West Bank and Gaza, IMF.org…
Head of government Saad Eddine El Othmani has asked Moroccans to “stop being gloomy and unrealistic” about the economy despite problems such as poverty, unemployment and high fuel prices,…
In the courtyard of a Berlin tenement block, the vestiges of an early 19th-century mural of an Alpine landscape featuring a bridge, lake, mountain hut and snow-capped peaks covers the back wall…
A painting exhibition opened at Laleh Art Gallery on Friday and will run until August 14. “The Endless Tale” features works of 56 artists selected by curator, painter and graphic designer…
The street theater play “A Dreamy Trip,” directed by Hamed Zarean is to be performed at the International Puppet Theater Festival “Petrushka the Great” in Russia, September 14-18.
Charsou Art and Cultural Institute will have a single screening of the 1999 film “The Wind Will Carry Us” by late auteur Abbas Kiarostami on August 5.
The film’s title is a…
Dang Show folk band will perform a selection of its popular pieces on July 30 at the iconic Vahdat Hall.
The concert includes a selection of pieces from “Mad-o-Nay,” Dang Show’s 2017…
Composer, conductor and guitarist Kayvan Mirhadi will be on the stage July 31 and August 1 at Roudaki Hall to present guitar concertos of a diverse repertoire.
Camerata choir and chamber…
Violin virtuoso and instructor Ali Salehipour will stage violin recitals on two nights at Roudaki Hall.
On August 4-5, Salehipour will play pieces composed by German composer and…
Albert Camus’s play “The Misunderstanding” directed by Javad Molania is being performed at Molavi Theater Hall in its original language.
The play is performed in French by a group of…
Markosia, a British comic book publishing company, will soon release the English version of the 4-volume Persian graphic novel “Jamshid,” written by Ashkan Rahgozar.
