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Giant Eggs Coloured ahead of Nowruz
It is an old Iranian custom to colour eggs during Nowruz, the Persian New Year. According to a Farsi report by Tasnim, ahead of spring’s arrival, Tehran has been decorated with giant coloured eggs....
View ArticleMP Urges Competent Women to Run for Iran Local Elections
Fatemeh Zolqadr, a senior female member of the Iranian Parliament, invited all competent women in the country to run for the upcoming local elections in May. “We all believe that our cities and...
View Article18,000 Women Applicants Register for Iran’s Local Elections
According to a Farsi report by Khabar Online News Agency, the head of Iran’s Elections Headquarters, Ali Asghar Ahmadi, declared that over 18,000 Iranian women have signed up to compete in Iran’s City...
View ArticleMillions of Dollars Saved Thanks to Iranians’ Participation in Online Census
During a Wednesday cabinet session attended by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, it was reported that 48.4% of Iranians have taken part in the online version of Iran’s national census in 2016. “The...
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New Look of Tehran’s 30th Tir Street More Appealing to Tourists
30th Tir Street, as one of the oldest and most original historical placesin the Iranian capital of Tehran, has recently gained greater popularity among tourists after undergoing a number of changes and...
View ArticleIslamic World Mayors to Attend Summit in Iran’s Mashhad
Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Monday, Mehdi Razavikia said the summit will be held in the holy city on Tuesday and Wednesday. He said mayors from 40 foreign countries in Asia, Europe and Africa...
View ArticleTehran, Baghdad to Sign Twinning Agreement: Iraqi official
The governor of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, Atwan al-Atwani, said he, at the head of a delegation, will visit Iran’s capital, Tehran, in coming weeks to sign a sisterhood agreement between the two...
View ArticleRouhani Supporters Win All Seats in Tehran City Council
According to the official final results, all the seats of Tehran’s City Council have been given to the List of Hope, which consists of pro-reform and moderate candidates who supported President Hassan...
View Article50 Tonnes of Election Campaign Posters Removed from Tehran Streets
The deputy head of Urban Services Directorate of Tehran Municipality, Mojtaba Yazdani, said over 50 tonnes of wastepaper, remaining from the electoral campaigns of the candidates contesting Iran’s...
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Iranian Street Sweeper Elected to City Council
Gholam-Hassan Alipour, who is a 42-year-old street sweeper working in the northern Iranian province of Gilan, has garnered enough votes in Iran’s fifth City and Village Councils election, held on May...
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Iran’s Versailles Palace Saved from Demolition for Now
Farhad Nazari, the head of Cultural and Historical Heritage Registration Office at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO), was quoted as saying by the Shargh daily...
View ArticleTehran Residents Use 38,000 Litres of Water per Second
This year Tehran’s weather has had a relatively stable condition in terms of raining with a 17% growth compared with the similar time previous year. “Despite the growth in raining, Tehran’s residents...
View ArticleIran’s “Versailles Palace” Eventually Registered as National Heritage Site
Eventually on Wednesday (June 21), the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO), Zahra Ahmadipour, ordered Tehran’s governor general to inscribe the Sabet Pasal...
View ArticleGiant Green Roof Built in Tehran Book Garden
The managing director of the Tehran Municipality Cultural Spaces Development Company, Alireza Jafari, has said a 10,000-square-metre green roof has been built in the Tehran Book Garden. He added the...
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Enormous Book Garden Inaugurated in Tehran
The Tehran Book Garden, Iran’s biggest scientific and cultural complex, opened in the capital city on Wednesday, July 5, in a ceremony attended by the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Ali Larijani,...
View ArticleIranian Researchers Produce Non-Toxic Rat Poison
It is quite worrisome to see a mouse at home or work. When searching for food or lodging, mice spread certain diseases which is quite dangerous to human’s health. Particularly, when roaming about in...
View ArticleAssailant Gunned Down after Stabbing Cleric in Tehran
Speaking to Tasnim, Deputy Governor of Rey City Hadi Tamhidi said the stabbing incident began in Shahr-e-Rey subway station on Saturday morning, when a clergyman tried to give advice to the assailant...
View ArticleIranian City Chosen as Most Age-Friendly City
Head of Dezful Welfare Organization, Fereydoun Abdi, says the city has been selected as the top age-friendly city in Khuzestan province given the measures adopted by the local officials to promote the...
View ArticleTehran Considering Plan to Name Street after Mirzakhani
Mohammad Salari, a senior member of Tehran City Council, declared in a post in his Twitter account that a plan to name a street after Mirzakhani will be discussed in the Council on Tuesday. Babak...
View ArticleBus Equipped with Evaporative Cooler Unveiled in Iran
“The first bus equipped with evaporative cooler has been unveiled in the province and we are planning to overhaul and equip 20 old buses with the cooler over the next couple of months,” said Mojtaba...
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