An Iranian sociologist says men are increasingly unwilling to marry in the traditional way, and are resorting more and more to temporary marriage, or Siqa. This is largely due to an unprecedented increase in the cost of gold coins, the most…
According to figures released by the Iranian parliament (Majles), over 60 thousand of the country’s most talented and educated people left the country last year to live and work abroad.
Marjan Hamidi turned away from the butcher’s shop in a crowded area of Tehran’s sprawling bazaar. Her quest to buy reasonably priced groceries was not going well.
Iran's Revolutionary Guard says it has begun a two-day land military exercise to upgrade its capabilities to defend the country against possible external threats.
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has reached an agreement with the International United Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (UNIPEC) to increase oil exports to China to 500,000 barrels per day (bpd).
A Tehran court has begun hearing the trial of dozens of defendants in a $2.6 billion fraud case. The chief prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi, on February 18 read the indictment against the 32 accused at the opening session at the…
Iranian warships have passed through Egypt's Suez Canal and entered the Mediterranean Sea, in a move likely to be watched closely by Israel.
Iran has stopped selling crude to British and French companies, the oil ministry said on Sunday, in a retaliatory measure against fresh EU sanctions on the Islamic state's lifeblood, oil.
There are growing fears today for the well-being of Moahmmad Seddigh Kaboodvand, the Iranian-Kurdish human rights activist who has been on a hunger strike in Evin Prison since Sunday.
Belgium's Society for Worldwide International Financial Telecommunication, or Swift, is preparing to ban sanctioned Iranian banks and companies from using its financial communications and clearing system, the organization said Friday.
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