The announcement was made by the Sri Lanka Tea Board which said a total of $ 250 million that Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) owed Iran could offset payment for a year of tea export to the country, sundaytimes.lk reported.The Board said the central bank of Sri Lanka was already looking …

When Germany, as the beating heart of Europe, main developer of the European Union’s policies and largest economy of the continent lacks sufficient self-confidence, this means that Europe also fails to be an important political player in the international community.This increases the importance of the issue, as a weak Germany …

The fire broke out some 17 days ago in western parts of the lagoon straddling Iran and Iraq. On Friday, Iran began helping its western neighbor fight the big fire which was caused by high temperature and conditions resulted from drying up of the lagoon.Iran's firefighting operations are taking place …

Mohebollah Zir told Afghan media that those who were killed and injured have been transferred to Kabul hospitals.Meanwhile, Kabul Police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai confirmed killing of 11 people and injuring 48 others, saying the accident was a suicide attack.The attack happened when Kabul was waiting for General Abdul Rashid Dostum, …

Head of Kerman Emergency Department Mohammad Saberi told IRNA that seven wounded people have been hospitalized for bone fractures and the rest were outpatients.Reports by seismological centers affiliated to Tehran University Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 01:09 hours local time (20: 39 hours GMT) and its epicenter was registered …

Releasing a statement, Fazel Al-Gharavi announced that 460 Iraqi security forces and 269 protesters have been injured during the protests.He added that some 757 people were also arrested but most of them were released over the past two days. The protests caused damages to 91 residential and governmental buildings as …

In final match the Iranian squad hit Bosnia and Herzegovina, the former's rival of 20 years, in three straight sets and stood on the first place for the seventh time.The Iranian men's squad advanced to final match after defeating Japan, the Netherlands, Egypt and Ukraine.Iran also received the first quota …

According to the Seismological Center of the Geophysics Institute of Tehran University, the tremor occurred at 5:29 hours local time (0:59 GMT) in an area located at 14 km of Tazeh Abad, 27 km of Javanrud and 36 km of Kuzaran and at the depth of 7 km underground.Earlier, a …

A military source said in a statement to SANA that a military site in Masyaf in Hama countryside was targeted by an Israeli aerial aggression, causing only material damage.The source said that this aggression is an attempt to cover up for the collapse of terrorist organizations in Daraa and Quneitra …

Crisis Management Director General of Kermanshah governorate general Reza Mahmoudian said 20 of the injured were being treated at provincial medical centers while the others had been treated as outpatients and discharged.The 5.9-magnitude quake which hit Tazeh Abad, center of Salas Babajani city, also inflicted damage on 80 residential units …