Shrimp fishing in BushehrShrimp fishing in Bushehr

The southwestern province of Bushehr is known as the hub of fishing shrimps and prawns.

The fishing season starts in mid-August. 

Photo: IRNA / Afsaneh Jafari 

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Over 3% increase in blood donation registered Over 3% increase in blood donation registered 

TEHRAN- Blood donation in Iran has increased by more than three percent since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21) compared to the same period last year.

A total of 991,401 Iranians donated blood over the mentioned period, Bashir Haji-Beigi, the Blood Transfusion Organization spokesman said on Tuesday.

He went on to say that

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Iran to dispatch health attaché to IraqIran to dispatch health attaché to Iraq

TEHRAN- Health Minister Bahram Einollahi said on Thursday that the country’s first health attaché will be dispatched to Iraq soon.

“The health attaché will strengthen the cooperation and implementation of health agreements between the two countries,” Einollahi said in a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart Salih Al-Hasnawi in Baghdad.

"Negotiations

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TEDPIX drops 21,000 points on SaturdayTEDPIX drops 21,000 points on Saturday

TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), dropped 21,307 points to 2.129 million on Saturday (the first day of Iranian calendar week).

As reported, over 8.313 billion securities worth 64.913 trillion rials (about $132.4 million) were traded at the TSE.

TSE is one of the four Iranian stock exchanges, and the most important one. Th

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No to environmental degradationNo to environmental degradation

TEHRAN - Tehran is playing host to an international conference on combating sand and dust storms with representatives of more than 50 countries in attendance.

The two-day event is held based on resolution number A77571 of the United Nations General Assembly in 2022, with the support of the United Nations.

 Climate change has caused serious

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Table tennis player Noroozi content with performance in Asian championshipsTable tennis player Noroozi content with performance in Asian championships

TEHRAN - Table tennis player, Afshin Noroozi, believes that Iran performed well in both team and individual events at the 2023 Asian Table Tennis Championships.

At the 26th Asian Table Tennis Championship held in South Korea, Iran national team placed sixth overall. During the single events, Noroozi secured a victory over Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto,

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