Alireza Akbari, a former Iranian official, has been executed after he was sentenced to death on charges of spying for the British intelligence agency ..read more

Although the emergence of New Persian, via partial relexification of Dari by Arabic, was essentially a literary process in which Arabic vocabulary was initially used in the writings of bilingual scholars and poets from the 9th century on, there was evidently some earlier input from both spoken Arabic and spoken Dari. Common Persian onomastic elements such as bu and ba and mir (amir: ‘commander’) correspond phonologically to the aphesis characteristic of vernacular Dari, as distinct from Pahlavi ..read more

Rashti-duzi is the art of traditional crocheting and sewing, which is considered one of the richest and most beautiful handicrafts of Gilan Province. Like many other handicrafts, it has a very long history ..read more

TASNIM – Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian voiced Iran’s readiness to construct power plants in Lebanon ..read more

Mohammad-Ali Hassannia Middle East affairs expert ..read more

IRNA – Manufacturing of agricultural and mining machinery in Iran has increased by 100 percent in the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-December 21, 2022), announced an official with the Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade ..read more

REUTERS – Venezuela's economy expanded around 15% last year, President Nicolas Maduro said on Thursday during his annual state of the nation address, crediting the expansion to diversification of the largely oil-focused economy ..read more

PRESS TV – Iran launched a major project to transfer desalinated water from the Persian Gulf to three provinces in its arid central regions ..read more

Saeed Azimi Staff writer ..read more

Economy Desk ..read more