Tehran, Dec 11, IRNA – Iranian women shooting squad snatched a gold medal in the 10th Asian Airgun Championships which is underway in Japan. The event started in men and women sections on Dec 8 in Wako City. The Iranian team consisting of Fateme Ghodratollahi with 386, Hanieh Rostamian with 383 and Shirin Mortazavi with 375 points ranked first...Read More
More women than men live in poverty, but the incidence of poverty differs by age, marital status, household composition and other factors. For the first time, UN Women and the World Bank have analyzed household survey data for 89 countries by sex, age, household composition and other relevant variables to better understand the profile of...Read More
Kuala Lumpur, Oct 31, IRNA – A Malaysian delegation comprising entrepreneurs and businesswomen headed for Iran on Tuesday for a 3-day visit. Head of Malaysian Entrepreneur Network Association (WENA) Nadira Yusoff is heading the delegation. During its 3-day stay in Tehran, they are to attend inauguration ceremony for the second Iran’s export capabilities exhibition. They...Read More
Tehran, Oct 7, IRNA – Iranian woman Mojdeh Tabari became member of the board of directors of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is an international standard-setting body composed of representatives from various national standards organizations. Founded on 23 February 1947, the organization promotes worldwide proprietary, industrial and...Read More
A number of Iranian parliament’s female lawmakers discussed mutual cooperation and parliamentary relations with Irish Senate delegation. Zahra Saei, a member of parliament’s women faction said during the meeting that women will play a crucial role in further development of Iran-Ireland ties. Elaborating on the faction’s activities, she said that Iran has made remarkable progress in the field of...Read More
Tehran, Sep 16, IRNA – Iranian women futsal team defeated Palestinian team 16-1 in the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games of Asia and Pacific region in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, on Saturday. The Iranian squad managed to defeat the Palestinian team one day before the official inauguration of games in Ashgabat. Iranian women futsal team...Read More
Sari, Aug 12, IRNA — A female Iranian was chosen as the best woman referee of the world Championships 2017 in Bangkok, Thailand. Head of Martial Arts Association in Mazandaran Province Saber Akbarzadeh told Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) that Azar Maqdoori attended the World Championships for the fourth time. ‘Maqdoori is an international referee...Read More
Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA — Late Iranian math elite Maryam Mirzakhani’s math course is supposed to be granted to top Iranian mathematicians Head of Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) said. The ten-year-old course will be given to best mathematician of the country, Nasrollah Zargham made the remarks Saturday in a press conference. The winner...Read More
A woman has for the first time ever been promoted as head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Line Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Akhoundi in a decree assigned Farzaneh Sharafbafi to the post. The minister mandated Sharafbafi to structurally reform the Islamic Republic Airliner (Iran Air) so that it would be...Read More
Acclaimed Iranian director Asghar Farhadi introduced two prominent Iranian-Americans to represent his movie, “The Salesman,” at the Oscar Academy Awards which is to be held on Feb 26. The first female space tourist engineer Anousheh Ansari and former director of Solar Systems Exploration at NASA Professor Firouz Naderi are to attend the Oscar Academy Awards on Farhadi’s...Read More
