TEHRAN, July 18 (MNA) — Roads and Transportation Minister Hamid Behbahani has urged domestic airlines to replace worn-out Tupolev planes with modern ones.

TEHRAN, July 18 (MNA) – Deputy police chief Ahmad Reza Radan has said 40 criminals who had been trying to create insecurity in Zahedan were arrested on Friday.

TEHRAN, July 18 (MNA) -- Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has harshly condemned Thursday’s deadly terrorist attacks in Zahedan and says he believes the United States was behind the incident.

TEHRAN, July 18 (MNA) -- The 27 innocent people who were killed in a terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan were laid to rest on Saturday.

QOM, July 18 (MNA) – In a statement issued on Saturday, Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi said the nation must not let the Zahedan incident create any kind of discord among Shia and Sunnis.

TEHRAN, July 18 (MNA) – Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani will head to Geneva on Sunday to participate in the third Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) conference which will start on July 19.

TEHRAN, July 18 (MNA) – The dossier of Tehran University dormitory incident has been handed over to judicial officials, MP Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabifard said on Thursday.

TEHRAN, July 17 (MNA) -- Four Iranian plays are entertaining French audiences during the 64th Avignon Theater Festival running from July 7 to 27.

TEHRAN, July 17 (MNA) -- Winners of the 27th International Quran Competition have been announced during a ceremony held on Wednesday at Tehran’s Summit Conference Hall.

TEHRAN, July 17 (MNA) – The 57th session of Damascus International Fair opened on Wednesday with 18 Iranian companies participating.