TEHRAN, June 20 (MNA) -- The Niavaran Cultural Center will be hosting Afghanistan’s national cultural festival from June 21 to 26.

TEHRAN, June 20 (MNA) -- The participants from 52 countries will compete at the 28th edition of the International Quran Competition which will be held from June 29 to July 4.

DOHA, June 20 (MNA) -- Sepahan defender Hadi Aghili on Sunday joined Al-Arabi SC of Qatar on a one-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

DOHA, June 20 (MNA) -- Iranian representative Persepolis lost to Kenshokai Red Hearts from Japan in the 2011 Asian Women's Club Volleyball Championship on Sunday.

TEHRAN, June 20 (MNA) -- Iran’s unemployment rate was 13.5 percent in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended March 20, 2011), the head of Statistical Center of Iran announced on Sunday.

TEHRAN, June 20 (MNA) -- The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) and the Export Development Bank of Iran (EDBI) signed a memorandum of understanding on Thursday.

TEHRAN, June 20 (MNA) – Some 9.5 million tons will be added to Iran’s cement production capacity by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2012).

TEHRAN, June 20 (MNA) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) won another landslide victory in the general election on June 12.

TEHRAN, June 20 (MNA) – Iran announced on Sunday that it has received the first images and telemetric data sent by the country's second domestically-manufactured satellite, 'Rasad' (Observation in

TEHRAN, June 20 (MNA) – Iran is keen to sign an agreement with Iraq on visa free travel, a Foreign Ministry official has said.