The first round of the ancient Persian sport of Chogan, also known as Polo, is being held in Tabriz city in northwestern Province of East Azarbaijan, on Aug 11, 2018.

A rainy summer day in Rasht in northern Province of Gilan after weeks of hot weather on Aug 12, 2018.

Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrived in Aktau, Kazakhstan, on Sunday to participate in the Caspian Sea littoral states summit slated to be held within hours.

Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA – Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said settling the legal issues of the Caspian Sea is only possible through consensus of its five littoral states.

Tehran, Aug 12, IRNA - Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter Asghar Farhadi, twice an Academy Award winner, opened the 24th Sarajevo Film Festival.

Tehran, Aug 11, IRNA – Qorban Ali Tari, the first-ever goalkeeper of Iran's national football team died on Saturday at the age of 93.

Beijing, Aug 11, IRNA - Deputy Prime Minister Tarō Asō referred to US sanction on Iran oil, and said that Japan is after buying Iranian oil and being exempted from oil sanctions.

Baghdad, Aug 11, IRNA – Iraqi central bank in a directive announced that there is no problem for transactions with Iranian banks.

Tehran, Aug 11, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a message slammed US President Donald Trump's act to sanction Turkey.

Beijing, Aug 11, IRNA – A senior Chinese official said Saturday that his country will enhance economic relations with Iran without considering internal laws of third countries.