“Residents of Heart” coming to showcase wounds of war at Tehran gallery

TEHRAN – An exhibition entitled “Residents of Heart” will open at Tehran’s Fereshteh Gallery on Friday to display photos by Saeid Sadeqi that recall the agonies of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

German artist Olaf Probst displays works in Iran 

TEHRAN – Works by German artist Olaf Probst are on display at an exhibition in Tehran.

“Are You Volleyball?” tops at BCN Sports Film Festival

TEHRAN – Iranian director Mohammad Bakhshi’s acclaimed fiction short film “Are You Volleyball?” has won the Amphora Barcelona City, the award for best film, at the 9th BCN Sports Film Festival in Spain.

Iranian docufiction traces Hafez influence on Goethe

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Farshad Fereshteh-Hekmat has recently completed a docufiction that sheds light on great German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s inspiration from the Persian poet Hafez.

Kia Football Academy U13 win Cordial Cup

Kia Football Academy U13 claimed the title of the 2018 Cordial Cup.

TIPAX Co., Qatari Post Co. Ink MoU for Broadening Intl Coop.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Iran’s TIPAX Company and Qatar Post Company for broadening and enhancing bilateral cooperation, the Public Relations Dept. of the company reported.

Katayoun Khosrowyar shortlisted for WSU Coach Award

TEHRAN – Iranian football coach Katayoun Khosrowyar has been shortlisted for World Soccer United (WSU) Coach Award.

Iran ‘united’ in defying new U.S. policy: envoy

TEHRAN – Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeidinejad has denounced the recent anti-Iran remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, saying Iran is “united” in countering the new policy adopted by the Trump administration.

Australia edge Iran at Asian Women’s U17 Volleyball Championship

Australia defied against all odds to stun Iran in tie-breaker 22-25 20-25 25-19 25-21 15-9 and top Pool C at their last preliminary encounter in the 12th Asian Women’s U17 Volleyball Championship at the Nakhon Pathom Municipality Gymnasium on Tuesday.

Iran to establish nano exports center in Indonesia

TEHRAN – Iran will establish a center in Indonesia for promoting exports of nano products, an official with Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) has said.

Iranian, Austrian tech institutes plan to boost ties

TEHRAN – The Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT) and the Electronic Support Fund for Research and Development (ESFRD) of Iran plan to boost bilateral ties.

Iranian researchers study nano-cellulose food packaging

TEHRAN – Researchers at Shiraz University have studied gelatin and starch-based nano-composite films modified by nano-cellulose and chitosan for food packaging applications.

WIPO, Iran discuss ways to enhance cooperation

TEHRAN -- Iran and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) discussed ways to enhance cooperation in the near future.

Portuguese fort soaked in silence, history

For visitors to a medieval sea fort on Hormuz Island it is not hard to vividly imagine the hustle and bustle of Portuguese military forces who once occupied the southern Iranian island in the early 16th and early 17th centuries.

By Payman Yazdani

U.S.-EU possible soft tactic to contain Iran

The U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) has created a new rounds of speculations about the three European major players’ (the UK, France and Germany) capabilities and abilities to keep the deal alive without the U.S.

By Marzieh Salehi

Trump's deceiving Macron once again

TEHRAN - While the Islamic Republic of Iran and the European troika held talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) and how to provide solid assurances by the European Union to maintain the nuclear deal, French President Emanuel Macron once again raised the issue of "changing the JCPOA".

'No alternative' to Iran deal, EU's Mogherini tells U.S.

BRUSSELS – European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini warned Monday there was "no alternative" to the Iran nuclear deal, after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed unprecedented sanctions against Tehran following Washington´s withdrawal from the pact.

By Javad Heirannia

European countries can save JCPOA: professor

TEHRAN - Farhang Jahanpour, an adjunct professor in the Department of Continuing Education at the University of Oxford and a Middle East expert, says that “President Trump’s withdrawal from the JCPOA was opposed virtually by the entire world, with the exception of Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE.”

Queiroz defends his decisions about Team Melli’s squad

Iran national football team coach Carlos Queiroz has defended his 24-man squad selection for the 2018 World Cup.

Zarif: U.S. foreign policy ‘imprisoned by delusions and failed policies’

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the United States’ foreign policy is “imprisoned by delusions and failed policies”.

By Javad Heirannia

U.S. secondary sanctions is principal red line for Iran: Askari

TEHRAN – Professor Hossein Askari, an expert on Saudi Arabia who also teaches international business at the George Washington University, strongly believes that most European financial institution and corporation “would cut business ties with Iran.”

By Parham Janfeshan

Role of museums in improving efficiency of historical buildings

The International Museum Day, May 18, is an important event and a reminder of the 5th statement of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) general assembly, approved on May 28, 1977 in Moscow.

CHHTO breaks ground on anthropology museum

TEHRAN – The Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization on Sunday broke ground on an archeology and anthropology museum in the city of Masal, northern Gilan province.

Handcrafted leatherwear on display at CHHTO

TEHRAN – A patchwork of handcrafted leatherwear has been put on show at the headquarters of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization in Tehran.

Rugs dedicated to FIFA World Cup unveiled

TEHRAN – Seven rolls of handwoven rugs dedicated to the 2018 FIFA World Cup were unveiled during a ceremony, which was held in the northwestern city of Tabriz on Saturday.

38 historical relics seized in Ardebil

TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have recently confiscated 38 historical objects from smugglers in Meshgin Shahr, northwestern Ardebil province.

Blind women to help detect breast cancer

TEHRAN — A scheme with the aim of training blind women to help detect breast cancer has started in Iran.

Health Digital Media Festival slated for October

TEHRAN -- Iran’s Ministry of Health plans to hold the first Health Digital Media Festival on October 8, 2018.

1,600 meritorious mothers to be honored

TEHRAN – A number of 1,600 mothers from all over the country who are deserved to be honored have been identified, IRNA quoted Gholamreza Mohammadi, head of the cultural foundation of mother, an NGO based in the city of Shiraz, as saying on Friday.

Copper concentrate output increases 15% in a month

TEHRAN- Iran National Copper Company could produce 107,795 tons of copper concentrate in the first month of the present Iranian calendar year 1397, Farvardin (March 21- April 20), registering 15 percent growth in comparison with the same time in the preceding year, IRNA reported on Monday.