Tehran Times

2020-10-30 13:33
Zarif condemns Nice attack, urges sanity

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif denounced the Thursday terrorist attack in the French city of Nice that killed at least three citizens, saying this “vicious cycle” which is result of hate speech “must be replaced by reason and sanity”

U.S. plans new war to disintegrate Iraq, al-Kaabi warns

We’ll cut the ground from under Americans: Iraqi resistance leader

TEHRAN – Sheikh Akram al-Kaabi, the secretary general of Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba, warned the United States on Tuesday against procrastinating the withdrawal of its forces from Iraq, saying resistance groups will resume their attacks on American targets if the White House fails to pull out the U.S. troops from Iraq as soon as possible.
Leader: Macron’s blasphemy is insult to wisdom of people who have elected him

TEHRAN – Following the French president’s sacrilegious remarks against Islam and its Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday issued a short message intended to the French youth in which he wanted them to ask their president that why he insults the God’s prophet and calls it “freedom of expression”.
Iran hopes to introduce coronavirus vaccine within 4 months

TEHRAN – Health Minister Saeed Namaki has expressed hope that the country will introduce the home-grown COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 19, 2021).
Zarif dismisses report Iran has freed two U.S. spies in prisoner swap

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday vehemently dismissed as untrue a report that Iran has released two U.S. spies in a prisoner exchange deal.

Politics

Democrats and Republicans just differ in strategy, says former Iranian diplomat

TEHRAN - Hossein Mousavian, a former Iranian nuclear negotiator and a Princeton University research scholar, says the Democrats and Republicans are unanimous in advancing their country’s interests but they differ greatly in strategies.
Iran’s deputy FM undertakes shuttle diplomacy to end Azerbaijan-Armenia war

TEHRAN – Seyed Abbas Araghchi, the deputy foreign minister for political affairs, has begun a regional tour of four capitals to help end the deadly war in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
Tehran denounces assassination of Yemeni minister

TEHRAN – Tehran has strongly denounced the assassination of senior Yemeni official Hassan Muhammad Zaid, who served as the minister of youth and sports affairs in Yemen’s National Salvation Government and the secretary general of Al-Haq Party.

Persepolis transfer ban lifted

TEHRAN – FIFA has lifted the transfer ban of Iranian football club Persepolis.
Jafar Samiei named Persepolis General Manager

TEHRAN – Jafar Samiei was appointed as Persepolis football club General Manager.
Discus thrower Ehsan Hadadi answers critics

TEHRAN - Iran discus thrower Ehsan Hadadi, who will have surgery next week to remove his heel spur, answered his critics.

“Walnut Tree” to go on screen in Sanandaj

TEHRAN -- Mohammad-Hossein Mahdavian’s new film “Walnut Tree”, on the profound tragedy of Iraq’s chemical attack on the Iranian town of Sardasht in 1987, will go on screen in Sanandaj, Kordestan Province today.
European Film Week announces lineup

TEHRAN – A lineup of 16 films by European filmmakers from different countries will go on screen at a festival titled “European Film Week” opening in Tehran on November 7, the organizers have announced.
Iranian platforms stream “The Last Fiction”

TEHRAN -- Upera and Namava, two major Iranian platforms for the online movie screening, began streaming the acclaimed animated film “The Last Fiction” by Ashkan Rahgozar on Wednesday.

Modern irrigation systems implemented in 185,000 hectares of farmlands

TEHRAN – The director of Iranian Agriculture Ministry’s modern irrigation systems development plan announced that 185,000 hectares of farmlands have been equipped with modern irrigation systems since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).
TCCIMA holds webinar on expansion of trade with India

TEHRAN – Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) held a webinar on the expansion of trade and economic ties with India in collaboration with India’s PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well the two countries’ embassies.
Majlis approves double-urgency plan of subsidized essential goods

TEHRAN- Iranian parliament (Majlis) on Wednesday approved the double-urgency plan which obliges the government to subsidize essential goods, IRNA reported.

SDSs affect 43% of wetlands nationwide

TEHRAN –Wetlands across Iran measure about 3.4 million hectares in area, 1.4 million hectares of which, equivalent to 43 percent, have become sand and dust storm (SDS) hotspots.
National observatory to come on stream by mid-June 2021

TEHRAN – The national observatory of Iran, which is being built near the city of Kashan, central Isfahan province, will be put into operation by mid-June next year.
FAO holding eLearning program on Real Water Savings in Iran

TEHRAN – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is holding an eLearning program in Iran to equip experts with the requisite knowledge and skills to implement the advanced approach of Real Water Savings (REWAS) in the agriculture sector.

Cultural heritage, tourism in critical situation if coronavirus crises continue: minister

TEHRAN-Iran’s cultural heritage and tourism will be in a critical situation if the crises caused by the outbreak of the coronavirus continue, Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Wednesday.
Cyrus Cylinder: the story of 2,600-year-old icon of freedom

TEHRAN - The 2,600-year-old Cyrus Cylinder is a small barrel-shaped clay cylinder, almost the size of an American football, which was inscribed in enigmatic-looking cuneiform on the order of the Persian King Cyrus after he captured Babylon in 539 BC.
Water tourism, an untapped potential in Lorestan

TEHRAN - The western province of Lorestan is a land of natural resources, waterfalls, and ever-flowing rivers, which holds great potential for boosting water tourism in the region.

Putin, Erdogan discuss Nagorno-Karabakh, Syria, Libya

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep concern about the persisting conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh as well as the rising presence of foreign terrorists in the clashes in a phone conversation with his Turkish counterpart.
U.S. protests: Father of Black man killed by police urges calm after more unrest

The family of a Philadelphia Black man shot dead by police appealed on Tuesday for calm as a second night of protests over his death brought renewed violence, with clashes between police and demonstrators and some looting of stores.
Turkey condemns Charlie Hebdo over Erdogan cartoon

The rift between Muslim nations and France is growing after French President Emmanuel Macron said earlier this month that Islam was a religion in “crisis”.