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2024-05-06 21:56
By Ali Hamedin
"Gaza”: a cinematic journey through resilience and struggle
TEHRAN-"Gaza" is a documentary directed by Garry Keane and Andrew McConnell, produced in 2019 by Ireland, Canada, and Germany. This documentary takes audiences on an 86-minute exploration of the daily struggles and resilience of the people living in this small strip of land. Filmed between the Israeli war in 2014 and the border protests in 2018, "Gaza" is backed by Ireland and premiered at Sundance before kicking off its international release at the Dublin Film Festival.
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2024-04-30 17:45
EXCLUSIVE:
Student protests motivated solely by shared humanitarian values: expert
‘Police crackdown has shown emptiness of the American set of alleged moral values’
TEHRAN – A senior American political analyst says student protests in U.S. universities against Israel’s “barbarism” in the Gaza Strip are “motivated solely by shared humanitarian values.”
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2024-04-27 18:06
Khuzestan meeting explores tourism prospects
TEHRAN - Khuzestan has played host to a meeting aimed to discuss the future of tourism and heritage conservation across the southwestern Iranian province.
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2024-04-20 17:42
By Ali Hamedin
"Godzilla Minus One" and "Oppenheimer": narrating the atomic bombing from two lenses
TEHRAN-In 1945, at the end of World War II, the United States sent two ambassadors of peace to Japan: “Little Boy” and “Fat Man”. These not-so-harsh names belong to the two atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The atomic bombings killed about 220,000 people, mostly civilians.
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2024-04-16 18:06
Maymand to enjoy tourism boom if it wins UN Tourism label
TEHRAN – Kerman province’s tourism chief has expressed optimism about the potential tourism boom for Maymand Village, a UNESCO-registered site if it secures a prestigious label from the UN Tourism as an exceptional rural tourism destination.
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2024-04-02 17:12
By Ali Hamedin
"Tears of Gaza”: the unseen reality of Israel's oppression
TEHRAN-Gaza is a land that has experienced the relentless oppression of the Israeli regime for generations. The small strip of land in the occupied Palestinian territories is home to numerous tragic and terrifying memories, making it the focus of many documentaries over the years.
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2024-03-15 22:23
Pakistani ambassador in exclusive interview with Tehran Times:
Iran, Pakistan should have robust cooperation in different fields
TEHRAN – Encouraging further cooperation across various domains such as culture, tourism, and trade, the Pakistani ambassador to Iran has emphasized the importance of strengthening the longstanding bond between Iran and Pakistan.
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2024-03-15 18:16
By Afshin Majlesi
Discovering Iran: Chinese influencers’ tale of hospitality and friendship
On Friday, in the serene ambiance of Golestan Palace, amidst the whispers of ancient history, I sat down with a group of Chinese media influencers visiting Tehran’s sole UNESCO-listed site.
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2024-03-12 21:56
Zarif in exclusive interview with Tehran Times:
Israel can defeat Arab armies but not Arab resistance
TEHRAN – During an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times, former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlighted that Israel’s ongoing deadly campaign in Gaza though disastrous, is completely futile.
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2024-03-06 11:53
By Masoud Hossein
Rahimov: Iran is a developed country in Paralympic Movement
TEHRAN - The International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) President Ilgar Rahimov praised the Iranian Para athletes and considered the country as a developed nation in the Paralympic Movement.
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2024-02-27 21:14
Venezuela FM to Tehran Times:
A new world is taking shape
GENEVA– In an exclusive interview with the Tehran Times, Venezuela's Foreign Minister stated that the world is on the cusp of a transformation that would allow different countries to build their relations based on solidarity and respect.
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2024-01-14 10:45
'Primary objective of Israel is to depopulate Gaza of its Palestinian population
‘U.S. policy toward the war has been nothing other than hypocritical’: GU professor
TEHRAN – A professor of government at Georgetown University in Qatar says the United States’ approach toward the Israeli war on Gaza is purely hypocritical.
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2024-01-07 18:27
Travel facilitation helps diminish Iranophobia, minister says
TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism minister Ezzatollah Zarghami has said the impact of anti-Iran sentiments, fueled by the U.S. and some other Western powers, will be diminished by attracting more visitors to the ancient land.
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2024-01-05 22:39
By Alireza Akbari
Justice will prevail for martyr Soleimani: official
TEHRAN- Iran remains steadfastly committed to bringing to justice those responsible for the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, says the head of the Constitutional Council's Research Institute.
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2024-01-03 20:17
General Soleimani pushed for unity among Iraqi Shias, Sunnis and Kurds: Ammar Hakim
BAGHDAD - Ammar Hakim, leader of Iraq's National Wisdom Movement, calls Lieutenant General Soleimani a kind-hearted person who established good interactions with all Iraqi religious and ethnic groups, including Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds.
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2023-12-23 21:47
By M.A. Saki
Ex-CIA chief analyst says Israel “really cannot” destroy Hamas
‘Western support a major factor in enabling Israel to continue down the tragic path’: senior expert
TEHRAN – “Obviously the unqualified Western support has been a major factor in enabling Israel to continue down the tragic path that has led to the situation we see today,” says Paul Pillar, a nonresident fellow at the Center for Security Studies at Georgetown University.
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2023-12-17 22:34
By Alireza Akbari
Young minds collaborating with research center of Constitutional Council: official
TEHRAN- Head of the Constitutional Council's Research Institute Abbasali Kadkhodaei shed more light on the activities of the Institute in an interview with the Tehran Times.
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2023-12-17 22:31
‘Israelis want all of Palestine,’ activist says of the war on Gaza
“Israel is the most dangerous country in the world for Jews”
TEHRAN - Greta Berlin, an American anti-Zionist activist, says Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip is primarily intended to drive out Palestinians from the coastal enclave and shove them into Egypt.
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2023-12-03 00:53
Mohsen Kaveh named Iran freestyle wrestling coach
TEHRAN – Mohsen Kaveh was named as new head coach of Iran freestyle wrestling team on Saturday.
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2023-11-24 22:46
Senior Yemeni military official confirms to Tehran Times:
Palestinian cause is one of the first priorities of Yemen’s policy
On November 19, the Yemeni Armed Forces seized an Israeli-linked cargo ship in a crucial Red Sea shipping route and took its crew members hostage over the Israeli aggression against Gaza. With this step, the Yemenis have forced the major countries to reconsider their absolute support for the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The Yemeni army has also noted that through its savage acts the Israeli entity is involved in sabotaging global trade, 12% of which passes through the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
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2023-11-22 23:09
Biden's sanguinary stance on Gaza runs counter to wishes of most Americans: analyst
It is no wonder some sources are referring to Biden as “Genocide Joe”
TEHRAN – A political analyst says President Joe Biden’s ruthless position on the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip even contravenes the views of most American citizens.
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2023-11-20 23:43
By Mohaddeseh Pakravan
Ex-UN official urges boycotts, sanctions against Tel Aviv
TEHRAN – Referring to the lack of self-defense rights for the Israeli regime, the UN's former rapporteur on human rights in the occupied Palestinian territories called for punitive and substantive actions against Tel Aviv.
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2023-11-17 18:48
By Afshin Majlesi
Breaking bread and borders: a taste of Italy in Tehran
TEHRAN - On Thursday, Rome’s embassy in Tehran organized a culinary event that went beyond just taste to the realms of craftsmanship, memory, cultural heritage, and novelty.
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2023-11-14 21:59
By M.A. Saki
Israel’s Eliyahu is criminally insane: nuclear physicist
‘Suggesting to nuke Gaza refugees wouldn’t significantly increase Israel’s deterrence’
TEHRAN – A senior nuclear physicist describes Israeli far-right minister Amihai Eliyahu who proposed using nuclear arms against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as “criminally insane”.
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2023-11-12 20:47
By M.A. Saki
Threatening to use nuclear arms is ‘counterproductive in the extreme’: Kimball
ACA chief says every country should strongly condemn Eliyahu for threatening to nuke Gaza
TEHRAN – Daryl G. Kimball, Executive Director of the Arms Control Association (ACA) in Washington, suggests that threatening or using nuclear weapons, especially against a non-nuclear state or population, goes against “international law”, is “immoral” and is “counterproductive in the extreme”.
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2023-11-11 11:07
Israel willing to use nuclear bombs whenever is in danger: security and nuclear policy specialist
‘NPT signatories should push UN Security Council to act fast to denuclearize Israel’
TEHRAN - A Middle East security and nuclear policy specialist at Princeton University says countries in the Middle East region should realize that Israel is willing to nuclear weapons whenever it feels it “is in danger”.
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2023-11-08 17:59
Iran to celebrate 6th anniversary of Chogan’s UNESCO designation
TEHRAN – The ancient city of Bam prepares to host an international event to celebrate the sixth anniversary of Chogan’s registration on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
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2023-10-31 23:19
By Mehdi Soltani
Russian professor proposes free trade regime and common technological space with Iran
Bezrukov believes ‘Western sanctions are expediting the global redistribution of power’
MOSCOW - Russian Professor Andrey Bezrukov suggests establishing a free trade agreement and a common economic and technological space between Russia and Iran.
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2023-10-25 17:31
Iranian swimmer Zeighaminejad wins one more gold at Hangzhou 2022
HANGZHOU, China – Iranian swimmer Sina Zeighaminejad won his third gold medal in the 2022 Asian Para Games on Wednesday.
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2023-10-19 09:21
United front needed to stop genocide against Palestinians: Trudeau's former parl. sec.
TEHRAN – Urging for an international united front to stop Israel including sanctioning Tel Aviv, Celina R. Caesar-Chavannes says what is happening in Gaza is genocide against the Palestinian people.