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2021-05-10 22:23
Archaeologists excavate bazaar of Ardebil
TEHRAN - A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage experts has conducted a minor excavation at the Seljuk-era (1037–1194) bazaar of Ardebil, which is situated in northwest Iran.
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2021-05-10 21:17
Vast tourism complex under construction near Tehran
TEHRAN – A vast tourism complex is being constructed in Pakdasht, near the Iranian capital, Pakdasht’s tourism chief has said.
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2021-05-10 21:16
Leader to address students on May 11
TEHRAN— University students will have a virtual meeting with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei on May 11.
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2021-05-10 21:15
German FM calls for full restoration of JCPOA
TEHRAN – German Foreign Minister Heiko Mass has called for full restoration of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying time is of the essence in the current nuclear negotiations on the deal.
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2021-05-10 21:15
Iran-Iraq relations impervious to machination
TEHRAN – A mysterious set of events is unfolding in Iraq that resulted in a state of anxiety in the Iran-Iraq relations, prompting pundits to ponder whether there were plans to undermine relations between the two countries.
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2021-05-10 21:15
Backing Palestine is top foreign policy priority: Velayati
TEHRAN - Ali Akbar Velayati, a senior advisor to Leader of the Islamic Revolution, said on Sunday that the issue of Palestine continues to be one of the Islamic Republic’s top foreign policy priorities.
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2021-05-10 21:15
Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh announces presidential candidacy
TEHRAN - In a statement on Sunday, the Party of the Nation’s Path announced that it names Mohsen Mehr-Alizadeh as its presidential candidate.
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2021-05-10 21:14
MPs react to Kabul terrorist attack
TEHRAN— Zohreh Elahian, Alireza Zakani, and Mohammad Reza Ahmadi are among the MPs who have reacted to a massive terrorist attack at a high school for girls in Kabul, which left many casualties, including 68 dead and 165 injured.
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2021-05-10 21:14
Presidential hopefuls will start registration on Tuesday
TEHRAN— Registration of candidates for the presidential election will begin on May 11, starting from Tuesday morning.
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2021-05-10 21:13
Iran summons Iraqi ambassador over Karbala incident
TEHRAN— Following attacks on the Iranian Consulate in Karbala on Sunday, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday summoned the Iraqi ambassador to Tehran to remind that it is necessary that relevant Iraqi departments maintain security for Iran's diplomatic buildings in accordance with the 1961 Vienna Convention.
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2021-05-10 21:13
Those involved in assassination of Gen. Soleimani must be held accountable
TEHRAN— In his weekly press briefing on Monday, spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the recent attack on the Iranian consulate in the central Iraqi city of Karbala, saying that the Iraqi government must protect Iranian diplomatic centers according to the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations.
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2021-05-10 20:30
Coins of Parthian, Abbasid, and Safavid eras restored in Zanjan museum
TEHRAN – A total of 25 coins, which date from the Parthian, Abbasid, and Safavid eras, have recently been restored in a museum laboratory in Zanjan.
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2021-05-10 20:00
Iran to likely receive 10m doses of COVID-19 vaccine by early June
TEHRAN – Iran will receive about 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine by early June if the supply process goes on according to schedule, Sadeq Tabrizi, a health ministry official, said on Monday.
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2021-05-10 19:01
George Eliot’s “The Mill on the Floss” published in Persian
TEHRAN – English writer George Eliot’s 1860 novel “The Mill on the Floss” has recently been published in Persian in Tehran.
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2021-05-10 18:59
Brooklyn Film Festival to screen “The Tank” from Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian short “The Tank” will have its U.S. premiere during the 24th Brooklyn Film Festival, which will take place from June 4 to 13.
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2021-05-10 18:58
Iran, Finland working on co-production “Layers of Lies”
TEHRAN – Iran and Finland are collaborating in an action movie entitled “Layers of Lies”.
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2021-05-10 18:55
Turkish translation of “Inquests about Palestine” ready to be published
TEHRAN – Esmaeil Bandidarya has recently completed translating Iranian writer Zahra Mostafavi’s book “Inquests about Palestine” into Turkish and it is ready to be published in the near future.
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2021-05-10 18:44
Book on Gen. Soleimani’s role in regional developments published
TEHRAN – A book recently published by an Iranian center for strategic studies gives an analytical insight into the key role Lieutenant-General Qassem Soleimani played in regional developments in West Asia during the 2000s and 2010s.
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2021-05-10 18:38
Iranian vocalist Abdolvahab Shahidi dies at 99
TEHRAN – Iranian singer and composer Abodolvahab Shahidi, who was also an oud and santur virtuoso, died of heart failure at Tehran’s Resalat Hospital on Monday. He was 99.
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2021-05-10 17:58
Iran to send 16 archers to World Cup Stage 2
TEHRAN – Iran will send 16 archers to the 2021 Archery World Cup Stage 2 in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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2021-05-10 17:48
Travel destinations: Kolah-Farangi mansion
Kolah-Farangi mansion is one of the most gorgeous tourist attractions in Rasht. The structure is located on the southern side of Mohtasham Garden (also known as the City Park).
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2021-05-10 17:27
Boundary walls of iconic Iranian caravanserai restored
TEHRAN – The boundary walls of Yengi-Imam caravanserai, one of Iran’s iconic roadside inns of the 17th century, have been fully restored.
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2021-05-10 17:23
UNESCO-registered Gonbad-e Qabus prepared for restoration
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts has commenced a detailed examination of the UNESCO-registered Gonbad-e Qabus as a prerequisite for the restoration of the millennium-old tower.
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2021-05-10 17:15
By Masoud Hossein
VAR; highest priority for Iran football
TEHRAN - Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) has failed to fulfill its promise for over a year for video assistant referee (VAR) implementation and the country’s football pays the price for that.
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2021-05-10 16:22
Smuggled goods worth $70m confiscated
TEHRAN – Some 2.9 trillion rials (nearly $70 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) worth of smuggled goods have been seized across the country.
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2021-05-10 16:21
Some $766m proposed to drought management projects
TEHRAN – A total of 3.2 trillion rials (nearly $766 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has been proposed for drought management projects with the priority given to the immediate supply of fresh water in urban areas across the country.
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2021-05-10 16:19
Extending deal with IAEA possible, Iran says
TEHRAN – Iran on Monday voiced conditional readiness to extend a deal with the UN nuclear watchdog that is set to expire in few weeks, saying the extension of the temporary deal would depend on the Vienna talks moving in the right direction.
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2021-05-10 16:18
IRCS inaugurates 5,400 ‘crescent houses’ nationwide
TEHRAN – The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) inaugurated 5,400 “crescent houses” across the country on Monday to expand services of volunteer members to the needy in normal and critical situations in urban and rural areas.
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2021/05/10
By Steven Sahiounie
The normalization is a betrayal by the Arab monarchies
The resistance is stronger and more united than ever before
The current situation in West Asia is volatile and many-faceted. On the one hand, you have military conflicts and threats; while on the other hand, you have diplomatic negotiations proceeding. For example, there is tension between the Palestinian people and their Israeli occupiers and between Syria and Israel after the missile strike near Dimona nuclear reactor, and between Iran and Israel. On the side of diplomacy, there are the U.S. and international negotiations concerning a revival of Iran's nuclear deal.
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2021-05-10 16:01
By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili
The normalization will not make the Palestinian cause disappear: Political analyst
Abu Ali al-Ansari, a political analyst and Islamic scholar based in London, tells the Tehran Times that the Arab–Israeli normalization is a betrayal by Arab monarchies and it will not lead to the disappearance of the Palestinian cause.