Iran vows to remove obstacles to Hegmataneh UNESCO registration

TEHRAN – Iran is determined to remove obstacles to the possible registration of ancient Hegmataneh in the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Senior MP: Differences with U.S. on economic benefits, sanctions not resolved

TEHRAN— Head of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian parliament has said that Iran and the United States have not reached an agreement on the economic benefits of the JCPOA for Iran during their recent talks in Doha.

Iran’s top negotiator meets Russian deputy FM

TEHRAN— Ali Bagheri Kani, Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, visited Moscow on Friday.

The West forcibly backed down from some positions: advisor

TEHRAN – Mohammad Marandi, an advisor to the Iranian negotiating team at the nuclear talks, has said that the West was compelled to give up some of its positions in recent months and they will be forced to give up other positions in order to resolve the remaining issues.

Iran, Iraq FMs discuss Hajj collaboration

TEHRAN – The top diplomats of Iran and Iraq have held a telephone conversation in which they discussed a variety of issues, including the two countries’ cooperation on the Hajj.

China calls on U.S. to correct mistake regarding Iran, JCPOA

TEHRAN— The Chinese foreign ministry spokesman has said the United States should make up for its mistakes concerning the Islamic Republic and the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the official name for the 2015 nuclear deal.

Amir Abdollahian says Iran seeks to reap full economic benefits of JCPOA

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has noted that the negotiations to resurrect the 2015 agreement can bear fruit if Washington behaves realistically and gives Tehran strong assurances that it would be able to fully enjoy the deal's economic provisions.

"BRICS membership could be Raisi’s biggest post-regional foreign policy achievement"

TEHRAN — Abdollah Sohrabi, assistant to the Iranian foreign minister, has told Iran’s state radio that if Iran’s membership request to the BRICS secretariat is accepted, then this will mark the most important post-regional achievement of President Ebrahim Raisi in his foreign policy.

Iran, Syria open new chapter in relations

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian visited the Syrian capital on Saturday for talks aimed at further strengthening relations with the Arab country.

Sour cherry festival held in central Iran

TEHRAN – On Friday, a local festival dedicated to sour cherries, was held in a village in Taft, the central province of Yazd, CHTN reported on Saturday. 

Traditional needlework on show at tourism ministry

TEHRAN – Sets of traditional needlework from northern Iran, called Rashti-duzi by the locals, have been put on show at the headquarters of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts in Tehran.

Polls indicate more Israeli political impasse

Recent polls by various Israeli media outlets suggest the regime is facing more political deadlock come November when yet another election will be held, an unprecedented fifth over the past three years.

Tehran Auction exhibit held

An art aficionado visits an exhibition of the 16th Tehran Auction at Tehran’s Parsian Hotel on June 29, 2022.

FM says Iran strongly opposes possible Turkish military acts in Syria

TEHRAN— Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian said on Saturday that Tehran strongly opposes any possible Turkish military operation in northern Syria.

Gandoman wetland gets set to become tourist destination 

TEHRAN – Local tourism authorities want to improve agritourism infrastructure around the Gandoman wetland in southwestern Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province, the provincial tourism chief has said.

Consecutive quakes struck wind towers in southern Iran

TEHRAN – Consecutive quakes, the strongest of which measured 6.1 magnitude,  have hurt some 50 centuries-old wind towers (badgirs) in southern Iran. 

“The Doll”, “Makeup Artist” to compete in Melgaço documentary film festival

TEHRAN – Iranian movies “Makeup Artist” and “The Doll” will be competing in the MDOC - Melgaço International Documentary Film Festival in Portugal.

Reza Derakhshani’s “Simorgh Hunting” fetches about $250,000 at Tehran Auction

TEHRAN – “The Simorgh Hunting”, a mixed media on canvas by Reza Derakhshani, sold at the 16th Tehran Auction on Friday for 80 billion rials (about $250,000 based on Iran’s free-market exchange rate: $1 = 320,060 rials), a price that made it the most expensive artwork sold at the national sale.

Koniko Yamamura, narrator of “Immigrant from the Land of the Sun”, dies

TEHRAN – Koniko Yamamura, the Japanese-Iranian narrator of the Persian bestseller “Immigrant from the Land of the Sun”, died from a respiratory problem at Tehran’s Khatam al-Anbia Hospital on Friday.

An interview with Nafise Alavi

“Street’s Feeling” and the loneliest people

Despite the wide range of topics in our society, social fiction has not had much of an impact in the last decade, but the excellent book "Street's Feelings" about addiction and homelessness is a notable exception.

COVID-19 cases increase by 3 folds

TEHRAN – In the first week of the Iranian calendar month of Tir which began on June 25, COVID-19 hospitalizations and outpatients have tripled in the country.

Private sector of Iran ready to transit Ukrainian goods

TEHRAN – Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) has voiced the Iranian private sector’s readiness for transiting Ukrainian goods through Iran and the Persian Gulf in a meeting with Ukraine's Ambassador to Tehran Sergey Burdylyak.

Iranian oil output surges 16% in 2021: BP

TEHRAN – British Petroleum, in its latest global energy report dubbed “Statistical Review of World Energy” has said Iran’s oil production increased by 16.1 percent or 540,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2021 despite the U.S. sanctions.

TEDPIX loses 12,000 points on Saturday

TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), lost 12,000 points to 1.501 million on Saturday (the first day of Iranian calendar week).