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2021-04-20 19:36
Iran supports Iraqi mediation between Tehran and Riyadh: ambassador
TEHRAN – The Islamic Republic supports Baghdad's mediation to bring Tehran closer to countries with which relations have soured, Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad Iraj Masjedi told state news IRNA in an interview published on Tuesday.
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2021-04-20 19:18
Over 9,000 prisoners of involuntary crimes freed
TEHRAN – Iranian benefactors helped release a total of 9,398 inmates of unintentional crimes across the country over the past Iranian calendar year (March 2020-March 2021), according to the Blood Money Organization.
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2021-04-20 19:17
Health sector holds 15% share in national budget
TEHRAN – Some 15 percent of the national budget for the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 20) has been allocated to the health sector, deputy health minister Kamel Taqavinejad has said.
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2021-04-20 19:15
Iran breaks U.S. monopoly on recombinant flu vaccine
TEHRAN – An Iranian knowledge-based company has acquired the technology to produce a recombinant human influenza vaccine, which was monopolized by the United States, IRNA reported on Tuesday.
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2021-04-20 19:12
55 properties in East Azarbaijan added to cultural heritage list
TEHRAN – In the past Iranian calendar year (ended March 19) a total of 55 historical, cultural and natural properties in the northwestern East Azarbaijan province were added to the national heritage list.
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2021-04-20 19:00
“One Hundred Days” at Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN - Swiss writer Lukas Bärfuss’ acclaimed novel “One Hundred Days” has recently been published by Markaz Publications in Tehran.
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2021-04-20 18:45
Some $2m paid to support handicraft sector in West Azarbaijan
TEHRAN – The director general of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Department of West Azarbaijan province has said that 8 billion rials (some $2 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) in loans were paid to handicraft artisans of the province in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended March 19).
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2021-04-20 18:39
Iran’s representative elected OPCW vice president for third time
TEHRAN – Iran’s representative to The Hague-based Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was elected for a third time in a row as the vice-chairperson of the international body.
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2021-04-20 18:35
UNESCO to assess Iran’s “land of caravanserais” for world heritage
TEHRAN - Caravanserais in the city of Miami, which is known as the “land of caravanserais” in Iran, are being prepared to be assessed by UNESCO for inclusion in the World Heritage list.
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2021-04-20 18:15
Solana: Since ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran proved a ‘resounding failure’ we must hope Vienna talks suc
‘The JCPOA was not intended to be a panacea,” former EU chief diplomat notes
TEHRAN – Former European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana says since Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign against Ian proved to be total failure “we must hope” the talks in Vienna to revitalize the nuclear deal will succeed.
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2021-04-20 17:33
Joint U.S.-UAE Film glorifies Daesh terrorists
TEHRAN - Exposing the U.S. and the UAE propaganda, a critique published by IRNA looks at the political dimensions of the film “Mosul” and its attempts to distort historical facts
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2021-04-20 17:30
“Sky Sun, Tile Sun” competing in London Kurdish Film Festival
TEHRAN-Iranian director Ziba Arjang’s short animation “Sky Sun, Tile Sun” is on screen at the 12th edition of the London Kurdish Film Festival, which is currently underway virtually in the UK capital, ILNA reported on Monday.
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2021-04-20 17:29
Animation series on Persian poet Sadi’s Bustan produced
TEHRAN-An animation series based on the tales of the 13th-century Iranian poet Sadi’s major work Bustan has been produced by the IRIB’s Fars provincial channel, ISNA reported on Tuesday.
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2021-04-20 17:27
Iranian Film Festival Australia to open with “TiTi”
TEHRAN- “TiTi” by Ida Panahandeh will open the 10th edition of the Iranian Film Festival Australia (IFFA) in Perth on May 20, the organizers have announced.
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2021-04-20 17:25
By Mohammad Mazhari
Japanese professor calls Iran-China partnership epoch-making
“The world is drifting from unipolar to multipolar”
TEHRAN – A Japanese professor is of the view that the Iran-China partnership is “epoch-making” that shows the emergence of a non-U.S. economic axis in the world.
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2021-04-20 17:23
By Mohammad Ali Saki
Russia-U.S. ties hit bottom under Biden presidency: researcher
TEHRAN – A Turkish academic says that U.S.-Russia relations have aggravated under the Biden administration due to Biden's remarks against Vladimir Putin.
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2021/04/20
By Jim W. Dean
Duante Wright, a senseless death due to family and police negligence
America saw another tragedy in the senseless death of this young black man. Two lives are now destroyed, a 20 year old young man struggling with competency and responsibility issues, and a 26 year female police veteran who when attempting to tase the resisting arrest man, drew her service revolver from her right hip when the taser was on her left hip.
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2021-04-20 17:02
Chad President Idriss Deby has died: Army spokesman
Chad’s newly re-elected President Idriss Deby has died of injuries suffered on the frontline while fighting rebels in the north of the Sahel country, an army spokesman said on Tuesday.
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2021-04-20 16:03
Bulgarian companies eager for entering Iranian market
TEHRAN – Bulgaria’s Ambassador to Tehran Nikolina Kuneva in a meeting with the Head of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mining and Agriculture (TCCIMA) Masoud Khansari said her country’s companies are eager for cooperation with their Iranian counterparts.
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2021-04-20 15:39
Iran launches plan to produce 14m cellphones, tablets in 5 years
TEHRAN - Iran's Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Sattar Hashemi has announced the launch of a five-year plan for the domestic production of 14 million cellphone and tablets.
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2021-04-20 15:37
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Snowa Company, an Iranian producer of home appliances, is planning to establish a technology center inside the University of Isfahan in collaboration with the Vice Presidency for Science and Technology.
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2021-04-20 15:33
PART 2
Popular souvenirs to buy while visiting Iran
One of the traditions of Ancient Persia is handicrafts, which are preserved in the culture of the nation and passed on from generation to generation.
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2021-04-20 15:25
TEDPIX gains 2,000 points on Tuesday
TEHRAN- After several days of decline, TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), rose 2,824 points to 1.219 million on Tuesday.
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2021-04-20 13:47
Electricity supplied to 62 villages in 16 provinces
TEHRAN- The projects for supplying electricity to 62 villages in 16 provinces were inaugurated by Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian in a ceremony on Tuesday.
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2021-04-20 13:34
By Mehrdad Pahlavani, Asia analyst
Reviving the nuclear deal: 10 points to remind and 10 points to refrain
A long-term negotiated deal that its content was written with great care and sensitivity is again drown into a serious dispute.
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2021-04-20 13:24
Over $30b worth of state-owned properties privatized in a year
TEHRAN- Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Ministry announced that over 1.27 quadrillion rials (about $30.2 billion) worth of government properties and assets have been transferred to the private sector during the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), IRIB reported.
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2021-04-20 13:24
Iran joins world’s top 5 steam turbine builders
TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday unveiled the country’s first domestically-made steam turbine rotor which is installed in a power plant in the capital Tehran, IRNA reported.
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2021-04-20 13:24
Thermal power plants’ capacity to rise 69,000 MW by mid-June
TEHRAN – As announced by the managing director of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH), 69,000 megawatts (MW) new capacity of thermal power plants will enter the network by mid-June and after the end of the overhaul operations.
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2021-04-20 12:43
By Farrokh Hesabi
What a great start to 2021 ACL for Iranian teams
TEHRAN – The four Iranian teams have been amazing so far at the 2021 AFC Champions League.
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2021-04-20 10:22
Iran, P4+1 start drafting nuclear deal, Russia says
TEHRAN – Diplomats from Iran and the remaining parties to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal have entered the stage of drafting a new agreement to revive the nuclear deal, the Russian envoy to the Vienna nuclear talks said on Monday.