Liam Callanan’s “Paris by the Book” published in Persian

TEHRAN – American writer Liam Callanan’s novel “Paris by the Book” has recently been published in Persian.

Nine movies from Iran competing in Brazil Ecocine festival 

TEHRAN – Nine Iranian movies are competing in the Ecocine International Film Festival, a Brazilian event dedicated to productions on the environment and human rights.

“The Inheritance”, “That Night’s Train” win awards at New Delhi Film Festival

TEHRAN – The 4th New Delhi Film Festival has honored Iranian movies “The Inheritance” and “That Night’s Train”.

Tehran center to host exhibition by Afghan artists 

TEHRAN – An exhibition of artworks by Afghan artists living in Iran will open at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Monday.

Owj docudrama chronicles life of war filmmaker Morteza Avini

TEHRAN – A docudrama produced at the Owj Arts and Media Organization recounts the life of Morteza Avini, the writer and documentarian whose films chronicled the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war known as the Sacred Defense in Iran.

Over 81,000 classrooms built in 8 years

TEHRAN – Some 81,500 classrooms have been constructed over the past 8 years across the country, Mehrollah Rakhshanimehr, director of the Organization for Development, Renovation, and Equipping Schools, has said.

COVID-19 screening for 100,000 passengers at borders

TEHRAN – Approximately 100,000 passengers have so far been tested for coronavirus at the country's official borders, head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society said on Sunday.

Charity foundation supports treatment of 7,000 infertile couples

TEHRAN – Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, has financially supported 7,000 infertile couples in rural areas to receive necessary treatments.

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All-in-one dialogue: A smarter way to be tough on Iran 

Nearly all prominent American think tanks with a determinant role in U.S. security and foreign policymaking have focused on President Joe Biden’s pledge to revitalize the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

TEDPIX loses 13,000 points on Sunday

TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), fell 13,414 points to 1.269 million on Sunday.

Gucci to leave PEC Zwolle at end of season

TEHRAN – Iranian forward Reza Ghoochannejhad has been deemed surplus to requirements by Dutch football club PEC Zwolle.

Solar farms’ installed capacity stands at nearly 900MW

TEHRAN- Iran’s installed capacity of solar farms stands at nearly 900 megawatts (MW), according to the Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian.

Iran says no plan yet to suspend Turkey flights due to virus

TEHRAN – The Association of Iranian Airlines (AIA) on Sunday announced that it has no plan at present to suspend flights to and from Turkey due to the spread of a new coronavirus variant.

Production of 8 major minerals, mining industry products up 54% in 11 months

TEHRAN - The production of eight major minerals and mining industry products has increased by an average of 54 percent in Iran in the first 11 months of the past Iranian calendar year 1399 (March 20, 2020-February 18, 2021), the latest data released by Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry show.

Commodities worth $200m traded at IME in a week

TEHRAN- During the past Iranian calendar week (ended on Friday), 367,605 tons of products worth $200 million were traded at Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME).

Annual production by major Iranian automakers rises 4%

TEHRAN - Three major Iranian carmakers, namely Iran Khodro Company (IKCO), SAIPA Group, and Pars Khodro, manufactured 900,714 vehicles in the past Iranian calendar year 1399 (ended on March 20), which was 4.3 percent more than the figure of its previous year, the data released by Codal website showed.

Street sweepers getting COVID-19 vaccine

On Saturday, the first group from a total of 500 street sweepers received the coronavirus vaccine in the city of Arak, central Markazi province.

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Huge whiffs of desperation in Washington now…

How grand that China and Iran have finally formalized, after several years of waiting, a 25 year (and likely more) “strategic agreement” that’s going to encompass not just trade and economies, but also cultural, educational, medical and other spheres, too.

Iran using new advanced centrifuges at Natanz

TEHRAN – The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has started feeding uranium into cluster of 174 IR-2m centrifuges at the Natanz nuclear facility, the IAEA confirmed in a report on Thursday.

Zarif to start tour of Central Asia

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will take a tour of the Central Asian states of Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, the Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday.

Lufthansa to resume Frankfurt-Tehran flights this month

TEHRAN - German airline Lufthansa announced on Friday that it would resume flights from Frankfurt to Tehran from April 16.

Noruz visits to Iranian museums falls by one-fifth due to virus

TEHRAN – Visits to Iranian museums fell by one-fifth during the recent Iranian New Year (Noruz) holidays (March 19-April 2) in comparison to the same period two years ago, when the new coronavirus was not yet an issue.