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2021-04-03 21:08
Vehicle attack raises new questions about U.S. Capitol security
New questions are being raised about security measures around the United States Congress after a vehicular assault on a security checkpoint killed one Capitol Police officer, injured another and ended with the driver of the car shot dead.
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2021-04-03 21:07
Rallies hit 18 districts across Bahrain
Protesters have taken to the streets in Bahrain to show solidarity with political prisoners and call for their immediate release as the ruling Al Khalifah regime presses ahead with its cruel clampdown on human rights advocates and opposition figures in the tiny Persian Gulf kingdom.
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2021-04-03 21:00
Police seize Parthian-era jugs from smuggler
TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently confiscated two earthenware jugs from a smuggler in the city of Abhar, west-central Zanjan province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage has said.
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2021-04-03 20:52
Persepolis held by Shahr Khodro: IPL
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team came from behind to draw 1-1 with Shahr Khodro in Iran Professional League (IPL) Matchday 19 on Saturday.
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2021-04-03 20:30
Sassanid-era fortress visited by thousands of travelers in Noruz
TEHRAN – The centuries-old Falak-ol-Aflak Fortress in Khorramabad, the capital of Lorestan province, attracted about 13,000 holidaymakers during the two-week New Year (Noruz) holidays (March 19-April 2).
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2021-04-03 20:19
Iran to send eight powerlifters to Tbilisi 2021 World Cup
TEHRAN – Iran will send eight athletes to the 2021 Para Powerlifting World Cup.
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2021-04-03 20:00
New round of restoration to start on Jameh Mosque of Saveh
TEHRAN – A new round of restoration work is to commence on the 12th-century Jameh Mosque of Saveh, which is sometimes referred to as “a museum of Islamic architecture”.
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2021-04-03 19:38
Mojtaba Khorshidi named Machine Sazi coach
TEHRAN – Mojtaba Khorshidi has been named as new head coach of Iranian football team Machine Sazi on Saturday.
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2021-04-03 19:11
Iranian bookstores host “The Man Who Loved Books Too Much”
TEHRAN – American writer Allison Hoover Bartlett’s national bestseller “The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession” has recently been published in Persian.
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2021-04-03 19:08
Art Dubai 2021 showcases artworks by Iranian artists
TEHRAN – Works by Iranian artists were showcased at Art Dubai 2021, which came to an end on Saturday.
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2021-04-03 19:04
Woody Allen’s comedy play “Riverside Drive” on stage at Tehran theater
TEHRAN – American filmmaker and writer Woody Allen’s comedy play “Riverside Drive” is on stage at Sanubar Hall of Tehran’s Shahrzad Theater Complex.
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2021-04-03 19:02
Online art business brisk amid pandemic: gallery owner
TEHRAN – Lili Golestan, the owner of a major art gallery in Tehran, has said that her gallery quickly adapted to survive over the one-year-plus pandemic despite her preconception about virtual art showcases.
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2021-04-03 18:59
IIDCYA makes animations on national luminaries
TEHRAN – The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has produced a collection of animated movies to raise children’s knowledge of national luminaries.
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2021-04-03 18:42
Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari registers over 7,600 overnight stays in Noruz
TEHRAN – Iranian holidaymakers made more than 7,600 overnight stays in Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari province during the two-week Persian New Year (Noruz) holidays, starting March 20, the provincial tourism chief has said.
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2021-04-03 18:41
Symposium to explore Iran tourism over past 100 years
TEHRAN – Iran will be hosting a specialized symposium to explore its tourism ups and downs over the past 100 years. The symposium is scheduled to be held in the second half of the current Iranian calendar year.
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2021-04-03 18:32
Iran offers condolences on death of top WCC official Ghada Hijjawi
TEHRAN – Iranian tourism minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan offered condolences on Friday on the death of the World Crafts Council-Asia Pacific Region (WCC-APR) President Ghada Hijjawi, who died of COVID-19, praising her deep acquaintance with Persian handicrafts.
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2021-04-03 18:29
Joint Iran-Iraq committee to pursue Gen. Soleimani assassination
TEHRAN - The secretary of the Iranian Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights has said an investigation committee set up jointly by Iran and Iraq will follow up the case of the U.S. assassination of top Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
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2021-04-03 18:20
Iran to probably face drought this year: expert
TEHRAN – Iran will probably experience drought over the current [Iranian calendar] year (began on March 21), as only four provinces out of 31 provinces of the country received normal rainfall last year, director of flood control at Forests, Rangelands, and Watershed Management Organization said.
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2021-04-03 18:18
Coronavirus vaccination begins for autistic adults
TEHRAN – The first phase of vaccination against coronavirus for autistic people over the age of 18 started in Iran on Saturday.
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2021-04-03 17:59
Biden’s Iran envoy: U.S. has to lift sanctions inconsistent with nuclear deal
TEHRAN – Washington has to lift those sanctions that are inconsistent with the 2015 nuclear deal if Iran is prepared to reverse its retaliatory measures in reducing its commitments to the deal, Robert Malley, President Biden’s special envoy for Iran, has said.
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2021/04/03
By Professor Zhang Yuan
Staggered cooperation in a competitive environment between major powers
In the high-level strategic dialogue between China and the U.S. in Anchorage, Alaska, which ended on March 19, China and the United States showed a very frank and full of difference attitude.
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2021-04-03 16:52
By Ebrahim Fallahi
Iran’s petchem production capacity rises 13.5m tons
TEHRAN – The capacity of Iranian petrochemical production increased by 13.5 million tons in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) following the inauguration of 12 new petrochemical projects across the country.
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2021-04-03 16:16
Two Iranian wrestlers banned for four years
TEHRAN – Iran's National Anti-Doping Organization (NADO) has imposed a four-year ban on two wrestlers.
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2021-04-03 16:09
By Mohammad Mazhari
Muslims have become the new scapegoats in Europe: historian
TEHRAN - An American historian says Muslims have been used as scapegoats for the failures of European policies.
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2021-04-03 16:03
TEDPIX loses 11,000 points on Saturday
TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), fell 11,648 points to 1.282 million on Saturday, which is the first day of the Iranian calendar week.
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2021-04-03 16:02
IMIDRO identifies 1,700 new promising mineral zones across Iran
TEHRAN – Head of the explorations department of the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) has announced the identification of 1,700 new promising mineral zones across the country, IRNA reported.
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2021-04-03 15:38
Copper concentrate production rises 6% in 11 months
TEHRAN- Production of copper concentrate in Iran rose six percent during the 11 months from March 20, 2020 until February 18, 2021 (which was the first 11 months of the past Iranian calendar year), as compared to the same period of time in its preceding year.
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2021-04-03 15:27
Trade between Iran, UAE stands at $14b in a year
TEHRAN- The value of trade between Iran and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) stood at $14.279 billion in the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), an official with Iran's Trade Promotion Organization (TPO) announced.
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2021-04-03 15:19
‘Industry Ministry promoting production and development’
TEHRAN – Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Minister Alireza Razm-Hosseini has said his ministry’s incentive programs and packages have contributed a lot in promoting domestic production and development of the country.
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2021-04-03 14:21
Housing price increases 93% in Tehran city in a month yr/yr
TEHRAN- Housing price in Tehran city has risen 93.7 percent in the last month of the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), as compared to the same month of its previous year, according to the latest report released by the Central Bank of Iran (CBI).
