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2021-08-01 18:47
International fiction festival on announces winners
TEHRAN – Iran’s international fiction festival on the coronavirus pandemic announced winners on Sunday.
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2021-07-07 19:21
Brief
Thespians stage performance to keep hope alive amid pandemic
TEHRAN – A cast of 100 thespians staged a performance named “Life Is Still on” in a crowded neighborhood in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on Wednesday to encourage people to live with hope during the pandemic.
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2021-06-30 12:29
Second year into pandemic: national university entrance exam kicks off
TEHRAN – As the COVID-19 pandemic still poses a serious challenge, Iran’s national university entrance exam (Konkur) started on Wednesday under health protocols and will run through July 3.
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2021-06-25 13:30
Ayatollah Khamenei receives first dose of Iranian-made coronavirus vaccine
TEHRAN – On Friday, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei received the first dose of the Iranian-made COVIRAN BAREKAT vaccine against the coronavirus pandemic.
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2021/06/19
By Fatemeh Fazli
India's Covid-19 crisis dents PM Modi's image
The devastating Covid-19 crisis in India has irreparably dented the well-crafted image of the country's premier, Narendra Modi, with questions being raised over his style of governance during the pandemic.
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2021-06-16 17:09
By Salman Parviz
Many changes due to pandemic irreversible
Will the “new normal” bring new opportunities?
Previously plagues such as the Black Death and the Spanish flu pandemic had huge ramifications for the world afterward. Black Death is the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history from 1346 to 1353. Some 75-200 million people in Euroasia and North Africa and Europe perished.
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2021-06-12 18:37
Book teaches world how to rethink traditional systems in pandemic published in Persian
TEHRAN – “COVID-19: The Great Reset”, a book co-authored by Klaus Schwab and Thierry Malleret to teach the world how to rethink traditional systems in the pandemic has been published in Persian.
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2021-05-11 16:43
ICRC ready to support Iran’s IRCS for vaccinating refugees
TEHRAN – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is ready to support the Iranian Red Crescent Society for vaccinating refugees living in the country against the coronavirus.
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2021-04-30 15:51
Iranian anti-corona spray unveiled
TEHRAN – Iran unveiled a domestically-made spray on Thursday, which is used to convert ordinary masks into masks that can kill coronavirus.
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2021-04-28 21:33
Sanctions prevent encountering health crisis
TEHRAN— Majid Takht Ravanchi, Iranian ambassador to the United Nations criticized United Nations Security Council’s inaction towards unjust sanctions against Iran during a severe pandemic on Wednesday.
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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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2021-03-20 17:20
Rouhani issues New Year message, ushers in end of ‘economic war’
TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has extended his congratulations to the Iranian people on the Persian New Year, ushering in the end of an unprecedented economic war.
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2021-03-14 22:31
COVID-19 inflicts $1.1 billion in losses on Isfahan tourism
TEHRAN – The tourism industry of Isfahan province has suffered a loss of some 48,000 billion rials (about $1.1 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, a provincial tourism official announced on Sunday.
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2021-02-20 17:18
Iraqi travelers worsen pandemic in Khuzestan: governor general
TEHRAN – Iraqi nationals visiting Iran have worsened the coronavirus pandemic in the southwestern Khuzestan province, IRNA quoted the province’s governor general as saying on Saturday.
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2021-02-19 18:32
Pandemic postpones Tehran International Sculpture Symposium
TEHRAN – The 10th edition of the Tehran International Sculpture Symposium, which was due to open on Friday with sculptors competing in national, international and student sections, has been postponed due to the pandemic.
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2021-02-17 18:07
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Towards higher energy efficiency
TEHRAN - Cities are ground zero for the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the pre-existing structural weaknesses. As we respond and work towards recovery, we look to our cities as hubs of the community, human innovation, and ingenuity.
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2021-02-06 18:48
36th Fajr Music Festival to go online
TEHRAN – The organizers of the 36th edition of the Fajr Music Festival have decided to stream the performances online this year due to the pandemic and coronavirus restrictions.
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2021-02-05 15:37
By Mehdi Garshasbi
Global Innovation Index puts Iran 4th in West Asia
TEHRAN – Iran has ranked 60th in the world and 4th in West Asia in the 2021 Global Innovation Index which analyzes dozens of criteria using seven equally weighted metrics, including research and development spending, manufacturing capability, and concentration of high-tech public companies.
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2021-01-12 18:47
Fajr art festival to honor COVID-19 photographers
TEHRAN – The Fajr Festival of Visual Arts will be honoring the photographers who were active during the pandemic, were tested positive with CVODI-19, or died of COVID-19.
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2021-01-08 18:42
Tehran International Book Fair goes online
TEHRAN – The Tehran International Book Fair, which once was canceled earlier in spring 2020 due to the pandemic, will go online from January 20 to 25, the organizers have announced.
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2020-12-06 18:21
Fajr filmfest 2021: pandemic forces jury-only screenings
TEHRAN – The 39th edition of the Fajr Film Festival, Iran’s major film event, will go ahead with screenings but only for the jury due to a sharp spike in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country.
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2020-12-02 19:03
Pandemic postpones Iran’s Cinéma Vérité festival
TEHRAN – The pandemic in Tehran has pushed back the start of the 14th edition of the Cinéma Vérité festival, Iran’s major international festival for documentary films, one week to December 15.
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2020-11-18 22:03
75 lawmakers call on Trump administration to ease sanctions on Iran
TEHRAN – Democratic lawmakers have urged the outgoing president of the United States to show leniency and allow coronavirus aid to be sent to Iran as the White House drew up a plan to step up sanctions on Iran in the remaining weeks of Donald Trump’s presidency.
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2020-10-12 18:01
Unilateral coercive measures may hamper global efforts to combat pandemic: Iran’s health minister
TEHRAN – Unilateral coercive measures may not only hamper effective interventions in combating the pandemic but in general terms, will hinder our global goals and regional commitment to achieve Universal Health Coverage, Health Minister Saeed Namaki said.
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2020-10-09 17:14
Armed forces support health sector in battling COVID-19
TEHRAN – As the COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging the whole country, fifty-six hospitals belonging to the armed forces have been equipped to exclusively admit patients infected with the coronavirus.
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2020-10-09 17:13
National mental health week starts amid pandemic
TEHRAN - The national mental health week is being observed in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic and with a focus on “Mental health for all: more investment - more access for all, everywhere”.
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2020-09-26 20:45
Turkish Airlines resumes flights to Tehran after six months halt
TEHRAN – Following months of ups and downs, Turkey’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines resumed its flights to Tehran on Saturday after six months of suspension over the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2020-09-23 17:58
Bahram Gharavi among top ten artists at Poland’s Art Moves festival on pandemic
TEHRAN – Iranian graphic designer Bahram Gharavi Manjili has been selected as one of the top ten artists at the 13th edition of Art Moves – the International Festival of Art on Billboards now underway in Torun, Poland.
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2020-09-09 19:18
By Afshin Majlesi
The future of travel in Iran
Ubiquitous face masks, partitions, social distances, customer-service protocols, not-yet-fulfilled refunds, and self-quarantined at home on a mass scale, as well as closed borders, canceled events, and changing policies challenge tourism industry insiders to forecast what the lingering impact of the novel coronavirus could be on the way we travel.
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2020-09-02 20:25
Responsible tourism a workable solution for coronavirus era: minister
TEHRAN – Iran’s tourism minister has said that responsible tourism is a workable solution for holidaymakers to get assured of safe traveling during the coronavirus pandemic.
