Iran’s ambassador submits credentials to Libyan Presidential Council chief

TEHRAN – Accredited Ambassador of Iran to Libya Mohammadreza Ra’ouf Sheybani on Saturday submitted his letter of credence to the head of the Libyan Presidential Council, Fayez Al-Sarraj.

Global effort needed to end chilling effects of U.S. sanctions on Iran: Guardian 

In a commentary on January 22, The Guardian said the U.S. sanctions on Iran may have been unilateral, but their chilling effect was global and therefore global efforts, especially by the Europeans, are needed to end them.

Iran rules out mediation on South Korean-flagged tanker

TEHRAN – Iran will not accept any third party mediation on the South Korean ship seized by Iranian authorities on charges of polluting the environment, says the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry.

Iranian police bust gang of illegal diggers

TEHRAN – Iranian police have recently busted a gang of illegal excavators in a historical site in Sarchehan county, southern Fars province, a provincial tourism official has said. 

Iran extends ban on UK flights once more

TEHRAN – Iran has extended the previously-imposed ban on flights to and from the United Kingdom until the end of the current Iranian month of Bahman (February 18) to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus variant.

Fans to be allowed into stadiums from April: official

TEHRAN – The stadiums will be permitted to hold up the fans from the April, head of Iran Football League Organization, Soheil Mahdi, said.

“Flower, Tree and Forest Police” by Romain Puértolas appears in Persian 

TEHRAN – A Persian translation of French author Romain Puértolas’s “The Flower, Tree and Forest Police” (La Police des fleurs, des arbres et des forêts) has been published by Qoqnus Publications in Tehran.

Big Sky documentary festival picks three Iranian films 

TEHRAN – Three movies by Iranian filmmakers will be competing in the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, which will take place from February 19 to 28 in Missoula, in the northwestern U.S. state of Montana.

Tehran Intl. Sculpture Symposium set for February 19

TEHRAN – The 10th edition of the Tehran International Sculpture Symposium will open on February 19 with sculptors competing in national, international and student sections. 

Landscaping project begins on Sheikh Safi ensemble

TEHRAN –A landscaping project has been commenced on the Sheikh Safi al-Din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble and its surroundings in Ardebil, northwest Iran.  

Playing to an empty room tough experience: Iranian conductor Qorbani

TEHRAN – Ali-Akbar Qorbani, who conducted the Orchestra of National Instruments during a concert at Tehran’s empty Vahdat Hall on Thursday, said the performance without an audience was a really tough experience.

“Carless Crime”, “Sunless Shadows”, “Tirishko” collect awards at Dhaka festival  

TEHRAN – Iranian movies “Carless Crime”, “Sunless Shadows” and “Tirishko” have won awards at the 19th Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh.

Intel. meeting screens animation on earliest example of drama therapy by Avicenna

TEHRAN – The World Alliance of Dramatherapy (WADth) shared “Abu Ali Sina”, an animated movie produced by the Iranian Psychodrama and Drama Therapy Association on one of the earliest examples of drama therapy by Iranian scientist Avicenna during its first seasonal conference on January 22.

Exhibition of woodworks underway at Tehran center 

TEHRAN – The 12th edition of the Woodwork Exhibition is currently underway at Tehran’s Niavaran Culture Center.

Kerman organizing intl. painting contest to boost its child-friendly image

TEHRAN – Kerman, which has been selected as a child-friendly city in a UNICEF pilot plan, intends to organize a children’s painting competition to acknowledge the choice.

Iran says would welcome Saudi foreign policy revision 

TEHRAN – Saudi Arabia has begun realizing that its aggressive foreign policy has ended in failure and that it seems to be revising some aspects of its foreign policy accordingly, Iran’s Foreign Ministry says, underlining that Tehran would welcome Saudi Arabia changing its approach. 

French company to implement $290m environmental project in Tabriz

TEHRAN – A French company is planning to spend more than $290 million to build a waste incineration plant in the northwestern city of Tabriz, in East Azerbaijan province, IRNA reported on Sunday.

7 Iranian companies selected members of CTCN

TEHRAN – Seven Iranian companies and technology groups have joined the United Nations Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), IRNA reported on Sunday.

Iran soon becomes an important Covid-19 vaccine producer: minister

TEHRAN – Iran will be one of the world’s important manufacturers of the Covid-19 vaccine in the near future, Health Minister Saeed Namaki has said.

MP: Iran should not let Tel Aviv, Riyadh to aggravate Iran’s ties with the West

TEHRAN - Jalil Rahimi Jahanabadi, a member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Parliament, suggest all “should support the government to manage tensions and challenges between Iran and the West and not allow Israel and some rival countries in the region, such as Saudi Arabia, to aggravate the situation.”

Iraqi Airways resumes flights to Iran after one-month halt

TEHRAN – Iraq’s flag career Iraqi Airways has resumed flights to Iran after one month of hiatus over the third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, IRNA reported on Sunday.

15 eco-lodge units to come on stream in eastern Iran

TEHRAN –A total of 15 eco-lodges, which are currently being constructed across the eastern South Khorasan province, will come on stream by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (Mach 20).

Coronavirus causes $59m damage to Hamedan’s tourism

TEHRAN –The tourism industry of the west-central province of Hamedan has taken some 2.48 trillion rials ($59 million at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) hit from the coronavirus outbreak over the past couple of months.

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Bozidar Radosevic may leave Persepolis

TEHRAN – Persepolis goalkeeper Bozidar Radosevic may leave the Iranian team after they failed to meet their financial commitment.

Iran begins boosting oil output to reach pre-sanction level

TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Oil Minister Amir Hossein Zamaninia said on Friday the country has started boosting its oil production and will be able to reach pre-sanction levels within two months.