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2021-01-23 22:12
UK hopes Biden would start talks with Iran over new deal: ambassador
TEHRAN – Stephen Hickey, Britain's ambassador to Iraq, has expressed hope that the new U.S. administration will start talks with Iran about how to strike a new deal with the West Asian country.
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2021-01-23 22:06
The tale of snail-paced diplomacy and the narrowing window to revive JCPOA
Running out of patience
TEHRAN – Iran is moving in the direction of implementing a nuclear law that will make it difficult for the United States and its allies to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.
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2021-01-23 21:59
Zarif to embark on regional tour on Monday
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will start a tour of regional countries on Monday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
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2021-01-23 21:59
Zarif calls on U.S. to choose comity over failed Trump policies
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has said that the United States has to make a fundamental choice under President Joe Biden.
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2021-01-23 21:57
More U.S. sanctions have led to stronger Iran: Hatami
TEHRAN - Brigadier General Amir Hatami, Iran’s defense minister, said on Saturday that “the sanctions imposed by the former U.S. administration against Iran’s shipping and transportation will further strengthen the two sectors.”
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2021-01-23 20:00
Qajar-era hosayniya being restored to its original splendor
TEHRAN – Qajar era (1789–1925) Moshir hosayniya, also known as Soltani School in Shiraz, southern Fars province, has undergone some rehabilitation works, an official with the province’s Endowments and Charity Affairs Organization has said.
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2021-01-23 19:39
Esteghlal coach Fekri unhappy with referee’s decisions
TEHRAN – Esteghlal football team head coach Mahmoud Fekri says that the referee’s decisions have gone against them.
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2021-01-23 19:12
Plucky Saipa edge IPL leaders Esteghlal
TEHRAN – Saipa football team edged past Iran Professional League (IPL) leaders Esteghlal 1-0 here on Saturday.
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2021-01-23 19:00
Turkmen ritual of Elleshdirmeh added to intangible cultural heritage list
TEHRAN – The ritual of Elleshdirmeh, which is a part of wedding ceremonies among Turkmen people in the northern Golestan province, has been registered in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage list, CHTN reported.
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2021-01-23 18:38
Iran’s “Exam”, “Eaten” praised at Dieciminuti Film Festival
TEHRAN – Iranian movies “Exam” and “Eaten” have been honored at the 15th Dieciminuti Film Festival, which has been organized online in Italy.
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2021-01-23 18:34
Serbia’s Utopia eager to publish more books from modern Persian literature
TEHRAN – Serbian publisher Srdan Markovic says that he has plans to publish additional books from modern Persian literature for Serbian readers.
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2021-01-23 18:33
Tehran short film festival to review Pier Paolo Pasolini movies
TEHRAN – The 37th edition of the Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) plans to review short movies by Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini.
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2021-01-23 18:31
Scholars discuss Spanish translation of Hamid Algar’s book on Islamic Revolution
TEHRAN – A Spanish translation of “Roots of the Islamic Revolution in Iran” written by Hamid Algar was introduced during a ceremony on the margins of the virtual edition of the Tehran Book Fair on Thursday.
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2021-01-23 18:29
Abdolhossein Zarrinkub’s book on Persian Sufism published in Russian
TEHRAN – Prominent Iranian scholar Abdolhossein Zarrinkub’s book on Persian Sufism has recently been published in Russian.
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2021-01-23 18:26
Intl. Silk Road calligraphy exhibition opens in Tehran
TEHRAN – An exhibition of calligraphy works selected from the First Raqs-e Qalam International Exhibition of the Silk Road Calligraphy opened at the Iranian Academy of Arts in Tehran on Friday with a limited number of visitors.
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2021-01-23 18:14
By Mohammad Mazhari
Leader’s message to the youth is independence at all levels: Lebanese sociologist
TEHRAN – Head of the Center for Political Studies at the University of Lebanon says that Iran has enhanced a model of independence encouraging the countries to follow common interests and common security.
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2021-01-23 18:10
By Amir Mohammad Esmaeili
America Today: Imperial pipe dreams die hard
TEHRAN - David Yaghoubian, a professor of history at California State University, San Bernardino (CSUSB), tells the Tehran Times that the current chaotic situation in the U.S. revealed that American hegemony is declining and today the U.S., Israel, and Saudi Arabia have become weaker domestically and increasingly isolated on the international stage.
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2021-01-23 17:48
Over 877 tons of narcotics seized in 10 months
TEHRAN – Over 877 tons of narcotics were confiscated from smugglers countrywide during the first 10 months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (Mach 21, 2020), which shows a 26 percent increase compared to the same period last year, anti-narcotics police chief Majid Karimi has announced.
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2021-01-23 17:47
Dam construction, a main barrier to Jazmourian wetland’s restoration
TEHRAN – Dam construction has been the most important factor preventing the revitalization of Jazmourian wetland, Vahid Pourmardan, head of Sistan-Baluchestan province’s department of environment, has said.
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2021-01-23 17:30
East Azarbaijan caravanserais made shortlist for collective UNESCO tag
TEHRAN –Four caravanserais, scattered across the northwestern East Azarbaijan province have recently received cultural heritage experts’ preliminary approval to join the shortlist of historical Iranian caravanserais being prepared for a possible inscription on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
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2021-01-23 17:30
Ecotourism, an opportunity for travel lovers during coronavirus pandemic
TEHRAN –It’s been almost a year since the beginning of the global outbreak of the coronavirus, which forced the world to stop and drop everything.
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2021-01-23 17:29
Some $1.7b proposed for corona-affected tourism businesses
TEHRAN – The national budget bill for the next calendar year (starting on March 20) has proposed 70 trillion rials (about $1.7 billion at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) to support tourism businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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2021-01-23 17:28
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Education for COVID-19 generation
TEHRAN – As the global pandemic lurches toward a second year, numerous challenges and threats are targeting humanity, especially the education of over 1.5 billion students whose learning has been hampered due to school closures.
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2021-01-23 16:59
Iran boxing team to hold joint training camp practice with Syria
TEHRAN – Iran national boxing team will hold a joint training camp practice with Syria.
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2021-01-23 16:48
TEDPIX gains 38,000 points on Saturday
TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), rose 38,092 points on Saturday, which is the first day of the Iranian calendar week.
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2021-01-23 16:32
‘Iran is biggest gasoline producer, exporter in region’
TEHRAN – Managing director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) has said his company is currently the biggest producer and exporter of gasoline in West Asia, Shana reported.
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2021-01-23 16:14
Seyyed Hassan Nasrullah: Trump will lose upcoming election
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2021-01-23 15:50
JCPOA is the right framework for dialogue, Araqchi says
‘Iran has no interest to make direct contact with U.S although Biden takes office’
TEHRAN - Abbas Araqchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister for political affairs, says Tehran has no interest to make direct contact with the U.S., saying that the JCPOA is the right framework for dialogue.
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2021-01-23 15:30
NPC establishes office for developing knowledge-based businesses
TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Behzad Mohammadi has announced the establishment of an office of development of knowledge-based businesses in the petrochemical industry.
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2021-01-23 14:23
Hassan Taftian wins gold at Meeting Elite Indoor
TEHRAN – Iranian sprinter Hassan Taftian claimed a gold medal at the 2nd Meeting Elite Indoor in Miramas Friday night.