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2020-09-20 19:16
Melinda Leigh’s “Bones Don’t Lie” comes into Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of American writer Melinda Leigh’s book “Bones Don’t Lie” has been published by Tandis Publications in Tehran.
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2020-09-20 19:09
Iranian fans miss “Golden Claw” Marouf
TEHRAN – Not just for the Iranian fans, Saeid Marouf is a player who has charmed the volleyball audiences around the world over the past years. However, nobody has seen him since COVID-19 appeared in Wuhan, China in winter 2020.
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2020-09-20 19:00
Some $27,000 allocated to set up museum on Tepe Rivi
TEHRAN – A budget of 1.1 billion rials ($27,000 at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has been allocated to set up an open-air museum on Tepe Rivi, an ancient hill in northeastern North Khorasan province, which has so far yielded magnificent remains of the Bronze Age up to the Sassanid period.
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2020-09-20 18:48
Italian Orientalist Biancamaria Scarcia dies at 82
TEHRAN – Biancamaria Scarcia Amoretti, an Italian orientalist who was mostly renowned for her studies of Islam and Shias, died on Saturday. She was 82.
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2020-09-20 18:43
Movies from Iran to compete in Brazil It’s All True festival
TEHRAN – Three movies by Iranian filmmakers will be screened in the 25th It’s All True – International Documentary Film Festival, which will open on Thursday in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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2020-09-20 18:41
Dhaka festival to hold retrospective of Iranian filmmaker Puran Derakhshandeh
TEHRAN – The 19th Dhaka International Film Festival will hold a retrospective of Iranian filmmaker Puran Derakhshandeh in January 2021.
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2020-09-20 18:36
Tehran Sacred Defense Museum to observe war anniversary by theatrical performances
TEHRAN – The 40th anniversary of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war will be observed by performing nine plays, which will be staged for eight days in the courtyard of the museum.
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2020-09-20 18:34
“My Commander” exhibit to showcase top photos of Martyr Soleimani’s funeral
TEHRAN – A selection of top photos of the funeral of Lieutenant-General Qassem Soleimani will be showcased in a virtual exhibition named “My Commander” on Thursday.
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2020-09-20 18:33
“We tell the Americans to stop sea, air and land robberies”
Tehran says Washington ‘standing on the wrong side of history’
TEHRAN — The Foreign Ministry has warned that Iran will respond decisively to any measure against its national sovereignty, saying Washington “is standing on the wrong side of history.”
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2020-09-20 18:32
Leader writes commendation for IRGC commander’s war memoirs “Red Squares”
TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has written a commendation for “Red Squares”, war memoirs of IRGC commander Hossein Yekta.
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2020-09-20 18:23
Race still wide open: Yahya Golmohammadi
TEHRAN – Persepolis coach Yahya Golmohammadi says that all teams in Group C still have a chance to qualify for the 2020 AFC Champions League Round of 16.
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2020-09-20 18:22
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Sacred Defense Week: martyrs of religious minorities symbolize national unity
TEHRAN – With the start of the Iraqi imposed war in 1980, religious minorities of Iran rushed to help the people protect the country and defend their homeland, symbolizing the national solidarity and unity.
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2020-09-20 18:20
Tehran to host World Peace Day ceremony
TEHRAN – The World Peace Day ceremony will be held in Tehran on Monday, a member of the Tehran City Council has announced.
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2020-09-20 18:19
Iran starts five-year tobacco-free national plan
TEHRAN –A national plan aiming to protect people from secondhand smoke in 63 cities and 63 villages over the course of five years has just piloted in the central city of Qom.
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2020-09-20 18:15
Influenza vaccination plan aims to reduce COVID-19 effects
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Health will start a national plan on Tuesday aiming to provide two million doses of influenza vaccines for at-risk groups such as the elderly, transplant patients, cardiopulmonary patients, and pregnant women to reduce COVID-19 effects, Mohammad Reza Shanehsaz, head of the Food and Drug Administration, has said.
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2020-09-20 18:07
Iran terms U.S. as ‘biggest threat’ to world peace
TEHRAN — Tehran has responded to Washington’s “futile efforts” to reinstate the UN sanctions on Iran, saying the U.S. regime is the “biggest threat” to world peace and security.
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2020-09-20 17:17
By Farrokh Hesabi
Something wrong with Persepolis
TEHRAN - After almost seven months of hiatus, the 2020 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Champions League returned to action excitingly in West Asia with back-to-back fixtures hosted by Qatar. But there is something wrong with Persepolis.
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2020-09-20 16:42
E3's greatest test: Will they defy U.S.?
TEHRAN – In a statement on Saturday night, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the return of “all previously terminated UN sanctions” on Iran, a move that was met with strong opposition from the international community.
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2020-09-20 16:29
By Mahnaz Abdi
IMIDRO seeking modern technology through co-op with universities
TEHRAN- Iran’s determination for strengthening domestic production requires enjoying modern technology and knowledge, which has put all related organizations in the way of achieving high technology.
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2020-09-20 16:26
By Ebrahim Fallahi
Govt., private sector collaborating to resolve commercial ID card issues
TEHRAN – Boosting domestic production and improving foreign trade has become one of the major mottos that the Iranian government is promoting in recent years, an objective that came under the spotlight after The White House made it a goal to limit the Islamic Republic’s economic interactions with the world.
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2020-09-20 16:20
TEDPIX drops 47,000 points on Sunday
TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), fell 47,251 points on Sunday.
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2020-09-20 15:59
Pompeo is waiting for a JCPOA movie to get what it is, says Zarif
TEHRAN — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has not read the text of the 2015 nuclear deal and is waiting for a movie about it in order to understand what’s in the deal, says Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.
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2020-09-20 15:17
"The world is not an American computer game," says Russian Foreign Ministry
Russia slams U.S. claims on Iran sanctions 'illegitimate'
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Sunday condemned the unilateral declaration by the United States that UN sanctions on Iran are back in force as "illegitimate" and "unacceptable".
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2020-09-20 13:24
Date harvest season begins in southern Iran
Farmers are picking dates from palm tree plantations on the outskirts of Shadegan, southwestern Iran, September 19, 2020.
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2020-09-20 13:16
Daily CNG consumption stands at 25mcm
TEHRAN- Daily consumption of compressed natural gas (CNG) has reached 25 million cubic meters (mcm) in Iran, according to an official with the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC).
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2020-09-20 13:02
E3 foreign ministers issue joint statement saying they ‘remain committed’ to JCPOA
In a joint statement the foreign ministers of the three European countries party to the 2015 nuclear deaL issued a joint statement on Sunday, September 2, stating that they “remain committed” to the JCPOA endorsed by UN Security Council Resolution 2231.
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2020-09-20 12:21
Over $1b in loans paid to corona-affected producers
TEHRAN – The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has said the country’s banking system paid 44 trillion rials (about $1.047 billion) of facilities to the production units affected by the coronavirus outbreak, over the past 45 days.
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2020-09-20 12:20
UN chief says no action on UN Iran sanctions
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Saturday he cannot take any action on a U.S. declaration that all UN sanctions on Iran had been reimposed because “there would appear to be uncertainty” on the issue.
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2020-09-20 11:43
No difference between Trump, Biden: parliament speaker
TEHRAN — Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said there is no difference between incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden.
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2020-09-20 11:26
TCCIMA, REC ink MOU for expanding Iran-Russia trade
TEHRAN – Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIMA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Russian Export Center (REC) for the expansion of trade relations between the two countries.
