By Faranak Bakhtiari

Health network playing a key role in fighting coronavirus

TEHRAN - Jafar Sadeq Tabrizi, the director of health network department at the Ministry of Health, has said the health network has been playing a key role in fighting the coronavirus pandemic mostly through holding seminars, equipping medical centers, and implementing screening tests and family physician programs across the country.

Photo: IRNA / Raheleh Hesari

Passed down from generation to generation: Turkmen jewelry designs 

An Iranian craftswoman makes a final inspection on traditional handmade necklaces in her home, which is also house to a small family workshop for crafting personal ornamentations, in Turkmen Sahra, a region in the northeast of Iran near the Caspian Sea, June 30, 2020. 

Coronavirus causes $357m damage to Kish Island’s tourism

TEHRAN – Kish Island’s tourism industry has taken 15 trillion rials (over $357 million) hit from the coronavirus outbreak over the previous months.

Historical objects unearthed in Burnt City added to National Heritage list

TEHRAN – Twelve moveable properties, which had been previously unearthed in various excavations in the Burnt City, a UNESCO-registered site in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, have been inscribed on the National Heritage list, CHTN reported on Saturday.

Iran football plunged into crisis once again

TEHRAN - The coronavirus has once again plunged the Iranian football into crisis.

‘Effective advertising could get tourism out of coronavirus crisis’

TEHRAN – Iran’s deputy tourism minister Vali Teymouri said on Wednesday that producing effective advertising content on social media could get the tourism sector out of the coronavirus crisis. 

Iran files lawsuit against U.S. over sanctions effects

TEHRAN - Laya Joneidi, the presidential aide for legal affairs, announced on Saturday that Iran has filed a lawsuit in the International Court of Justice against the United States over effects of sanctions on fighting the coronavirus pandemic.

‘Iran-Venezuela trade poses no threat’

TEHRAN - Michael Hollingsworth, a professor at the University of South Alabama, has said that trade between Iran and Venezuela poses no threat to the world.

University professor says extension of arms embargo on Iran is unlikely

TEHRAN - Michael Hollingsworth, a professor at the University of South Alabama, has said that an extension of arms embargo on Iran by the United States is very unlikely.

Portuguese festival picks movies from Iran 

TEHRAN – The Iranian animated movies “Each Other” and “Malakout” will be competing in the 17th In the Palace Film Festival, which will take place in the Portuguese city of Varna from September 15 to 22.

Photos depicting love story from Persian literature on view in Daoulas Abbey Gardens

TEHRAN – Iranian photographer Babak Kazemi is displaying a selection of his photos created based on a love story from classical Persian literature in the Daoulas Abbey Gardens in France.

Peppa Pig collection appears in Iranian bookstores 

TEHRAN – Six volumes of the Peppa Pig book series co-written by Mark Baker and Neville Astley have been published in Persian by Ofoq Publications in Tehran.

Book City to scrutinize philosophy of life in views of Western thinkers 

TEHRAN – The philosophy of life in the views of a number of Western philosophers will be reviewed in an online session that will be organized by the Book City Institute in Tehran.

Courtyard of Vahdat Hall to host play based on novel “Too Loud a Solitude” 

TEHRAN – Director Peyman Qadimi plans to stage a play based on Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal’s novella “Too Loud a Solitude” in the courtyard of Tehran’s Vahdat Hall during late July.

Iran’s judo league ended due to coronavirus outbreak

TEHRAN – Iran judo league was officially brought to an end due to coronavirus outbreak.

Iranian troupe blends “SpongeBob”, “Rhinoceros” for Tehran performance 

TEHRAN – Bachehaye Shahkar, a Tehran-based troupe for children’s performances, plans to perform a play based on the American animated comedy TV series “SpongeBob SquarePants” and Eugène Ionesco’s “Rhinoceros”.

DEFC doc chronicles life of Iran Kaveh founder Asghar Qandchi

TEHRAN – The Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) has produced a documentary recounting the life story of Asghar Qandchi, the founder of Iran Kaveh, Iran’s first trailer and truck manufacturing company.

Mousavi says likely to be named envoy to ‘an important neighboring country’

TEHRAN — Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi has confirmed that he is very likely to be named as Iran’s ambassador to an important neighboring country.

Security official says Gen. Soleimani assassination was U.S. gift to Takfiri terrorists

TEHRAN - Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), said on Saturday that assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani was the United States’ gift to Takfiri terrorists and their supporters.

Zarif advisor calls UNSC meeting manifestation of multilateralism

TEHRAN - Ali Najafi Khoshroodi, an advisor to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, has said that the recent UN Security Council meeting was a manifestation of multilateralism.

Russia says dispute resolution mechanism lacks clear procedure

TEHRAN – Russia’s permanent representative to international organizations in Vienna Mikhail Ulyanov said on Saturday that Dispute Resolution Mechanism lacks clear and agreed procedure.

‘Real estate stock exchange to promote transparency in market’

TEHRAN – Deputy Head of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) says the establishment of the country’s real estate stock exchange is going to promote transparency in this market.

Overnight stays hit 5 million record high in month 

TEHRAN – Iranian travelers registered a record high of more than 5 million overnight stays at accommodation centers across the country during the month of Khordad (May 21–June 20), CHTN reported. 

Tehran issues statement on anniversary of abduction of diplomats

TEHRAN — The Iranian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement on the 38th anniversary of the abduction of four Iranian diplomats in Lebanon by mercenaries of the Zionist regime.

Main cause of Natanz nuclear facility incident to be announced at ‘appropriate time’: spokesman

TEHRAN — Tehran has announced that the main cause of a recent incident at the Natanz nuclear facility has been determined and will be announced at an “appropriate time”.

TEDPIX rises 8,464 points on Saturday

TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), went up 8,464 points to 1.621 million on Saturday, IRNA reported.

37b cubic meters of water stored behind Iranian dams: IWRM

TEHRAN –Nearly 37 billion cubic meters of water is stored behind the dams across Iran, indicating that 71 percent of the capacity of the country’s dams is full, a report by Iran Water Resources Management (IWRM) said.

Iran to meet Syria in friendly in September: report

TEHRAN – Media reports suggest that Syrian football association has reached an agreement with Iran for a friendly match.

INTA instructs implementation of capital market incentive package

TEHRAN – Head of the Iranian National Tax Administration (INTA) Omid-Ali Parsa has instructed the INTA’s subsidiary offices to implement a program for offering special tax exemptions and incentives to the companies that are accepted to the stock market in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 20).

By Mohammad Mazhari

Why is Tehran not going to a settlement with Trump?

It seems that the time is not proper for settlement talks between Tehran and Washington as the nuclear deal is heading for a total failure.