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2020-01-01 18:58
By Mohammad Ali Haqshenas
A peek into Christmas celebration in Iran
TEHRAN (MNA) – One may not expect Christmas celebration in a country where 99 percent of its population is Muslim, but surprise is awaiting you in the case of Iran.
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2019-12-29 20:00
Photo By: Samira Nazari
Christmas in Tehran
Festive lights and Santa Claus figures decorate window displays of some shops in Tehran as shoppers visit streets to purchase Christmas presents on a mild and overcast night, December 28, 2019.
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2019-12-29 18:29
Education minister congratulates new year to Christian students
TEHRAN – Iranian Education Minister Mohsen Haji Mirzaei congratulated Christian students and teachers on the new year during a ceremony held in a school in Tehran on Sunday, IRIB news agency reported.
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2018-12-31 21:43
Holidaymakers invited to spend Christmas in Iran
TEHRAN – Iran tourism chief has proposed people from across the world to opt the country for spending Christmas vacation this year.
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2018-12-30 15:45
Christmas 2018: Iran and Syria show respect, Israel and Saudi Arabia don't
Christmas is a time of goodwill to all men. Or at least it should be. But while the West’s Middle East ‘bad guys’ Iran and Syria, showed the Yuletide spirit, its closest allies, Saudi Arabia and Israel, failed to do so.
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2018-12-25 21:20
Rouhani sends Christmas greetings to Pope
TEHRAN - President Hassan Rouhani of Iran has sent a congratulatory message to Pope Francis on the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ and beginning of the year 2019.
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2018-12-25 11:32
Zarif wishes merry Christmas to all
TEHRAN – In a tweet on Monday, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed his congratulations on the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ (PBUH), wishing that this occasion would “usher peace and joy to all in 2019”.
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2018-12-17 21:01
Tehran festival to mark Yalda, Christmas bonds
TEHRAN – Yalda - the longest night of the year - and Christmas, as deeply-rooted-in-time celebrations, share common, cultural or historical links, which are set to be highlighted during a festival on December 20.
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2017-12-27 09:11
Larijani wishes merry Christmas to Assyrians
TEHRAN – Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Tuesday wished merry Christmas and New Year to the Iranian Assyrians, a Christian minority living in Iran.
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2017-12-25 13:20
Zarif’s Iran wishes ‘happy and peaceful Christmas to all’
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday extended Christmas greetings to all Christians across the world, ISNA reported.
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2017-12-03 09:10
By Setareh Behroozi
Alien festivities on Iranian calendar
Whether it is the matter of globalization and social media growth or not, several celebrations and festivals which are originated from the West have permeated the Iranian calendar over recent years.
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2017-03-23 06:21
Soroush Razmi
Rebirth of a collective remembrance
Nowruz is an ancestral festivity marking the beginning of spring and the renewal of nature.
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2017-01-23 11:51
By Yury Fedotov
Violent extremism and the challenges it presents
Violent extremism today presents a chilling challenge to the world’s prison correction communities.
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2017-01-01 11:13
Iran's Armenians celebrate Christmas
A group of Iran’s Armenians gathered on Saturday night at Saint Sarkis Cathedral in Tehran to celebrate the beginning of the New Christian Year. Tehran Times/ Majid Haghdoust
