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Today 15:13
Football icons wish Minavand a speedy recovery in his battle with COVID-19
TEHRAN – The football coaches and players have wished former Iran midfielder Mehrdad Minavand a speedy recovery in his battle with COVID-19.
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Yesterday 21:54
Army tests new electro-optic system
TEHRAN - Iran’s Army Ground Force on Wednesday tested new indigenous electro-optic system in real combat conditions against mock enemy targets.
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Yesterday 21:45
EU’s Borrell hopeful to see revival of JCPOA
TEHRAN – European Union foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell has sharply criticized the Trump administration for the U.S withdrawal from the JCPOA and insists it is necessary the new U.S. President Joe Biden rejoin the deal as soon as possible.
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Yesterday 21:37
Iran’s missile program not subject to negotiation, Zarif says
TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday called the JCPOA a “strong agreement” which has been approved unanimously by the United Nations Security Council.
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Yesterday 21:20
Iran welcomes Qatari call for regional dialogue
TEHRAN – Iran has welcomed the Qatari foreign minister’s call for a dialogue between Iran and the Persian Gulf’s Arab states.
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Yesterday 21:19
Zarif holds phone talks with Turkish counterpart ahead of Caucasus tour
TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke by phone with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Tuesday night.
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Yesterday 21:17
Trump died while JCPOA still alive: Rouhani
TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that the outgoing U.S. president, Donald Trump, who withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal in 2018, died while the deal is still alive.
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Yesterday 21:17
Iraqi, British officials discuss Iran-U.S. rift
TEHRAN – Qasim al-Araji, Iraq’s national security advisor, has discussed with the British ambassador to Iraq, Stephen Hickey, the necessity to put an end to disagreements between Iran and the United States.
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Yesterday 21:14
Biden needs to quickly revive JCPOA
No time left to waste
TEHRAN – The clock is ticking on the Biden administration’s promise to rejoin the 2015 nuclear deal because Iran has waited for so long to see a wise leadership taking the helm in Washington. Therefore, any procrastination on part of the United States under President Joe Biden will most likely spell the end of the nuclear deal, which has now been on life support of more than two years.
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Yesterday 21:13
Lorestan sets sights on travel boom in post-coronavirus era
TEHRAN - The tourism sector of Lorestan province is ready to jumpstart after the coronavirus crisis, the provincial tourism chief has announced.
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Yesterday 21:13
Some $524,000 paid to support handicrafts businesses in Ardebil
TEHRAN - The Iranian government has paid over 22 billion rials (about $524,000 at the official exchange rate of 42,000 rials per dollar) in loans to the handicrafts businesses affected by the coronavirus pandemic in the northwestern Ardebil province.
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Yesterday 21:12
By Samaneh Aboutalebi
Iran’s ‘Venice’, a lesser-known, must-see tourist destination
There is hardly anyone who has never heard of Italy's Venice, the stunning city on the water, with rivers instead of alleys, but on the other hand, it is hard to find anyone who has heard of the Iranian village of Sarakhyeh, known as Iran’s Venice.
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Yesterday 21:11
Take a trip to the unknown, to rugged shores of Makran
TEHRAN - Makran coasts are all about its rugged rock formations, dramatic dunes, and relentless waves crashing upon jagged boulders, which are perfect in winter.
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Yesterday 21:11
Haul of ancient coins confiscated from smugglers
TEHRAN – Iranian authorities have confiscated a haul of ancient coins from smugglers during a police operation in the western Iranian province of Kermanshah.
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Yesterday 21:11
Mofakham complex selected tourism icon of North Khorasan province
TEHRAN – The extensively restored Mofakham complex has been selected as the tourism icon of North Khorasan province, the provincial tourism chief said on Wednesday.
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Yesterday 19:00
National conference on teaching Persian underway
TEHRAN – The 3rd National Conference on Teaching Persian Language to Non-Persian Speakers is being held virtually on January 20-21.
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Yesterday 18:45
Interview by Farrokh Hesabi
FFIRI’s amended statutes paves the way to a new era: expert
TEHRAN - Houshang Nasirzadeh, the former head of the Legal Committee of the Iran Football Federation, says that in the amended statutes of football federation, the former players will have the right to participate in the presidential elections and it will be a good thing for football.
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Yesterday 18:43
“Solitude” by Michael Harris comes into Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of Michael Harris’s book “Solitude: In Pursuit of a Singular Life in a Crowded World” has recently been published by Khazeh Publications.
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Yesterday 18:40
Orwell’s “Notes on Nationalism” readable in Persian
TEHRAN – English author and journalist George Orwell’s “Notes on Nationalism” has recently been published in Persian.
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Yesterday 18:37
DocPoint to screen movies from Iran
TEHRAN – DocPoint – Helsinki Documentary Film Festival has picked the Iranian documentaries “Fish Eye”, “Maya” and “Radiograph of a Family” to screen at its 20th edition, which will go online from January 29 to February 7, the organizers have announced.
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Yesterday 18:34
“Bandar Band” named best at Kolkata Intl. Film Festival
TEHRAN – “Bandar Band” by Manijeh Hekmat from Iran has been named best film at the 26th Kolkata International Film Festival.
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Yesterday 18:32
Iranian Film Festival Australia honors “Castle of Dreams” with four awards
TEHRAN – Reza Mirkarimi’s drama “Castle of Dreams” won awards in four categories, including best film and best screenplay, at the 9th edition of the Iranian Film Festival Australia (IFFA).
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Yesterday 18:29
Iranian photographers honored at Tajik Photo Art
TEHRAN – Iranian photographers have been honored at the 3rd Tajik Photo Art.
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Yesterday 18:22
Tehran Book Fair organizing 17 intl. webinars
TEHRAN – The virtual edition of the Tehran Book Fair, which opened on Tuesday, is organizing 17 international webinars on various cultural topics.
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Yesterday 18:05
Mes Rafsanjan beat Paykan: IPL
TEHRAN – Mes Rafsanjan football team defeated Paykan 3-2 in Matchday 12 of Iran Professional League (IPL) on Wednesday.
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Yesterday 17:28
Iran’s NPC Athletes’ Council elected
TEHRAN - Nine Para athletes were elected as the members of Iran’s National Paralympic Committee (NPC) Athletes’ Council on Wednesday for a four-year term.
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Yesterday 17:13
Two unknown martyrs laid to rest
The bodies of two unknown martyrs were laid to rest at Fatemieh mosque during a ceremony in Tehran on Saturday night. The soldiers, aged 18-23, had been martyred in the southern battlefronts during Saddam Hussein’s imposed war against Iran in the 1980s. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony was held with the observation of health protocols. Tehran Times / Heidar Rezaei
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Yesterday 17:09
Iran should sharpen focus on nature tourism, minister says
TEHRAN – Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Minister Ali-Asghar Mounesan said on Tuesday that developing nature tourism in the country needs to be considered more seriously.
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Yesterday 17:07
Schools reopen with “optional” attendance amid pandemic
TEHRAN – Schools with less than 50 students and vocational schools in low-risk cities resumed activity on Wednesday, with optional attendance of students, ISNA reported.