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French riots police apprehend a protestor

Iran urges France to avoid violence against peaceful protesters

TEHRAN – Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian has urged the French government to observe human rights and avoid violence against citizens who are peacefully protesting proposed pension reforms.

2023-03-15 18:42

Sialk hills, the story of 7,500-year-old ziggurat

TEHRAN - Date back to around 6000–5500 BC, the Sialk hills were hidden by farmland until a flood did so; no one else was aware of it.

2023-03-12 20:48

Iran condemns France’s brutal suppression of rallies over pension reform

TEHRAN- Iran has strongly objected to the French government’s use of force to quell rallies over a divisive pension reform proposal, charging that Paris is unfamiliar with respecting human rights while lecturing others about it.

2023-03-12 19:17

China to resume outbound group tours to Iran, other countries

TEHRAN - China is set to resume outbound group tours for its nationals to another 40 countries including Iran, Nepal, Vietnam, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Brazil starting from March 15, China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism announced on Friday.

2023-03-03 21:00

Iranian foundation holds conference on MEK role in genocide against Kurds

TEHRAN – An Iranian foundation focusing on studying the crimes of the Mojahedin-e Khalq (MEK) has held a conference on the role of the group played on massacring Iraqi Kurds.

2023-02-26 18:33

Fatima Masoumeh shrine visited by sightseers from 82 countries

TEHRAN – Travelers from 82 countries paid visits to the holy shrine of Fatima Masoumeh (SA) during the first eleven months of the current Iranian calendar year, started in March 2022. Located in Qom, the shrine is where the sister of Imam Reza (AS), the 8th Shia Imam, is laid to rest.

2023-02-04 23:27

Iran says France should inform the world how Israel obtained nuclear arms

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Ministry Nasser Kanaani on Friday night attacked French President Macron for his disparaging remarks about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program while meeting the Israeli prime minister in Paris.

2023-02-01 22:44

Strikes paralyze France and UK

TEHRAN- As NATO members – France and Britain - spend fortunes on the Ukraine war, workers at home bear the brunt and this has triggered mass protests and strikes.

2023-01-31 22:25

By Faramarz Kuhpayeh

The confession that revealed everything

TEHRAN – In what can be rightfully billed as a Freudian slip, one of the most prominent figures lobbying for regime change in Iran in the Western corridors of power revealed how Western media hype about Iran has fallen short of even convincing its architects.

2023-01-21 19:08

Iran’s Beheshti takes silver at UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup

TEHRAN – Mohsen Beheshti Rad of Iran won a silver medal at the second UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup of the 2023 season.

2023-01-21 01:55

France strong for Iran at IHF World Championship

TEHRAN - France started the third consecutive edition of the IHF Men’s World Championship with five wins in a row, dominating Iran 41-29, as they are through to the quarter-finals at Poland/Sweden 2023.

2023-01-09 22:29

A reminder to friends about name of Persian Gulf

TEHRAN-- Without mentioning the name of Iraq and the recent friction between the two countries over the name of the Persian Gulf, the Javan newspaper points to the historical roots of the name of the Persian Gulf and its importance for Iranians and wrote: "Some politicians in the allied countries should be careful that familiarity with diplomatic etiquette is very important and paying attention to details is very important in international relations.”

A poster for “Our Photo Memento” directed by Samaneh Lashgari.

2023-01-09 18:32

Iranian shorts to compete in Clermont-Ferrand filmfest

TEHRAN – Four shorts by Iranian filmmakers will compete in the 35th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which will take place from January 27 to February 4 in the central French city.

2023-01-06 01:06

Tehran: Paris bears ‘undeniable responsibility for Charlie Hebdo’s obscene cartoons

TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Thursday saying the French government bears “undeniable responsibility” for an “anti-cultural and anti-human move” by the notorious Charlie Hebdo magazine in publishing offensive caricatures of Iran’s top politico and religious authority.

2023-01-05 23:07

Iran closes French research institute in response to Charlie Hebdo’s sacrilegious cartoons

TEHRAN - In response to the French weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo’s insulting cartoons against Iran’s top religious authority, the Foreign Ministry on Thursday closed a French institute studying ancient Persian antiquities.

2022-12-28 20:32

Violence and strikes in France, UK alongside anti-Iran propaganda

TEHRAN- French security forces have attacked Kurdish protesters and strikes have paralyzed the UK; yet the difference of Western media coverage in comparison with recent events in Iran has been strikingly different.

2022-12-27 23:21

Iran human rights chief says France ‘violently suppressing’ dissent voice

TEHRAN- Iran's top human rights official has slammed France's double standards on human rights, accusing the French government of "violently suppressing" the voice of opposition.

2022-12-14 21:59

MPs lambast France for ‘repetitive meddling’ in Iran

TEHRAN – A group of 194 Iranian lawmakers issued a joint statement on Wednesday castigating France’s “repetitive meddling in Iran’s internal affairs,” according to Iran’s state news agency IRNA.

2022-12-10 00:12

By Fatemeh Saberi

Tragedy of human rights

TEHRAN- This year marks the 74th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Although the modern concept of rights and human rights has been raised throughout the discourse of the West since the 17th century, the historical evidence shows that while the hypocritical West has been engaged in murder, looting, mass murder, torture, pressure, enslavement, slavery over the past three centuries, its intellectuals and thinkers have been promulgating human rights law for the world. And today it is the mask of human rights that gives a human gesture to their liberal democracy!

2022-11-28 18:31

“Scent of Wind” wins Silver Balloon of Festival des 3 Continents

TEHRAN – The acclaimed Iranian drama “Scent of Wind” has won the Silver Balloon (Montgolfière d’Argent) award of the 44th edition of the Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes, France.

2022-11-27 18:35

Ruins of fortified monument unearthed in northeast Iran

TEHRAN – A team of Iranian and French archaeologists has discovered the ruins of a massive monument in Viranshahr, northeast Iran.

2022-11-16 19:34

Iran reacts to Germany, France provocative stances

2022-11-13 22:30

French travelers visit lesser-known attractions in southern Iran

TEHRAN— A team of French sightseers has recently toured arrays of lesser-known attractions in the Fahraj county of Fars province, southern Iran.

2022-11-13 19:32

Iran responds to German, French leaders’ pejorative, provocative remarks

TEHRAN- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani on Sunday showed reactions to the latest spurious allegations and stances by the German and French leaders, calling them non-diplomatic, meddlesome, and provocative.

2022-11-13 09:31

European troika is unmasking

TEHRAN- The European troika, striving to play a mediatory role over the last years between Iran and the United States to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, officially known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), have lately unmasked their genuine intentions that were shrouded in secrecy.

2022-11-06 21:47

By Mohammad Hassan Nikbin

American analyst: Ensuring control over Europe a prime strategic imperative for Washington

TEHRAN - The European Union is facing a serious and urgent threat in terms of energy supply resulting from the Ukraine war. Since Russia has been an outstanding supplier of gas for Europe, finding a sustainable alternative seems to be really difficult.

Roya Afshar and Erfan Ebrahimi act in a scene from “Maman”.

2022-10-31 18:21

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