Chinese, Iranian calligraphers team up for exhibition “Silk Script” 

TEHRAN – Iranian calligrapher Bahman Panahi and the Chinese calligrapher of Islamic scripts, Hajji Noor Deen Mi Guang Jiang, have teamed up to display their latest works in a joint online exhibition.

Iran sympathizes with Lebanon in music video “Restless for Balqis”

TEHRAN – Iran expressed its sympathy with Lebanon on last month’s disastrous blast in Beirut by a music video named “Restless for Balqis”.

There would be no limitation on arms deals with Iran by mid-October: Lavrov

TEHRAN – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said there were no limitations on arms deals with Iran right from the start and after mid-October, there would be no limitations whatsoever on arms supplies to and from Iran.

No calm until U.S. leaves the region: top official

TEHRAN - Mohsen Rezaei, the secretary of the Expediency Council, has said the Western Asia region will always be tense until the “American terrorists” leave it.

Iran’s Salehi says IAEA should prove it won’t compromise ‘impartiality, independence and profession

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Salehi, president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, said on Monday that it is essential that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) prove that it will not compromise on its “impartiality, independence and professionalism”.

JCPOA ‘very much alive’, Zarif says

TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Monday that the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is still alive.

Broom making helps villagers make a living

A man spreads piles of reedy twigs under the sunlight at the yard of his house in Molla-Hassan Village in northeast Iran, September 20, 2020. The well-dried twigs are applied for making besoms, which are traditional household tool used for sweeping.

Iran says U.S. seeks to ‘completely ruin’ JCPOA

TEHRAN - In a letter to the UN Security Council and to the UN secretary-general on Saturday, Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the UN said the U.S. seeks to “completely ruin” a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.

U.S. defeat at UN was ‘inevitable’, says Rouhani

TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that the U.S. has suffered a “definite defeat” at the UN Security Council while seeking to extend a UN arms embargo on Iran.

"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".

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.

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.

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.

WCC holds online training course for Iranian artisans

TEHRAN – The World Crafts Council held an online webinar on Friday for Iranian artisans aiming to develop traditional methods of learning into formal education.

Snapback mechanism is Trump’s campaign propaganda, Leader advisor says

TEHRAN – Aliakbar Velayati, a senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution on international affairs, has said that the U.S. efforts to trigger the snapback mechanism is election propaganda meant to boost Donald Trump’s reelection chances.

By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet

“Sunless Shadows”, “A Horse Has More Blood Than a Human” competing in Korea DMZ festival

TEHRAN – “Sunless Shadows” and “A Horse Has More Blood Than a Human” have joined another Iranian film “The Unseen” competing in the 12th DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea.

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New U.S. move on Iran is ‘like pulling a trigger and no bullet comes out’, says UN Security Council

Washington says it has triggered a return of all UN sanctions on Iran, which would take effect this weekend.

Visa waiver to improve balance of Tehran-Moscow tourism: official

TEHRAN – Visa-free travel for group tours between Iran and Russia could proffer equal conditions for both nations, Mohammad Qasemi, the director for marketing and advertising at the ministry of tourism has said. 

No sanctions will be restored on September 20, Zarif says

TEHRAN – In response to his American counterpart who has said all UN sanctions will be reimposed on Iran on September 20, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif asserted that no sanctions will be reinstated on that day.

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Literati to commemorate Shahriar on National Day of Poetry and Literature

TEHRAN -- The National Day of Persian Poetry and Literature is observed every year on the death anniversary of contemporary poet Mohammad-Hossein Behjat Tabrizi, Shahriar, which falls on Thursday this year.

By Zahra Mirzafarjouyan

Iran-Venezuela ties offering anti-unilateralism model: envoy

TEHRAN – Stating that the hegemony of the US is over, Venezuela's Ambassador to Tehran told Mehr News Agency that the Iran-Venezuela relations are conveying a message to other countries that they can counter the unilateralism too.

Pompeo plot against Iran will absolutely fail, top IRGC general says

TEHRAN - General Esmail Kowsari, an advisor to the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps chief, told the Tehran Times that the U.S. administration seeks to cook up stories against Iran ahead of U.S. presidential elections but they will fail.