By Somayeh Ebrahim Khalili

Belgian expert: Imam Khomeini presented Islamic thought as modern alternative to Western liberalism

TEHRAN – Bresht Yunkerz, a Belgian researcher and an interpreter for RT and Press Tv, says Imam Khomeini’s philosophy of “neither East nor West, but the Islamic Republic” made him one of the pioneers of the multipolar world order.

Russia seeks Iran’s collaboration for alt-Oscars 

TEHRAN – The director of Russia’s Union of Cinematographers, Valery Ivanovich Tonkikh, said that Russia is seeking to collaborate with Iran to provide an alternative to the Oscars, the U.S. film gala organized annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

By M.A. Saki

Doha talks will provide good opportunity for Iran and U.S.: professor

TEHRAN – Farhang Jahanpour, a former Senior Fulbright Research Scholar at Harvard, has a positive view toward the new format and venue of the talks to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.