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Syria to screen “Damascus Time”

TEHRAN - “Damascus Time” by Ebrahim Hatamikia will hit the silver screens in Syria on Friday, a public relations team announced on Saturday....

Khazineh Valley: A Marvel of Nature in Iran's Lorestan

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Khazineh Valley is midway on the Pol Dokhtar to Andimeshk Road, in western Iran, next to a village by the same name. It has undergone erosion with the passage of time and taken its current shape after many peaks and troughs....

“The Blind Owl” published in Kazakh

TEHRAN – Iranian writer Sadeq Hedayat’s “The Blind Owl” has recently been published in Kaz...

Arg Gate in Semnan: A Tourist Attraction of Iran

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Arg gate-way is located at the cross-roads of Ayatollah Taleqani Ave...

Review of Chinese cinema conducted in Iranian cities

TEHRAN – A program reviewing Chinese cinema was conducted in six Iranian cities over the p...

Khazineh Valley: A Marvel of Nature in Iran's Lorestan

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Khazineh Valley is midway on the Pol Dokhtar to Andimeshk Road, in weste...

National lineup for Isfahan film festival announced

TEHRAN – Seven films will be screened in the national competition at the 31st Internationa...

Khazineh Valley: A Marvel of Nature in Iran's Lorestan

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Khazineh Valley is midway on the Pol Dokhtar to Andimeshk Road, in weste...

Tehran to host Khosro Sinai retrospective

TEHRAN – The Iranian Art Museum Garden in Tehran will host a retrospective of filmmaker, m...

Anzali Palace Museum: One of The Most Beautiful Locality of Bandar Anzali

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - The Military Museum of Bandar Anzali is located in Mian Poshteh Palace w...

News

Leader appoints new chief for Islamic development organization

TEHRAN, Aug. 21 (MNA) – Iranian Leader Ayatollah Khamenei appointed on Sunday Mohammad Ghomi as the new head of the Islamic development organization....

Crisis in the Republican Party of US

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Many Republicans in the United States are worried about the failure of this year's congressional elections. Many analysts believe that the probabl...

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Sport

Freestyler Karimi seizes gold for Iran at Asiad

TEHRAN – Alireza Karimi Machiani snatched a gold medal in the freestyle wrestling at the 2018 Asian Games on Sunday....

Asian Games: Hassan Yazdani Takes First Gold for Iran

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Hassan Yazdani Cherati claimed Iran’s first gold medal at the 2018 Asian Games on Sunday....

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Travel

Iran’s Beauties in Photos: Amir Nezam Garousi Mansion

The house has now turned into a museum showcasing items belonging to the Qajar era. It was built during the time when Amir Nezam Garousi was an advisor to Naser al-Din Sh...

Iran’s Beauties in Photos: Shirz Canyon

The canyon with its great geo-tourism capacities is located 45 kilometres northeast of Kuhdasht. Shirz is 5 kilometres long with springs that join the stream of Seymareh ...

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Culture

Mehr News Agency - Iranian veteran actor's burial ceremony

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – After a splendid funeral held in central Tehran, where many actors and cinema lovers bid farewell to Ezzatollah Entezami, his body was conveyed to...

Mehr News Agency - Closing ceremony of first festival of Iranian choirs

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – The first edition of Iranian Choirs Festival was held in the southwestern city of Shiraz....

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Economy

Over $595m allocated for developing oil-rich regions

TEHRAN – National Iranian Oil Company’s director for supervision of construction projects said the oil ministry has allocated 25 trillion rials (about $595. lion) for dev...

Minerals, mining exports at over $3.7b during 4 months

TEHRAN- The value of Iran’s minerals and mining exports stood at $3. 63 billion during the first four months of current Iranian calendar year (March 21-July 22), accordin...

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Society

Health minister blames ‘sub-standard’ auto industry for road casualties

TEHRAN — The Iranian health minister has blamed the sub-standard domestic auto industry products for road casualties in the country, saying that increased fatalities may ...

Urmia to host crafts exhibit

TEHRAN – A sales exhibition of handicrafts is due to open on Monday in the northwestern city of Urmia, the capital of West Azarbaijan province....

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Life and Style

Abriz; Delicious Dish Indigenous to Bakhtiari Tribe

The local Bakhtiari food, a popular one among people of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, is mostly made with lamb heart and liver, but a mix of liver and mutton or chi...

Tomshi; A Tasty Bread Made of Soil!

is part of Hormozgan Province. There is a strange mountain on the island whose soil is used as a kind of spice by the locals! This seems to be the only edible mountain of...

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Technology

Iran, Ecuador eye increased academic coop.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) – Officials of Central University of Ecuador and University of Tehran met on Sunday in Tehran to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation....

Iranian, Dutch universities ink MoU on food safety coop.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) – Iran's Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences and RIKILT Institute based in the Netherlands' Wageningen University and Research will coope...

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Photography

Mount Damavand is the highest peak in Iran and the highest volcano in Asia.

Travel tips

Things to Know Before Trip
One of the most important things to remember is that Iranians aren’t Arabs, they’re Persian. They speak Farsi (and other dialects), not Arabic, and some people might feel offended if you great them with Arabic words.