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Ethnocineca festival to premiere “Iranian Pets Club”

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Hadi Afarideh’s documentary “Iranian Pets Club” will have its premiere at the 13th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Ethnocineca in Austria on May 24....

Oraman Village: A Mountainous Region on the Western Frontier of Iran's Kurdistan - Tourism news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Oraman or Huraman or Hawraman Takht in Kurdistan Province, west of Iran, is a mountain village resembling the tiered Masouleh Village in Gilan Province but on a much larger scale. For this reason it has been nicknamed '1,000 Masoule...

Varesh festival to review films from Azerbaijan

TEHRAN – A lineup of eight movies from Azerbaijani filmmakers will be reviewed at the 9th ...

Oraman Village: A Mountainous Region on the Western Frontier of Iran's Kurdistan - Tourism news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Oraman or Huraman or Hawraman Takht in Kurdistan Province, west of Iran,...

Iranian photographer Adel Pazyar wins Phodar Biennial Grand Prize

TEHRAN – Iranian photographer Adel Pazyar has won the Grand Prize of the 10th Internationa...

Khoos Doozi; A Beautiful Pricey Handicraft - Tourism news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Khoos (also Khous) Doozi is a traditional Iranian needlework which uses ...

Cartoonists to raise funds for Iran flood survivors

TEHRAN – The Iranian House of Cartoon will organize an exhibition to raise funds for victi...

Khoos Doozi; A Beautiful Pricey Handicraft - Tourism news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Khoos (also Khous) Doozi is a traditional Iranian needlework which uses ...

Iran launches video news agency

TEHRAN – Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has launched an English-Arabic video...

Mar-Kouh: A Castle with Thousands of Years of Mystery - Tourism news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Mar-Kouh Fort in Ramsar, northern Iran, is a registered national heritag...

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London expresses regrets over US decision to end Iran sanctions waivers

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – The UK foreign ministry has expressed regrets over the US decision to halt waivers on sanctions against importers of Iranian oil, vowing to remain...

Zarif, Lavrov hold phone call to discuss Iran nuclear deal, Syria

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia held a phone conversation Mon. to discuss JCPOA and Syria....

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Sport

Iran’s Zob Ahan beat UAE’s Al Wasl in ACL

TEHRAN - Iran’s Zob Ahan kept their place at the top of the 2019 AFC Champions League Group A with a comfortable 2-0 victory over UAE’s Al Wasl at Foolad Shahr on Tuesday...

Zobahan beats Al-Wasl, Esteghlal loses to Al-Hilal at 2019 AFC Champions League

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) –Iranian Zobahan FC defeated UAE’s Al-Wasl 2-0 while Esteghlal Tehran was beaten by Saudi Al-Hilal in the return matches at the group stage of 2019 ...

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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

Muslim scientist al-Jazari to be honored at closing ceremony of Noor competition

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – The closing ceremony of 3rd round of international Noor School Student Competition by Mustafa (pbuh) Science and Technology Foundation (MSTF) will...

Women constitute 27% of faculty board members in Iran

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – Some 27 percent of faculty board members at Iranian universities are women, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs ...

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Economy

British bank warns about impact of ending Iran sanction waivers

TEHRAN – The British investment bank Barclays said the U. decision on ending the waivers on Iran oil sanctions will tighten crude markets significantly in the short term,...

Inflation rate at 30.6%: statistical center

TEHRAN- The Statistical Center of Iran announced that the inflation rate in the twelve-month period ended on April 20, which marks the end of the first Iranian calendar m...

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Society

Hormozgan province exports $3.15m of handicrafts

TEHRAN - Handicrafts exports from Hormozgan province reached some $3. 15 million during the previous Iranian calendar year 1397 (ended March 20), CHTN reported....

Iran’s foreign arrivals up 52.5% y/y

TEHRAN - The number of international tourists visiting Iran surged 52. 5 percent in the past Iranian calendar year 1397 (ended on March 20) from a year earlier, deputy to...

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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

16 firms to represent Iran in Project Qatar 2019

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – Some 16 Iranian firms are set to participate in Qatar’s construction exhibition, dubbed ‘Project Qatar 2019’, which will be held in Doha from Apri...

Iran’s Amirbakir, Russia’s St. Petersburg Univs. to expand academic coop.

TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) – Iran’s Amirkabir University of Technology and Russian Saint Petersburg State University will enhance and expand their bilateral cooperation in rel...

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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.