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Book City to review works by Swiss Iranologist Burgel

TEHRAN – The Book City Institute in Tehran will hold a session to review books and academic activities of Swiss Iranologist Johann Christoph Burgel on January 22....

Siraf, The Ancient Persian Port - Tourism news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Ancient Persia was considered a major trade hub connecting the West and the East through the Silk Road. The Siraf Port in southern Iran is one of the many historical sites that testify to the country’s significant role in the ancien...

“Dressage”, “Return” win awards at Dhaka film festival

TEHRAN – Two Iranian films won awards at the 17th edition of the Dhaka International Film ...

“Dressage”, “Return” win awards at Dhaka film festival

TEHRAN – Two Iranian films won awards at the 17th edition of the Dhaka International Film ...

Siraf, The Ancient Persian Port - Tourism news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Ancient Persia was considered a major trade hub connecting the West and ...

Iranian documentary “Beloved” to compete in Berlinale

TEHRAN – “Beloved” (“Delband”), a documentary by Yaser Talebi has been selected to go on s...

Deir-e Gachin; Mother of Iranian Caravanserais - Tourism news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Deir-e Gachin Caravanserai is one of the greatest caravanserais of Iran ...

Tehran gallery to showcase actor Hamid Jebelli’s photos of Masuleh

TEHRAN – Veteran actor Hamid Jebelli plans to display a collection of photos he has taken ...

Deir-e Gachin; Mother of Iranian Caravanserais - Tourism news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Deir-e Gachin Caravanserai is one of the greatest caravanserais of Iran ...

Five cineastes to receive Fajr lifetime achievement awards

TEHRAN – The organizers of the 37th Fajr Film Festival will honor five Iranian cineastes, ...

News

Mehr News Agency - Iran vs Oman in AFC Asian Cup 2019

ABU Dhabi, Jan. 20 (MNA) – The national Iranian football team, which is better known as Team Melli in Iran, faced off Oman in the knockout stage of AFC Asian Cup 2019 and...

Poland weak, submissive enough to host US’ aggression against Iran, Russi

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MAN) – Commenting on the US isolation and differences with its heavy weight European allies on Middle East, Anthony Cartalucci says that Poland is the on...

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Sport

Iran’s Masoud Shojaei writes his name in history books

TEHRAN – Veteran midfielder Masoud Shojaei wrote his name into the Iran football record books as the first Iranian player who has represented the country in seven major t...

Mehr News Agency - Iran vs Oman in AFC Asian Cup 2019

ABU Dhabi, Jan. 20 (MNA) – The national Iranian football team, which is better known as Team Melli in Iran, faced off Oman in the knockout stage of AFC Asian Cup 2019 and...

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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 - Farmers collect daffodils in Fars province

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Every year in late January, Farmers in Mohr County, Fars province, start collecting daffodils. The mild winter weather and expansive daffodil farm...

‘Beyond the Fence’ goes to Sweden’s BUFF

TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Iranian documentary ‘Beyond the Fence’ directed by Arman Gholipour has made it into the competition program of 36th edition of BUFF, a film festiv...

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Economy

Completing semi-finished projects top priority of IMIDRO

TEHRAN- Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) has accomplishing semi-finished projects as its top priority, the state-run o...

IME’s worth of trades up 49% in a week

TEHRAN- During weekdays ending up to January 17, while 549,773 million tons (MT) of commodities worth over $547. 6 million were traded on Iran Mercantile Exchange (IME), ...

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Society

$8m earmarked for addiction prevention nationwide

TEHRAN – While a total budget of 330 billion rials (nearly $8 million) has been allocated to prevent addiction, the country is still short of budget in this regard, deput...

Archaeologists, restorers resume work on Manujan fort

TEHRAN – Teams of archaeologists and restorers have commenced a new round of work on the ancient Manujan fort in the southeastern Kerman 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 eyes taking up 3% market share in global biotech. industry

TEHRAN, Jan. 20 (MNA) – Chairman of the Biotechnology Development Council said Sun. that Iran is planning to take up to 3% market share of global biotechnology industry.....

Indonesia to provide Darmasiswa Scholarship for Iranian students

TEHRAN, Jan. 19 (MNA) – Indonesian government has provided Darmasiswa Scholarship for Iranian students to study Indonesian language, arts, music and crafts in the academi...

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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.