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2020-12-18 18:04
Nasim Online CEO Saeid Jabbari passes away at 32
TEHRAN – Saeid Jabbari, the managing director of Nasim Online, a Persian news website, died of a heart attack at this home in Tehran on Friday. He was 32.
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2020-12-15 18:53
Tehran National Sculpture Biennial kicks off
TEHRAN – The 8th edition of the Tehran National Sculpture Biennial was inaugurated at the Vahadat Hall and the Rudaki Open-Air Theater on Monday.
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2020-12-14 19:16
Veteran photojournalist Sobhanqoli Kohanbani dies at 76
TEHRAN – Veteran photojournalist Sobhanqoli Kohanbani, who was mostly famous for his photo collections of the Islamic Revolution and the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, died on Sunday at his home in Tehran. He was 76.
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2020-12-13 22:21
Fakhrizadeh family receive ‘highest’ military award
TEHRAN – The family of top Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was awarded the highest military award signed by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.
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2020-12-13 17:30
Palestinian protests in the West Bank against Zionist settlements
Israeli forces attacked and cracked down on Palestinian citizens protesting the expansion of settlements in the West Bank.
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2020-12-12 11:49
Patients being visited free of charge
A group of volunteer physicians and nurses visit patients in less developed neighborhoods of the city of Mashhad free of charge on a regular weekly basis.
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2020-12-09 15:26
Autumn snow adds beauty to nature
People are walking at a park in the north-central city of Hamedan as snowfall has adorned the city environment. According to meteorological maps, precipitation in Iran is expected to meet normal or lower than normal averages over autumn. The country will be facing a cold winter with heavy snowfalls this year.
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2020-12-07 18:35
Zarif meets new Syrian FM, says Tehran backs Astana process
TEHRAN – Foreign Minister Javad Zarif who held talks with new Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Tehran on Monday expressed happiness over the continuation of political process in Syria and said Iran backs the Astana format for ending the long-running conflict in Syria.
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2020-12-06 18:27
Veteran tazieh performer Reza Nasrollah Lankarani dies at 90
TEHRAN – Veteran tazieh performer Reza Nasrollah Lankarani died at his home in Tehran at the age of 90 on Sunday, Iranian Association of Tazieh managing director Ebrahim Galledarzadeh announced.
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2020-12-04 18:42
“Tony Driver” joins World’s Best at Cinéma Vérité
TEHRAN – Italian filmmaker Ascanio Petrini’s “Tony Driver” will be screened along with a lineup of acclaimed documentaries in the World’s Best category of Iran’s Cinéma Vérité festival.
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2020-12-04 18:36
Graffiti art brightens Tehran with images of hope and life
TEHRAN – A young artist who introduces himself with the pseudonym “Khamush” (“Silence”) paints the walls of the capital Tehran with graffiti inspiring people to live with peace and hope.
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2020-12-04 15:16
Rescue, relief in flood-hit Ahvaz
The Iranian Red Crescent Society has dispatched forces to provide assistance to families affected by a recent flood in the southwestern city of Ahvaz.
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2020-12-01 14:48
Oxygen cylinders provided to COVID-19 patients
In a ceremony which was held on Monday, charity organizations in cooperation with the Iranian Red Crescent Society provided some one thousand oxygen cylinders to the needy patients who are suffering from COVID-19.
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2020-11-29 18:27
Fakhrizadeh’s funeral held in Mashhad
TEHRAN — The body of senior Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh arrived in the northeastern city of Mashhad on Saturday night for a funeral procession, Tasnim reported.
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2020-11-29 13:47
Demonstrators seek revenge for Fakhrizadeh assassination
People from different walks of life gathered in front of the Imam Khomeini house in Qom on Saturday strongly protesting the assassination of prominent scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.
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2020-11-27 18:08
Actor Parviz Purhosseini dies of COVID-19
TEHRAN -- Veteran stage and screen actor Parviz Purhosseini died of COVID-19 at the age of 79 at Tehran’s Firuzgar Hospital on Friday morning, his son Purang has confirmed.
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2020-11-27 12:11
Canoeing training camp starts in Bandar Anzali
TEHRAN – Training camp of Iran national canoeing team started in the northern city of Bandar Anzali on Tuesday.
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2020-11-24 18:02
Director Kambuzia Partovi passes away of COVID-19
TEHRAN – Iranian screenwriter and filmmaker Kambuzia Partovi died of COVID-19 at Tehran’s Day Hospital on Tuesday. He was 65.
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2020-11-24 10:57
Traffic restriction aims to curb COVID-19
The National Headquarters for Coronavirus Control has issued a directive, banning private vehicles from 9:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. in cities which are on high alert in a bid to control the spread of coronavirus.
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2020-11-22 18:28
Iranian voice actor Changiz Jalilvand dies of COVID-19
TEHRAN – Changiz Jalilvand, the Iranian voice actor who lent his voice to Marlon Brando and Paul Newman in many acclaimed movies dubbed for Persian audiences, died of COVID-19 in a Tehran hospital on Sunday.
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2020-11-21 11:49
Home-to-home COVID-19 screening conducted
On Thursday, a group of charitable foundations carried out a home-to-home screening plan in a southern Tehran neighborhood to identify people who may have the COVID-19 virus but appear healthy or have only mild symptoms.
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2020-11-17 17:15
Iran among top five producers of COVID-19 rapid antigen-detection kits
TEHRAN – Iran is one of the top five manufacturers of coronavirus antigen-based rapid detection kits in the world.
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2020-11-17 14:32
Remdesivir production line comes on stream
A pharmaceutical plant in northern Gilan province is producing remdesivir, a drug which is given to hospitalized patients with COVID-19.
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2020-11-15 12:04
Blood donation in the time of corona
Iranian People all over the country are donating blood as the coronavirus pandemic has slashed the number of donors by around 20 percent over the past eight months. Studies show that the plasma driven from recovered patients can be used in the treatment of COVID-19 with the help of the patient's immune system. The best time for plasma donation is at least 14 and preferably 28 days after recovery, and donors should age 18 to 60 years.
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2020-11-14 11:08
Morales victoriously returns from exile
Tens of thousands of jubilant followers in Bolivia have welcomed Evo Morales back to the coca-growing region from which he fled into exile exactly a year ago.
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2020-11-10 13:08
Ex-Iran football coach Mahmoud Yavari dies
TEHRAN – Former Iran national football team head coach Mahmoud Yavari passed away at the age of 81 on Tuesday.
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2020-11-09 21:03
Earth-colored houses, one on top of another, like giant Lego blocks!
Photo depicts the atmospheric village of Shilandar, which its earth-colored houses are constructed one on top of another like giant Lego blocks! The village is situated in Taham rural district of Zanjan province, west-central Iran.
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2020-11-09 10:12
Rough hands, wool fibers and the traditional art of felt
An Iranian crafter (not pictured) rubs his rough hands against the wool fibers which are gradually being turned into a piece of felt in his workshop in Ramsar, northern Iran, November 6, 2020.
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2020-11-08 11:40
The winter of Kaswa village
Kaswa is a village in Khalajistan, 80 km from Qom. It is located in the foothills of the west of the city and these days, with the early cooling of the weather in the mountainous areas, it has also taken on a beautiful autumn face. This village, with its suitable water resources, feeds the river that flows to the villages of Nevis and Qahan downstream.
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2020-11-04 18:57
Duathlon competition held in Tabriz
TEHRAN - Duathlon competition was held in Tabriz, the capital of East Azarbaijan province, on Tuesday.