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2021-05-22 22:11
Hazrati appointed as Pezeshkian campaign manager
TEHRAN — Reformist presidential candidate Massoud Pezeshkian has appointed Elias Hazrati, the secretary general of the National Trust party, as his campaign chief.
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2021-05-22 22:08
Parthian, Sassanid, Islamic coins under restoration by Iranian experts
TEHRAN – Some 200 historical coins are currently being restored by a team of Iranian experts at Mofakham Museum of Bojnurd in North Khorasan province.
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2021-05-22 22:06
Bronze Age Konar-Sandal getting ready for UNESCO status
TEHRAN – Preparatory work has been commenced on Iran’s Konar-Sandal to get the Bronze Age site ready for a possible UNESCO registration. The site is situated in the Jiroft plain of southeastern Kerman province.
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2021-05-22 22:05
Chabahar, Konarak coastlines projected for tourism development
TEHRAN – Local authorities in close collaboration with the private sector have prepared a plan to buttress tourism infrastructure across the coastlines of Chabahar and Konarak in Sistan-Baluchestan province.
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2021-05-22 22:05
Relocated stone blocks brought back to Pasargadae
TEHRAN – A number of once relocated stone blocks have recently been brought back to the UNESCO-registered Pasargadae in southern Iran, the director of the World Heritage site said on Saturday.
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2021-05-22 22:03
Fort, mansion, and bridge made national heritage in southwest Iran
TEHRAN - A total of six historical monuments in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad province have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list.
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2021-05-22 22:01
Virtual show to spotlight Armenian monastic ensembles of Iran
TEHRAN – The Iranian National Commission for UNESCO will be hosting a virtual photo exhibit of the three photogenic ancient churches that constitute the Armenian Monastic Ensembles of Iran.
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2021-05-22 22:00
Russian diplomat calls Vienna talks ‘unique’
TEHRAN – Mikhail Ulyanov, the Russians ambassador to the Vienna-based international organizations, on Saturday described the talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in the Austrian capital as “unique”.
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2021-05-22 21:57
Iranian Foreign Ministry, top officials hail Palestinians over victory against Israel
TEHRAN — In separate statements the Iranian Foreign Ministry as well as top officials including the Judiciary chief, parliament speaker, senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and the Armed Force Chief of Staff have congratulated the Palestinian nation on the significant victory over the Israeli regime.
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2021-05-22 21:39
How Netanyahu botched the normalization hype
Gone with the wind
TEHRAN – The Israeli regime sought to use the normalization deals with some Arab states to project a different image of itself to the Arab world but the recent carnage against Gaza once again brought it into disrepute.
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2021-05-22 19:12
Charity foundation to conduct 4,000 job creation plans for women breadwinners
TEHRAN – The Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, will carry out 4,000 plans to create sustainable jobs for female heads of households this year (began on March 21).
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2021-05-22 19:11
Iran experiences 60% rainfall drop in 2 months on year
TEHRAN – Precipitation has declined by 60 percent in Iran over the first two months of the current [Iranian calendar] year (March 21-May 21) compared to the same period last year.
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2021-05-22 19:09
By Faranak Bakhtiari
Biodiversity conservation, an asset to fight coronavirus
TEHRAN – Loss of natural habitats is the reason behind the outbreak of zoonotic diseases so that biodiversity protection is a great tool to fight epidemics such as coronavirus.
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2021-05-22 19:07
Over 100 years of Iranian postage stamps under one roof at newly-established museum
TEHRAN – Various collections of the Iranian postage stamps issued since the Qajar era (1789–1925) onwards have been put on show at a newly-established museum in the historical city of Tabriz, the capital of East Azarbaijan province.
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2021-05-22 19:06
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System dredging work starts
TEHRAN – A vast dredging project has started at the Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System, a UNESCO-registered prehistorical ensemble in southwest Iran, which is known globally as a masterpiece of creative genius.
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2021-05-22 19:05
Lawmakers to discuss Vienna talks amid nuclear deliberations
TEHRAN – Members of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee will hold a meeting on Sunday with relevant officials to review the latest developments concerning the Vienna nuclear talks.
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2021-05-22 19:04
Rouhani lauds Palestine ‘major victory’
TEHRAN – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has praised the Palestinian response to Israel, calling it a “major victory.”
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2021-05-22 18:55
Iran’s Kiani secures taekwondo berth at Olympics
TEHRAN – Taekwondo athlete Nahid Kiani from Iran secured her place at the 2020 Olympic Games.
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2021-05-22 18:36
French philosopher Georges Bataille’s “Literature and Evil” published in Persian
TEHRAN – French philosopher Georges Bataille’s book “Literature and Evil” has recently been published in Persian in Tehran.
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2021-05-22 18:34
15 shorts to compete in Fajr Intl. Film Festival
TEHRAN – Fifteen short movies will be competing in the 38th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran.
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2021-05-22 18:31
“The Crab”, “The Hand and the Egg” competing in Finland Animatricks
TEHRAN – The Iranian animations “The Crab” and “The Hand and the Egg” are competing in the 21st edition of Animatricks, an international animation festival currently underway in the Finnish capital of Helsinki.
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2021-05-22 18:27
“Good Lost Days of Calendar” named best at Intl. Earth Film Festival
TEHRAN – “Good Lost Days of Calendar” by documentarian Hojjat Taheri has won the award for best feature documentary at the first edition of the International Earth Film Festival.
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2021-05-22 18:19
Iranian institute launches intl. short story competition on COVID-19
TEHRAN – The Iran Book and Literature House has launched an international competition for short story writing on COVID-19.
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2021-05-22 17:29
Six weightlifters to represent Iran at world championships
TEHRAN – Iran will send five weightlifters to the 2021 IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships.
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2021-05-22 17:26
Iran’s practice schedule for World Cup qualification released
TEHRAN – Iran football federation announced on Saturday the practice schedule for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
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2021-05-22 16:58
By M.A. Saki
Clock running down on Israel’s ability to commit genocide without consequences: activist
TEHRAN – Greta Berlin, a female author, journalist and “activist”, tells the Tehran Times that “I’m extremely hopeful this time that the clock is running down on Israel’s ability to continue to commit genocide without consequences.”
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2021-05-22 16:48
Iranian football in paddy field
TEHRAN – The people of north of Iran play a new type of football namely, footshal in their fields during paddy season.
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2021-05-22 16:27
Bushehr Port ready to receive large-scale vessels
TEHRAN - Siavash Arjmandzadeh, the director general of ports and maritime department of southwestern Bushehr Province, has announced that the port is ready for receiving large-scale vessels with over 45,000 tons of capacity.
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2021-05-22 16:27
Energy Ministry cuts off power of 4 govt. entities for over-consumption
TEHRAN - Iranian Energy Ministry's Spokesman for Electricity Industry Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi said the ministry has cut the power of four major government entities for violation of consumption criteria set by the ministry.
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2021-05-22 15:34
By Reza Moshfegh
Britain far from a so-called post-racial society: activist
TEHRAN – Noting that most of the British media are uncritical when it comes to the royal family, a London-based writer says Britain is far from a so-called post-racial society.