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2021-05-15 19:06
Moscow anthropology festival hosts “Wedding of Zinat’s Son”
TEHRAN – The Moscow International Visual Anthropology Festival – Mediating Camera screened the Iranian documentary “Wedding of Zinat’s Son” on Friday.
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2021-05-15 19:02
Ivaylo Hristov’s “Fear” at Fajr film festival
TEHRAN – Bulgarian director Ivaylo Hristov’s drama “Fear” will be competing in the 38th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran, the organizers announced on Saturday.
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2021-05-15 19:00
By Mohammad Mazhari
Israel likely to intensify tensions before a JCPOA revival: professor
TEHRAN - An American professor says it is possible that Israel as the chief opponent of the 2015 nuclear deal can raise tension over a possible revival of the agreement before it tones down its rhetoric or stop its malicious acts.
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2021-05-15 18:59
Iran to organize webinar on Persian poet Ferdowsi in Lahore
TEHRAN – The Iranian Culture Center in Lahore, Pakistan, plans to hold the webinar “Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh and the Secret of Persian Language Eternality” on Sunday.
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2021-05-15 18:55
Painter Hassan Ruholamin unveils new artwork on Hadith of Golden Chain
TEHRAN – Hassan Ruholamin, an Iranian painter who is most famous for illustrating stories from the history of Islam, has recently unveiled his latest artwork on the Hadith of Silsilah al-Dhahab (The Hadith of the Golden Chain).
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2021-05-15 18:54
First stamp museum house to open in Tabriz
TEHRAN –A museum house, dedicated to historical postage stamps, will open in Tabriz, the capital of the East Azarbaijan province.
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2021-05-15 18:53
Intl. webinar to discuss ways to preserve Persepolis for future generations
TEHRAN – A host of experts will be discussing archaeological findings and the latest attempts for the conservation of the UNESCO-registered Persepolis for future generations.
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2021-05-15 18:52
Intl. travels fall by 80% in Iran due to coronavirus
TEHRAN – The average of international travels to and from Iran fell by 80 percent during the past Iranian calendar year 1399 (ended on March 20, 2021) from a year earlier.
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2021-05-15 18:44
By Farrokh Hesabi
Esteghlal almost out of IPL title race
TEHRAN - Esteghlal’s hopes of winning the Iran Professional League (IPL) took another hit on Friday as they suffered a 1-0 defeat against Persepolis in Tehran derby.
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2021-05-15 17:40
Lake Urmia revival eradicates 450,000 ha of SDS hotspots
TEHRAN – The restoration of Lake Urmia has eradicated 450,000 hectares of sand and dust storm (SDS) hotspots, according to the latest studies.
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2021-05-15 17:36
Philanthropists donate 71% more to support orphans
TEHRAN – Iranian benefactors have made cash contributions amounting to 15 trillion rials (about $357 million at the official rate of 42,000 rials) to orphaned children over the last [Iranian calendar] year (March 2020 – March 2021), an increase of 71 percent year on year.
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2021-05-15 17:24
People over 75 being vaccinated against coronavirus
TEHRAN – Coronavirus vaccination started for people aged 75 or above on Saturday, Alireza Raeisi, the deputy health minister, has announced.
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2021-05-15 16:13
Masoud Pezeshkian registers to run for presidential post
TEHRAN - Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon who served as health minister in the Mohammad Khatami administration, registered on Saturday to run for the post of president.
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2021-05-15 15:59
Cryptocurrency issues discussed at ICCIMA meeting
TEHRAN – The Macroeconomic Committee of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (ICCIMA) hosted a meeting on Saturday to discuss the issues related to the exchange of cryptocurrencies in the country.
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2021-05-15 15:01
Two Iranian women heading to Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification
TEHRAN – Mahla Momenzadeh and Nahid Kiani will participate at the 2021 Asian Taekwondo Olympic Qualification Tournament.
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2021-05-15 14:50
Photo: SaeidReza Razavi
Tehran Times celebrates 42nd anniversary
Staff and managers gathered together at the newsroom on Saturday, celebrating the 42nd anniversary of the newspaper, while wishing health, prosperity, and a better future for all.
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2021-05-15 14:44
TEDPIX rises 5,500 points on Saturday
TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), gained 5,519 points to 1.189 million on Saturday (the first day of Iranian calendar week).
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2021-05-15 14:41
Judiciary chief fields presidential candidacy, says opposed to corruption, incompetence
TEHRAN – Judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi, who registered on Saturday to contest the post of president, said his nomination as a candidate does not negate the candidacy of others.
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2021-05-15 14:31
Subsidy reform plan allocates $7.6b to support domestic production
TEHRAN – Managing Director of Iranian Organization of Targeted Subsidies has said that 320 trillion rials (about $7.61 billion) of the revenues earned from the government’s subsidy reform plan has been allocated for supporting domestic production in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21).
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2021-05-15 14:22
Mohsen Hashemi registers to run for president
TEHRAN – Mohsen Hashemi, a member of the central council of the Executives of Construction Party, on Saturday registered to run for the presidential post.
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2021-05-15 13:55
Over 26m tons of minerals extracted from East Azarbaijan mines in a year
TEHRAN- As stated by a provincial official, over 26 million tons of minerals were extracted from the mines of East Azarbaijan province, in the northwest of Iran, during the past Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20).
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2021-05-15 13:42
By Mahnaz Abdi
Major strategies to boost trade between Iran, Armenia
TEHRAN- Expansion of trade with the neighboring countries, especially boosting exports to the neighbors is one of the major policies that Iran is seriously pursuing to nullify the effects of the U.S. sanctions on its economy.
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2021-05-15 13:24
By Ebrahim Fallahi
Iran taking big steps for development of free trade, special economic zones
TEHRAN – Over the past two decades, free and special economic zones have played a significant role in Iran’s economy, and the Iranian government has been seriously pursuing a program for the development of the existing zones and establishing new ones.
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2021-05-15 13:12
Stock market to get back on track this year: MP
TEHRAN - Mohammadreza Pour-Ebrahimi, the chairman of the Iranian parliament’s economic committee has said that the stock market is going to follow a positive trend in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21).
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2021-05-15 13:07
Ali Larijani nominates as presidential candidate
TEHRAN – Former Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani registered to run for the presidential post on Saturday.
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2021-05-15 01:01
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By Amal Wahdan
This Zionist apartheid regime: An outlawed state and an international terrorist military base
This year, and while millions of the free people of the world rallied on international Quds day in support for the Palestinian cause and to call for an end to the Zionist apartheid regime’s atrocities and occupation of Palestine, Palestinians in Jerusalem are escalating their protests against the continuous policies of ethnic cleansing of Jerusalem from its Palestinian indigenous people, who have lived there for thousands of years, at the hands of the apartheid military occupying power.
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2021-05-14 22:02
Persepolis edge Esteghlal to go top of IPL
TEHRAN – Persepolis football team edged past Esteghlal 1-0 in Iran Professional League (IPL) here at the Azadi Stadium on Friday.
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2021-05-14 21:00
Authorities to restore, reorganize Seymareh open-air museum
TEHRAN – Tourism directorate of the western Ilam province is slated to restore and reorganize the open-air museum site of Seymareh, which dates from the Sassanid-era (224 CE–651).
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2021-05-14 20:30
Iranian police seize relics from smugglers
TEHRAN – Some 20 historical objects have recently been confiscated from three smugglers in Kuhdasht, western Lorestan province, a senior police official in charge of protecting cultural heritage said on Friday, CHTN reported.