Food festival brings Persian flavors to New Delhi

TEHRAN - The Eros Hotel, in partnership with the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Iran Culture House, and CD Foundation, hosted an exquisite Iranian food festival from December 11 to 17.

Food availability ‘at an all-time low’ across Gaza, says FAO

Beth Bechdol, the deputy director-general of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), is calling for unrestricted and safe access to the Gaza Strip to deliver emergency aid and prevent the spread of famine.

By Afshin Majlesi

Culinary heritage of Lar explored at conference in southern Iran

TEHRAN - Lar, a historic city in southern Iran, hosted a culinary conference at the Larestan Science and Technology Tower to examine the region’s rich gastronomic heritage and its potential for food tourism.

'Famine is imminent in Gaza': UN

The UN sends a reminder that more than two million people are now trapped in the Gaza Strip with little access to food and no access to safe drinking water.

11 killed in Israeli attack on Gaza school

Israeli forces continue to pound the Gaza Strip, killing dozens of Palestinians, including 11 people sheltering at a school in Gaza City and four traveling in a car near Deir el-Balah.

Israel is eviscerating ecosystems in Gaza: Climate Defiance

Climate Defiance, a climate activist group focused on young adults, says Israel’s devastating war on the Gaza Strip could make the besieged coastal enclave “uninhabitable not just for years but for generations”.

HRW: Killing of aid seekers part of a ‘decades-long pattern’ of Israeli violence

Omar Shakir, Human Right Watch’s director for Israel and Palestine, said attacks by Israeli forces on people seeking aid in Gaza were part of a “decades-long pattern” of deadly abuses against Palestinians.

Iranian company relaunches aseptic tomato paste production line

TEHRAN - The managing director of Kowsar Beh Chin Samin Company announced here on Saturday that the company’s aseptic tomato paste production line was relaunched after 20 years in the current year that has been named by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution as “The Year of Curbing Inflation and Jumping Production.”

WFP releases report on activities in Iran

TEHRAN - The World Food Program released a report on Monday, expounding on activities in Iran over the month of November.