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“Smart Kid” mobile screening extended

TEHRAN- The mobile screening of the Iranian 3D animation “Smart Kid,” which has been titled the best-selling animation and children’s film in the country, will extend until the end of March....

Growing Number of Foreign Pilgrims Heading for Iraq via Iran - Society/Culture news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Statistics show a significant rise in the number of Turkish, Azerbaijani and Georgian nationals passing through Iran on their way to Iraq for the Arbaeen pilgrimage....

New Tajik Persian culture research institute launched in Dushanbe

TEHRAN- The Tajik Persian Culture Research Institute was inaugurated in Dushanbe, Tajikist...

Growing Number of Foreign Pilgrims Heading for Iraq via Iran - Society/Culture news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Statistics show a significant rise in the number of Turkish, Azerbaijani...

Why Washington Post cartoonist's critique of Trump lead to her sudden exit?

TEHRAN- Earlier last week, Ann Telnaes, the Pulitzer prize-winning cartoonist for The Wash...

“A Little Cloud” appears at Iranian bookstores

TEHRAN- Irish novelist and poet James Joyce’s short story “A Little Cloud” has recently be...

Growing Number of Foreign Pilgrims Heading for Iraq via Iran - Society/Culture news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Statistics show a significant rise in the number of Turkish, Azerbaijani...

IAF cinematheque to screen Bergman’s television play “The Image Makers”

TEHRAN-The cinematheque of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) will show the 2000 Swedish tele...

Growing Number of Foreign Pilgrims Heading for Iraq via Iran - Society/Culture news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Statistics show a significant rise in the number of Turkish, Azerbaijani...

Mai Jia’s “The Message” available at bookstores

TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the book “The Message” written by the Chinese novelist M...

News

Massive earthquake rocks southern Iran

TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – A huge 4. magnitude earthquake shook Iran's Bushehr province on Thursday night....

Iran Mazandaran exports 1 million tons of mineral in 9 months

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – As official at Customs Office of Mazandaran province says over one million tons of minerals, valued at $33 million, were exported from this northe...

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Sport

Iran’s Shirvani into WTT Youth Contender Tunis 2025 SF

TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – Nikan Shirvani of Iran booked his place at the WTT Youth Contender Tunis 2025....

Sepahan vs Persepolis: VAR Confirmed - Sports news

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) will be used for the Sepahan - Persepolis match....

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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 - Holy Karbala on Hazrat Zeynab (SA) martyrdom anniversary

TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – Muslims from different parts of world paid a visit to the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) in Iraq's Karbala on the occasion of the martyrdom of h...

Pres. Pezeshkian pays tribute to Ismail Somoni monument

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran paid tribute to monument of Ismoil Somoni, the founder of Samanids Dynasty on a visit to Tajikistan on Wednesd...

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Economy

TEDPIX drops 431 points on Wednesday

TEHRAN- TEDPIX, the main index of the Tehran Stock Exchange (TSE), fell 431 points to 2,866,222 on Wednesday, which is the fifth day of the Iranian calendar week....

Iran calls for investment in renewable energy at IRENA summit

TEHRAN - The head of Iran's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA) Mohsen Tarztalab proposed that, in addition to international mechanisms like the c...

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Society

IRCS ready to share expertise with Sudan: official

TEHRAN –The Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) director, Razieh Alishvandi, in a meeting with the Sudanese ambassador to Tehran, Abdulaziz Hassan Saleh Taha, has announc...

UNICEF, ISCC expand partnership to support children

TEHRAN -The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and the Iran-Switzerland Chamber of Commerce (ISCC) have signed a three-year partnership to further support children,...

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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, Uzbekistan stress bilateral coop. on health, medicine

TEHRAN, Jan. 16 (MNA) – The Iranian ambassador to Uzbekistan has held a meeting with the health minister of the Central Asian country during which the two sides stressed ...

Tehran University becomes a member of CERN

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – The University of Tehran became a member of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, in cooperating with Future Circular Col...

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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.