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US film critic: Americans have no quarrel with Iranians

US film critic: Americans have no quarrel with Iranians

Rosenbaum made the remarks in a recent meeting with Alireza Tabesh, Managing Director of Iran's Farabi Cinema Foundation.“The Iranian students have amazed me. I didn’t expect this amount of reception and enthusiasm,' he said.“It was in fact in New York that I came to know Iran cinema and Abbas Kiarostami’s …

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25% of Iran's non-oil exports destined for Iraq: Official

25% of Iran's non-oil exports destined for Iraq: Official

Danaeifar, also the secretary of a committee tasked with promoting trade relations between Iran and Iraq, said that Iran's overall non-oil exports, excluding gas condensates and petrochemical products, stood at $ 25 billion last year.He put Iran's exports to Iraq at $ 10 billion last year, $ 6.4 billion of …

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Int'l lawyer urges US to stop using duress in negotiations

Int'l lawyer urges US to stop using duress in negotiations

President Donald Trump said Monday he is willing to meet with Iran's leadership, without preconditions, 'whenever they want'.'I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet,' Trump was quoted by CNN as saying.'No preconditions,' he added. 'They want to meet, I'll meet, whenever they want.' Reza Nasri in …

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Man City tracking Iranian winger

Man City tracking Iranian winger

The 24-year-old, who can play in several attacking roles, has scored 8 goals in 14 appearances for his club this season. He was also at the World Cup with Iran, appearing as a substitute against Morocco, Spain and Portugal.Ghoddos, who plays for Östersunds FK in the Allsvenskan, Sweden’s professional football …

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Tehran University ranks 5th in Middle East

Tehran University ranks 5th in Middle East

Tehran University out of 605 universities in the world ranked 388 registering 67 steps growth among top world universities while maintaining its first place inside the country, the report said.In this category, Tehran University is now standing at 59 in Asia and 5 in the Middle East region, the report …

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193 MPs call for reshuffle in cabinet

193 MPs call for reshuffle in cabinet

In their letter to President Rouhani which was released on Wednesday, MPs said the issue will be to the country's benefit. They also appreciated Rouhani for changing the governor of the Central Bank of Iran.Meanwhile, in a separate letter to Iran's Judiciary chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, 190 MPs called …

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Iran to establish tourism ministry

Iran to establish tourism ministry

The bill was passed with 137 yes and 41 no votes. According to the bill, Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization will grow into a ministry.The government has the responsibility to pass the duty job description of the new ministry in the parliament within a year.9417**2050Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish …

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Louvre in Tehran wraps up after months of visiting boom

Louvre in Tehran wraps up after months of visiting boom

“The Louvre show has been visited by over 250,000 people including administration and international officials and diplomats, artists and other personalities,” Mohammadreza Kargar, a cultural heritage official said.Historic relics of the show were collected on Tuesday to be returned to France, he added.French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attended the …

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Saudis fire 200 missiles, mortar shells at Saada

Saudis fire 200 missiles, mortar shells at Saada

Based on the reports, at least seven Yemeni civilians were killed in Saudis' missile and air strikes. Meanwhile, Yemeni missile unit targeted Arab-coalition positions in al-Salu district with 'Zelzal-2' missile. Saudi Arabia and its regional allies attacked Yemen in March 2015 to bring back to power the deposed president of …

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Iran releases 21 Indian fishermen

Iran releases 21 Indian fishermen

'I am happy to inform that 21 Indian fishermen from Tamil Nadu who were stranded at Nakhitaghi (Iran) have been released with the efforts of Indian Embassy in Iran and our Consulate at Bandar Abbas. We are repatriating them to Chennai in batches starting from 3rd august 2018,' Swaraj wrote …

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