Culture

Majidi’s Indian-set film opened the 36th edition of Fair International Film Festival today. Beyond The Clouds narrates a touching story of a brother and sister, and the way they find each other and how they face the hardships and change through them.Majid Majidi is one the most well-known and celebrated …

Talking to Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) reporter on the sidelines of the 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF), which kicked off officially in Tehran on Thursday, Isabelle Giordano, the general director of UniFrance said this prestigious gathering is a great opportunity to become familiar with the Iranian …

Speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the new Iranian cultural house building in Kabul, Abuzar Ebrahimi Torkaman said that cultural onslaught destroys all things that a nation possesses and targets the spirituality hidden in the culture of that nation.He said the ties between Iran and Afghanistan go beyond the relationship …

Seyyed Mahdi Bathaei made the proposal in a meeting with the head of the Education and Sciences Committee of Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Nikonov. Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Mahdi Sanaei was also present in the meeting.Bathaei said the Iranian government plans to break the monopoly of the English language as …

Muhammad Faisal responding to a question during his weekly news briefing in Islamabad on Thursday said that the statement shows the concern of the international community on the long standing dispute between India and Pakistan. He said that Foreign Minister of Pakistan Khawaja Muhammad Asif some days back had also …

Bathaei, who is currently in Moscow at the invitation of his Russian counterpart to attend an international educational exhibition themed ‘New Educational Ecosystem’ will return home on Friday. During the meeting, the two sides called for boosting of Tehran-Moscow ties in different fields including education.After visiting the exhibition, Iranian minister …

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Tehran, April 19, IRNA - The Yemeni air defense units shot down an American MQ9 drone in the western province of Al-Hudaydah Wednesday, Al-Mayadeen news network quoting a military source said. It did not provide further details. www.irna.ir

According to Al-Massirah news channel, the missile unit of Yemeni Army and popular committees fired a ballistic missile of Badr 1 type at Jizan airport.A military source also said that Yemeni missile unit also fired a missile of Badr 1 type at Najran’s power plant.Al-Massirah described firing missile at some …

According to archeological surveys, Talle Zahhak which experienced a period of high development in the Parthian, Achaemenid, Sassanid and early Islamic centuries, also enjoyed high importance in the Ilamite, the Achaemenid and the Seleucid Empire.The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) quoted Mohammad …

'IRNA is ready to further develop cooperation and engagement with the Syrian media,' Managing-Director of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Zia Hashemi said during a phone conversation with Managing-Director of the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) Abdolrahim Ahmad.He congratulated the Syrian government and people's victories over terrorism and the …