High speed has caused the accident in Shiraz-Marvdasht road, Colonel Ahmadi said.Two hands of two passengers and leg of a woman were cut off in the accident, he said. Some 12 ambulances and one helicopter were sent to the scene of accident to transfer injured passengers to nearby hospitals for …
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Iran teenagers receive 13 medals in Malaysia
Iranian teenagers received five gold, six silver, and two bronze medals in the competitions that is a marketplace for invention and innovation.The gold medal winners are as follow:Arman Yusefian, Shahryar Tavoosi Tafreshi and Masoud Shafaghi for invention of nanofilter for water; Amir-Reza Piri for disposable cell phone charger; Mohammad Ahmadi …
Read More »Austrian cultural figure visits Tehran Book Fair
Talking to reporters, the Austrian official said Tehran Book Fair is much larger than its Vienna counterpart both in area and the number of visitors. He said that more than 99 percent of Austrian citizens are book readers and 100 percent of them are literate and the number of books …
Read More »Persian language course resumed at Pakistani university
The Masters and PhD students will have the chance to study Persian language at the Quaid-e-Azam University. Along with learning Persian language the students and teachers would also discuss history and civilization of Iran during classes.Launching of the course will also provide great opportunity for the researchers and experts at …
Read More »Iran, Spain sign agreement to maintain, repair historical buildings
The agreement was signed between an Iranian organization in charge of maintaining historical sites and the Spanish Paradores Company.The two sides also agreed to encourage the Iranian and Spanish travelers to visit the other country.Conducting technical workshops, exchange of visits by experts to determine situation of the historical buildings and …
Read More »Spanish writer: Allegations against Iranians are wrong
Patricia Almarcegui, writer and lecturer in Comparative Literature, gives a narration of her 2005 visit to Iran in her book ‘Escuchar Irán’ (Hear Iran) which was published in 2016.“Iranians are very ‘kind, cultured and hospitable’ and one can easily see high levels of culture, such as poetry and music in …
Read More »Valuable opportunities prepared to boost bilateral ties: Australian Envoy
Biggs made the remarks in a meeting on Wednesday evening with Khorasan Razavi Governor General Ali Reza Rashidian in northeastern Iran.Besides development of bilateral ties in different fields, Australia is ready to have necessary cooperation with Iran in the field of security and military, especially in the fight against Daesh …
Read More »Major ELT conference ends in Tehran
The day-long conference which was held at the ATU Faculty of Persian Language and Foreign Languages wrapped up on Wednesday with a fresh look to the ELT.The event was participated by a large number of domestic and international ELT dignitaries such as Canadian Victoria University Professor Hossein Nasaji and other …
Read More »Iran, Nakhchivan expand cultural, art cooperation
During the meeting, Gadimova said that art and artists have special position in the government of Nakhchivan policy and appropriate situations and possibilities have been prepared for the growth of art.Aqazadeh, for his part, pointed to holding art exhibitions in the Republic as art position and ranks for Nakhchivan art-lovers …
Read More »Iran calls for UN support for tree planting in Palestine
Vice President and head of Environmental Protection Organization Masoumeh Ebtekar wrote to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Program Erik Solheim that it has been about 70 years that social and natural life of Palestinians have been affected by war and unrest imposed by the Zionist regime and …
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