The Italian delegation included officials from universities, research institutes and companies who are departing Rome for Tehran on Tuesday.The 2-day conference will kick off on Wednesday in the presence of Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Farhadi.The conference aimed to hold dialogues on issues related to renovation and bilateral …
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Iranian films applauded at Pakistan '60-second films' festival
A total of 100 60-second films from different countries including 32 films from Iran were shown at the festival held at Aiwan-i-Quaid auditorium in Islamabad.32 Iranian films including ‘Tar-o-pood’, ‘Yaar’, ‘Irani Selfie’ and ‘Mother’ were screened at the event.The Iranian film makers discussed different social, political and family issues in …
Read More »Iraqi Hakim sympathizes with victims of recent floods in Iran
Hakim in a message to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei condoled with him as well as the Iranian people and government. We believe that the Muslim nation of Iran, by relying on its spirit of solidarity, is going to go through the painful conditions, he …
Read More »Iran among 10 countries producing polio vaccine
Talking to reporters, the official with the Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute Ali Eshaqi said Iran produces the safest vaccine across the world. Eshaqi stressed that the polio disease has been completely eradicated in Iran. He underlined that during the past 16 years even one case of polio has …
Read More »Over 120 ancient sites identified in southwest Iran
The Public Relations Office of the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) quoted head of the first season salvage speculations for evaluation of the present sites in the neighborhood of Chamshir Dam Mohammad Taqi Ataei as saying so far the most ancient evidence obtained from the basin of …
Read More »Thailand seeks to absorb more Iranian tourists
Thailand opened its tourism exhibition in Tehran on Monday to promote its tourism industry themed “It worth a try” and after Tehran it will be set up in the city of Shiraz on April 19. The exhibition tries to showcase tourism attraction in Thailand along with the country’s tribal cultures. …
Read More »Envoy calls for further cultural cooperation between Iran, Afghanistan
Mohammad Reza Bahrami, after a visit to Iran’s Scientific, Cultural, and Book Fair in Kabul, said to the IRNA reporter that Iranians and Afghans have a lot of cultural points in common and that holding book fairs in Kabul is a symbol of the necessity in interaction between the two …
Read More »Pakistan power crisis; people urge govt to work on Iran energy deal
According to National Transmission and Dispatch Company (NTDC), the demand of electricity has reached 16,300 MW whereas the production remains 10,100 MW as a result of which the shortfall has reached up to 6,200 MW.Iran has already shown its interest in providing 3,000 megawatts of electricity to tackle the persistent …
Read More »Collapsed Plasco Building to be rebuilt
Asghar Salimi, an Iranian lawmaker said that the new Plasco Building is going to have 7 stories and 5 stories for parking. Plasco was a 17-storey Tehran commercial building, the Iran's oldest high-rise and an iconic structure downtown Tehran, built in 1962, that caught fire on January 19, 2017. In …
Read More »Belarusian woman converts to Islam in Imam Reza shrine
Hashemi-nejad said that Olga Ostovich from Belarus is studying foreign languages.She had visited Iran twice and one time visited the holy shrine of Imam Reza and got acquainted with Iran's religious culture and became interested in.The 26-year woman had learned Arabic language and was able to read holy Quran and …
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