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Two other Iranian short films, directed by Farkhondeh Torabi and Sara Hesari have also managed to attend this prestigious festival.The film 'Fish', concentrating on the issue of shortage of water in Iran, will compete with films from the The Netherlands, Spain, Germany, USA, Uruguay, Russia, Czech Republic, North Ireland, UK, …

A faculty member of Shahid Beheshti University Hamid Reza Valipour, speaking at the scientific session on cultural heritage and precious stones which was held under the auspicious of the Institute for Conservation and Restoration of Cultural-Historical Works, said the Sumerian texts can be evaluated from different angles, The Public Relations …

RICHT quoted head of the exploration team in the area Ali Sajjadi as saying archeological studies and salvage archeological exploration in Pir-Michaeil area in Roudbar Seymareh were conducted by creating four 10x10 trenches with an aim of saving the area.The archaeologist said that at the beginning of the work, topographical …

Rabi' Fallah said the major economic event will provide an opportunity for the participants to exchange latest experience and be informed of the latest technical and engineering achievements.Provincial producers should be able to raise issues in the conference with respect to the latest in the industries engineering, he said.The governor …

Head of the Research Center for Islamic Sciences and Culture, Hojjatoleslam Najaf Lakzaei, told IRNA on Sunday that the Policymaking Council was set up in Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) two years ago following approval of the Culture and Civilization Commission of the High Council of Cultural Revolution to …

He made the remarks on the sidelines of visiting Sistan and Baluchestan Province border areas.Deputy Commander of Provincial Border Guard, Mohammad Mollashahi, said Iran has paid huge expenses in fight against ominous phenomenon of drugs trafficking and one of them is more than 3,000 martyrs in confrontation with Mafia bands …

RICHT quoted head of the archeological team in Anjiri Cave, Sonia Shidrang saying the first exploration season in the cave, located in Marv Dasht in Fars Province, started with a focus on understanding the sequence of Paleolithic establishments, their chronology and interdisciplinary studies about it, such as the study of …

'Since the littoral Arab states of the Persian Gulf are eager to import rose and herbal waters from Fars Province, presence of a consortium from Maymand City in Oman exhibition will pave the way to marketing of such products,' Managing Director of Fars Province Industrial Townships Company, Shahpour Qanbari, said …

Spokesman of Mazandaran Emergency Service Zacharia Ashkpour told IRNA that the incident happened in the area of telecabin in the coast of Ramsar west of Mazandaran Province.The four Omani tourists were rescued safe and sound, but because of coldness of weather, they caught a flu.1391**1420 www.irna.ir

In an interview with Dawn, Iftikhar Arif revealed that he will be traveling to Iran to attend a conference on Persian poet Bidal Dehlavi and will be presenting a research paper over there.Bidal Dehlavi (1642–1720) was a famous representative of Persian poetry and Sufism in Indian sub-continent.He added that Persian …