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Sajjadi told IRNA on Saturday that based on the schedule coordinated with Armenian officials, Iranian prisoners will be handed over to Iran on November 9.This is the second time this year (started March 20, 2016) that Iranian prisoners are tranferred home by Armenia.9376**1424 www.irna.ir

According to RCCBF, in a meeting which was held in the presence of professors, researchers and students of University of Potsdam in partnership with RCCBF, professors and experts of the university presented their experiences regarding conservation and restoration of historic monuments.The two scientific bodies also negotiated on joint cooperation and …

Salehi made the remarks on the sideline of his meeting with Director-General of ITER International Fusion Energy Organization Bernard Bigot in Tehran on Saturday.He also expressed hope that Iran could join the ITER project by end of 2016.As per the MoU, Iran and ITER are obliged to keep information of …

Khalafi, 9, is scheduled to compete with participants from 40 countries on Nov. 6.She has been so far dispatched to different countries, namely Russia, Turkey, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria, to take part in Holy Quran memoraization contests.Last year, Khalafi ranked first in the 37th round of Quran competitions in Tehran …

According to the United Nations Information Center (UNIC) in Tehran, the full text of his message reads:Today marks the first observance of World Tsunami Awareness Day. On this day, in 1854, a Japanese village leader recognized the signs of an approaching tsunami and improvised a remarkably effective early warning system …

Formal inauguration ceremony of the international press exhibit will be held tomorrow in presence of President Hassan Rouhani.Minister of Culture and the Islamic Guidance Reza Salehi Amiri and several other cultural officials, press activists and journalists will attend the inaugural ceremony on Saturday.Products of some 900 Iranian and foreign press …

Deputy Chancellor for Educational and Post-Graduate Affairs Abdelkarim Attarzadeh told reporters on Wednesday that the high education center will admit non-Iranian students to help talented students from other countries, Islamic and neighboring states in particular, to continue their studies in their favorite courses.Currently, 10 to 15 non-Iranian students have been …

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Signing of the project document is considered as the formal launch of the FAO project.The project will be implemented over a two-year period (November 2016 – October 2018) in Mazandaran province, the mountain and coastal areas along the Caspian Sea, and has the budget of 330,000 USD funded by FAO …

According to the report of seismography center, affiliated to Tehran University's Geophysics Institute, the tremor occurred at 14:41:09 hours local time (11:11 hours GMT), 10 kilometers deep inside the ground.There is no immediate report on possible casualty or damage.Avaj city is located 120 kilometers southwest of Qazvin.1391**1420 www.irna.ir