Culture

Head of Fars Province Bodybuilding Committee Mohammad-Ali Farhang-mehr told IRNA on Wednesday that Chopan received gold medal in Moscow World Championship.In this round of competition, athletes from 28 countries participated and Hadi Chopan received the 100 kg gold medal.He added that by the medal, Chopan will be qualified to run …

Payam Noor University officials announced the readiness in a joint meeting with Oman Higher Education Ministry officials on Wednesday.The PNU officials also suggested exchanging professors and students in the post–graduate level as well as membership in general assembly of virtual universities' network of the Islamic world in order to develop …

Speaking in the opening ceremony of the 1st Irano-German International Symposium on Archaeometry, Morteza Abdar told IRNA that Tabriz cultural heritage is both nationally and internationally valuable.Due to its various potentials, Tabriz was selected by the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) as the tourism capital of the Islamic world in …

In an exclusive interview with IRNA on the inauguration of 'Hafez Shirazi Corner' at Pakistan National Book Foundation, Irfan Siddiqui said that exemplary relations with Iran, is the utmost priority of Pakistan government.'Hafez Shirazi Corner', an important Iranian cultural project opened at Pakistan National Book Foundation in Islamabad this week …

He made the remarks in a meeting with Middle Eastern Director of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Tetsutaro Kon and high representative of JICA to Iran Kuhi Sato.Salar-Amoli said that regarding the positive attitude of Iranians and Japanese to each other, scientific cooperation would be the most sustainable link between …

Speaking in the hall of Semnan municipality, he said the city of Semnan is among cities being nominated to host mayors of the Silk Road in the year 2019.Media persons and the press can play a very effective role in introducing the tourist attractions in the city to the world …

Director of Public Relations Department of Shiraz University Zohreh Azimifar said on Tuesday that the two MoUs were signed by chancellors of the universities.She said that scientific cooperation with reputable world universities increased in the past three years.Chancellor of Lomonosov Moscow State University Victor Antonovich Sadovnichy who is also the …

Kianian, a supportor of the “I’m Lake Urmia” hashtag, handed over his letter on Monday to Gary Lewis, the UN resident coordinator in Iran, during a meeting which was held in the Iranian capital to this end.The “I’m Lake Urmia” hashtag is a campaign initiated in late August by Iranian …

The campaign honors the memory of the young Iranian journalist and author Mohammad Reza Rostami who lost his life to cancer recently.Zarif presented 100 volumes of the foreign ministry publications to the family of the late journalist as a token of his respect to him.He said he joined the campaign …

Speaking at a press conference, Bahrami underscored that Iran would put 'Sharif Sat' into orbit by the end of the current Iranian year (to end March 20, 2017).He added 'Nahid 1' and 'Amir Kabir' satellites would be launched by the end of the next Iranian calendar year.Bahrami added 'Nahid1' and …