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Iranian internationally acclaimed film director Abbas Kiarostami died in a Paris hospital on July 4. His body is to be transferred to Iran for burial ceremonies.A workgroup has been formed in Khaneh Cinema to transfer Abbas Kiarostami's body to Iran. It has been reported that the transfer takes some time …

'The world may have lost its greatest filmmaker' Abbas Kiarostami, the New York cinema magazine The Film Stage has tweeted.'It’s not just the world of cinema that has lost a great man; the whole world has lost someone really great,' the Guardian has quoted Oscar-winning Iranian film-maker Asghar Farhadi as …

Rastegar added that regarding the quality of the product, the amount of protein, its smell and its cooking, Iranian rice is better than imported ones.On the quality of Iranian rice, he said that it depends on different factors like environmental and climatic conditions.Despite the fact that imported rice is approved …

Kiarostami travelled to France for treatment of advanced cancer he was suffering from.Kiarostami was hospitalized and under treatment for several months in Iran before leaving for France.Kiarostami’s rise to the status of one of the world’s foremost directors started from relatively humble beginnings.He was born in 1940 in Tehran, and …

He said that among these Chinese tourists were only five Muslims.Hasheminejad said that the number of foreign tourists, who visited the holy shrine increased noticeably this year and among them the Chinese tourists were increased as well.He explained services offered for foreign tourists in the holy shrine.The official said that …

Talking to IRNA, Gouya reiterated that polio has not been completely eradicated in Iran since the disease is still alive in two neighboring eastern countries.Thanks to implementation of vaccination program, he said, polio has been completely eradicated in many countries.In order to completely eradicate the disease, all Iranians and legal …

He died at his home after suffering from a long illness in Tajikistan.Mosalmanian Qobadiani wrote several books and articles on the Persian language.Collaborating with the Islamic world encyclopedia, the Tajik professor provided the Persian literature with meritorious services.Born in 1938, he received his Ph.D in Persian Language and Literature from …

Head of Iranian RoboCup Regional Committee said that the Mechatronic Research Laboratories (MRL) team from Azad University of Qazvin, by receiving 6 titles, became the most honorable team in the event.Regarding the results obtained by Iranian teams, Morteza Mousakhani said that in Rescue Robot League Iranian Kavosh Team ranked 2nd …

Without security there is going to be no progress or welfare, Sayyari told a group of Navy commanders and marines in the northern city of Manjil on Sunday.The Armed Forces are responsible for providing security for the government and people, and while the security is maintained across the country, people …

Parviz Karami said that statistics released by the SCImago ranking site indicates that Iran had advanced to higher positions in scientific products in the field of aerospace in 2015.He further pointed out that Iran stood 11th in terms of scientific production in aerospace in 2015, higher than Spain, the Netherlands, …