• Farhadi to shoot new film in Paris
    • Award-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is planning to depict the love story between an Iranian girl and North African boy in his next film set in Paris. “Asghar has just delivered a first draft of the script - which is quite brilliant - and ...
    • UNESCO registers Persian gardens
    • The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has registered Persian Gardens as a new Iranian entry on its World Heritage List. The property includes nine gardens including ...
    • Iran, Turkmenistan to expand ties
    • Iran’s Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and his Turkmen counterpart Rashid Meredov have reiterated the significance of developing ties between the two neighboring states.
    • Iranian et al invent invisibility carpet
    • An Iranian post-doctoral student is on a research team, which has managed to invent a special coating, which makes objects invisible despite the presence of light. The 33-year-old named Dr. Majid Gharghi created the invisibility carpet cloak at the ...
    • Iran unveils new surgery device
    • Iran says its super-modern smart surgical system could be used in ear, nose and pharynx surgery as well as operations on the brain and nervous system. Iran has unveiled a super-modern surgical system which it says ...
    • US plots to divide Shea, Sunni fail
    • Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani has warned arrogant powers that their efforts to cause a split between Shea and Sunni Muslims are doomed to fail. “The enemy seeks to prevent Muslims from making ...
    • Iranian Macbeth in Armenia festival
    • Iranian stage director Hussein Farrokhi is slated to stage Macbeth at the Shakespeare International Theater Festival in the Armenian capital of Yerevan.
    • Iran troupe to perform at Italian festival
    • Iran’s Apple Tree troupe is slated to perform a traditional Persian puppet play at Italy’s 2011 Arrivano dal Mare International Puppet and Figures Festival. Led by Majid Giahchi, the troupe will present The ...
    • Iran to install new centrifuges
    • Iran’s nuclear chief Fereydoun Abbasi says the Islamic Republic plans to install the first chain of a new generation of centrifuges at two nuclear sites.“The first chain of 164 centrifuges will soon be installed at the ...
    • Iran raps IAEA’s Fukushima response
    • Iran’s Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh has criticized the regulatory authority over its handling of Japan’s nuclear crisis. “The poor and slow response by the [IAEA] secretariat and particularly ...
    • Iran Conf to discuss Israel nukes
    • Iran is to hold the second International Conference on Disarmament and Non-Proliferation to discuss Israel’s policy of nuclear ambiguity. The conference will take place in Tehran on ...
    • Spain awards Shabaviz Publishing Co.
    • Spain has granted the annual Golden Eagle Award for Prestige and Quality to Iran’s Shabaviz Publishing Company for its international cultural activities.
    • US after Mideast war to salvage Israel
    • Iran says the United States is pursuing all possible avenues to provoke a military confrontation between Middle Eastern states in efforts to salvage the Israeli regime.
    • US-backed dictators spread terrorism
    • Iranian Parliament (Majlis) Speaker Ali Larijani has lashed out at the United States for pursuing double-standard approaches, charging that US-backed dictators are engaged in spreading terrorism.
    • Iranian war movie welcomed in Europe
    • Europeans have warmly welcomed award-winning Iranian director Saman Salour’s Sizdah 59 which has recently hit French and German screens. Salour’s 2011 war flick was screened in a number of movie theaters in ...
    • Iran to offer Bahrain roadmap
    • Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Islamic Republic is going to offer a roadmap for Bahrain in efforts to defuse the ongoing crisis in the Persian Gulf kingdom.
    • Yemenis won’t allow foreign meddling
    • Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Yemeni people will determine their own destiny and not allow any foreign encroachment of their sovereignty. “The Islamic Republic of Iran believes that the Yemeni people will build on their ...
    • Iran, Sri Lanka call for boost in ties
    • Iran and Sri Lanka have underscored the need for enhanced relations during a meeting between a senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official and the Sri Lankan president.
    • Lebanon hosts confab on Iran’s Leader
    • The international conference on reflections of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on modern Islam has opened in the Lebanese capital, Beirut. Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah spoke ...
    • Iran to take part in GECF Doha meeting
    • Iran will take part in the upcoming meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) in the Qatari capital city of Doha on November 13-15, Iran’s representative to GECF says. Seyyed Muhammad Ali Khatibi told Shana news agency that during the ...
    • Tehran to honor Imam Khomeini
    • The Iranian capital of Tehran is set to mount a photo exhibition to honor the memory of the founder of the Islamic Revolution, Imam Khomeini. The Image of Sun will be held at the ...
    • Regional revolts anti-Israel tsunami
    • A top Iranian official has described recent uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa as a “political tsunami” against the Israeli regime. “The end product of the current uprisings is the ...
    • Iran world’s 21st knowledge producer
    • Iran has, for the first time, moved up to the 21st place in the world ranking in knowledge production, says the director of the Islamic World Science Citation Center. “Based on the latest report on Iran’s published scientific works at the ...
    • MENA revolts model Iran’s revolution
    • The Iranian Armed Forces Headquarters says that the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa have been inspired by the Islamic Revolution in Iran. In a statement released on Wednesday ahead of the 22nd anniversary of ...
    • Iranian films to compete in Italy filmfest
    • Two short films by Iranian directors are set to compete in the 2011 edition of the I’VE SEEN FILMS International Film Festival in Milan, Italy. Yahya Qadamgahi’s Ball and the Alley and Narges Abyar’s Lion Wearers will ...
    • Egyptian delegation arrives in Iran
    • An Egyptian delegation, comprised of social, cultural and religious figures, has arrived in the Iranian capital of Tehran on a five-day visit. The 45-strong delegation includes social, cultural and revolutionary figures as well as ...
    • US-linked spies pursued econ. Goals
    • A senior Iranian cleric says the individuals recently arrested for spying for the United States were on a mission aimed at weakening the Islamic Republic’s economy. “The enemy hopes to disappoint [Iranian] people and deal a ...
    • Islamic Revolution brought US to knees
    • Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says political developments in Iran and the region indicate that the Islamic Revolution has brought the US to its knees. “The Great Satan, the US, from the ...
    • Iran Navy saves cargo ship from pirates
    • Iran’s Navy warships have foiled a pirate attack on a cargo ship in the Indian Ocean off the southeast coast of Somalia in the Horn of Africa. The MV First Ocean bulk carrier, operated by the ...
    • No Israeli ship docked in Iran
    • A senior Iranian official refutes fabricated reports that Israeli ships have docked in Iran during recent years, saying no ship belonging to Israeli shipping lines had entered the Iranian ports. “Ships belonging to shipping lines of the United States ...
    • Iranian books enrich UNESCO Memory of the World
    • TEHRAN -- Two Iranian books were added to UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register list during a meeting of the International Advisory Committee of the Memory of the World Program in Manchester, UK from May 22 to 25. “At-Tafhim” written by ...
    • Ali Nasirian’s statue unveiled in Tehran
    • The wax statue of veteran Iranian actor Ali Nasirian has been unveiled during a ceremony at the Eternal Figures Museum in Tehran’s Sa’ad Abad Historical and Cultural Complex. The head of the Visual Arts Office affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and ...
    • Salehi: Iran-Egypt ties need patience
    • Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says Iran and Egypt are taking steps to resume diplomatic relations, stressing the improvement of ties should be pursued “with patience.” “Egypt is currently under certain pressure ...
    • West-Iran talks entail policy change
    • Senior members of the Iran’s Parliament (Majlis) have demanded a major policy change towards Tehran by the US and other Western powers as a precondition for any talks with Iran. “Iran will only hold ...
    • Iran’s non-oil exports up by 32%
    • The Islamic Republic of Iran’s non-oil exports have increased by well over 30 percent in the first two months of the new Persian calendar year, says an Iranian trade official. “Iran’s non-petroleum exports witnessed a 32 percent growth in the ...