Society
West’s materialistic approach to women, unforgivable sin: Leader
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the materialistic approach taken by the Western civilization to women is an…
Iran union urges wage hike at May Day rally
An Iranian workers union on Wednesday urged the government to hike salaries and curb soaring inflation as the Islamic republic’s economic woes…
Iran makes computer games to defend Persian Gulf islands
Managing Director of Iranian National Foundation of Computer Games Behrouz Minaei reiterated that the three Iranian islands located in Persian Gulf are…
Iran Standard Time: Close encounter of the inebriated kind
A late-night drunken run-in with an Iranian police officer is enough to quicken the pulse of any western passport holder Just before…
Reza Derakhshani’s works evoke Iran’s magnificent past
If you want a reason to visit Reza Derakhshani’s solo show at Salsali Private Museum, the fact that the main installation has…
Iran, Turkey to hold symposium on Mowlavi’s masterpiece
Iran’s university of Urmia and Turkey’s Yuzuncu Yil University are slated to hold a joint symposium on the Persian poet Mowlavi’s Masnavi…
Spokesman raps US report on Iran’s human rights
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Foreign Ministry rejected Washington’s claims about the violation of human rights in Iran, stressing that the US is a…
Iranian book enters ‘German Book of Month’ selection
Iranian author Seyyed Ali Shojai’s book The Big Snowman has been selected as the Pictorial Book of the Month by the German…
Iran’s health officials warn about increased alcohol consumption among youth
Iran’s Health Ministry has issued a warning about the increase of alcohol use among young people in the country, ISNA news agency…
South Korean embassy in Iran holds Persian cultural tour
South Korean Embassy in Tehran has held the second cultural and tourism program in Iran focusing on the splendid history and civilization…
Veteran Iranian scholar Parviz Marzban passes away
Prominent Iranian scholar of visual arts and translator Parviz Marzban, has died of natural causes at the age of 96 in the…
Politics and art of Iran’s revolutionary tulips
Their petals are on the national flag. They line the dome above Ayatollah Khomeini’s tomb. They adorn billboards of martyrs from the…
Austrian festival to present traditional Iranian music
Iran’s renowned Kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and the eminent vocalist Ali Reza Qorbani are to perform traditional music program at the Austrian…
Through story, a look into Iran: Newsha Tavakolian’s portraiture
In 1999, Iranian students took the streets of Tehran in the fiercest unrest the country had seen since the 1979 Islamic revolution.…
Iran’s Gharibpour to perform ‘Hafez’ puppet opera in Dubai
Veteran Iranian theatre director and pioneer of traditional Persian puppet play Behrouz Gharibpour is slated to present his Hafez opera puppet show…