Al-Monitor- The reinstatement of Sepanta Niknam, who won nearly 22,000 votes in May 2017 for a seat on the city council of Yazd in central Iran, could be just around the corner. The controversial case, protracted for months, has not ceased to grip the attention of Iranian media. Following his re-election he had served on the council since 2013 Niknams ...

Finally, after a week of speculation, three members of IranianPresident Hassan Rouhani's Cabinet were replaced Oct.19. Minister of Culture and Islamic GuidanceAli Jannati, EducationMinisterAliAsghar Faniand Minister of Youth Affairs and SportsMahmoud Goudarziall resigned on the same day. Though all three were said to have stepped down voluntarily,...

President Hassan Rouhani has appointed three caretakers for the Iranian Ministries of Sports and Youth Affairs,Education,as well asCulture and Islamic Guidance. On Wednesday, Rouhani issued separate decrees, announcing the appointment of Mohammad Bathaei, Abbas Salehi and Nasrollah Sajjadi as the caretaker ministers of education,culture andsports,...

The major issue reported by many newspapers today was the resignation of two or three ministers in President Hassan Rouhanis cabinet. Culture Minister Ali Jannati and Sports Minister Mahmoud Goudarzi have already resigned, but Education Minister Ali Asghar Fani has dismissed the reports about his resignation; though, he is going to be impeached by ...

Iranian Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Mahmoud Goudarzi has stepped down after more thanthree years in office, a ministryofficial says. The ministrys director general for public relations and information,Mazyar Nazemi, told IRNA on Tuesday that Goudarzi has announced his resignation in a meeting with his deputies. Following Goudarzis ...

Newspapers on Saturday mainly covered the upcoming Syria talks in the Swiss city of Lausanne between Iran, US, Russia and other major regional players. At first, Iran was not going to attend the talks; however, FM Mohammad Javad Zarif later decided to join the talks. The Nobel Prize in Literature, which was given to the American songwriter Bob Dylan,...

Kuala Lumpur, Oct 13, IRNA Iranian Minister of Culture and the Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati and Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture Mohajer Effendi on Wednesday called for cooperation on culture, art and education. Jannati is currently on a visit to Bali, Indonesia, to attend ministerial meeting of World Culture Forum. In the meeting ...

Dunhuang, China, Sept 20, IRNA - Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati said in this northwestern Chinese city on Tuesday that the international community should tackle extremism and radicalism to restore peace and tranquility. Jannati made the remarks the first Silk Road International Cultural Expo in China in presence of several ...

Dunhuang, Sept 19, IRNA Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati arrived in China Monday to attend the first Silk Road International Cultural Expo in this country. The Iranian culture minister is visiting China at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart. Many cultural experts see the first Silk Road International Cultural ...

Tehran, Aug 1, IRNA Iran is intended to establish the Persian Gulf National Foundation in a bid to promote information on the historic waterway, Ali Jannati Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance said on Sunday. Establishment of the Persian Gulf National Foundation can help collect and keep myriads of documents, maps and atlases related to this ...

Iranian photographer Meysam Shahbabaee holds an exhibition in Tehran ob July 18 to mark birthday anniversary of the South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician, and philanthropist, Nelson Mandela who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. Irans Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati and Head of the UN Information ...

Tehran, July 5, IRNA Minister of culture and Islamic guidance expressed condolences over demise of great Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami, saying Kiarostami gave a new meaning to cinema. In a message on Tuesday, Ali Jannati said Kiarostami, through his modern, beautiful, and creative works put the name of Iran under the spotlight of world's ...

Tehran, June 13, IRNA The 24th edition of International Holy Quran Exhibition is to kick off in the presence of Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati on Monday evening. This years exhibition consists of various sections including academic, children and teenagers, Quranic activities, seminaries, women, etc. In international section,...

Tehran, May 29, IRNA - Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati said here on Sunday that Iranians cannot make their Hajj pilgrimage this year due to the obstacles made by Saudi Arabian officials. Speaking in a local gathering, Jannati reiterated that the decision has been made following Riyadh's behavior with Iranian delegation who traveled ...

Shahnameh stories teach all Iranians lessons of courage, honesty, sacrifice, patriotism and commitment, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati said at the three-day commemorative conference of the great Persian poet Ferdowsi in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, on Friday (May 13). Titled Shahnameh After Shahnameh the event was held ...

The closing ceremony of the 29th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) was held in the ceremonial hall of Shahr-e Aftab (Sun City) with the Culture Minister Ali Jannati, Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and Tehrans Mayor Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in attendance.   By ...

Daily look at Irans late-breaking news and upcoming events:   Ground not prepared for Iranians to perform annual Hajj pilgrimage: minister Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati said on Thursday that grounds are not prepared for the Iranian pilgrims s to perform this years annual Hajj rituals.   US says banks wont be ...

Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati meets�senior clerics in Qom on Thursday.   By ISNA    

Qom, May 12, IRNA Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati said on Thursday that grounds are not prepared for the Iranian pilgrims s to perform this year's annual Hajj rituals. Blaming the Saudi officials for preventing the Iranian pilgrims from performing this year's Hajj rituals, Jannati said, 'We did whatever we could but it was the ...

Tehran, May 9, IRNA Minister of Culture Ali Jannati underlined that the Saudi officials do not want to cooperate with Iran on Hajj pilgrimage issues. 'Given the behavior of the Saudi officials concerning the admittance of Iranian pilgrims in this year's Hajj, it seems that they do not want to cooperate,' Jannati told reporters on Monday. He ...