Sundays announcement of a January 20 start for the interim nuclear deal between Iran and the 5+1 Powers has been generally welcomed in Tehran. Iranian media are already welcoming avisit by the International Atomic Energy Agencyto Tehran on Saturday, and they are headlining a statement by the lead 5+1 negotiator, the European Unions Catherine Ashton,...

TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that creativity is developed in the light of freedom and that art without freedom is nonsense. President Rouhani made the remarks at Tehrans Vahdat Hall on Wednesday evening during a meeting attended by a large number of artists, literati, cineastes and groups of presidential advisors and ...