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Nozhat Amiri, the first and only female conductor of Iran, recently conducted a live performance of the country’s national orchestra at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with Pakistan’s newly-elected Prime Minister Imran Khan as the first foreign diplomat visiting Islamabad after the election of the new premier.

Shirabad waterfall, located in the city of Khanbebin in Golestan province, is a major tourist attraction in north-eastern Iran.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Hussain Qureshi have sat for talks in Islamabad on a range of bilateral and regional issues, particularly the enhancement of border security.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says following the US’ unilateral withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal, the European signatories to the 2015 accord have no other way but to remain committed to their obligations under the JCPOA.

The Iranian Judiciary says it has saved a nine-year-old girl from getting married to a much older man in the holy city of Mashhad in Khorasan Razavi Province.

A senior official says skilled Iranian workforce will be dispatched to Germany and the United Kingdom as part of deals signed with the European countries.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has held talks with Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, Assad Qaiser, during his visit to the neighbouring country.

The Tehran-based Pardis Technology Park has unveiled three new products invented by its knowledge-based firms.

A 7-year-old Iranian boy builds the stuff he plays with on his own. The young boy is to represent Iran at L'Artigiano in Fiera International Craft Selling Exhibition on the slopes of the Alpine mountains this fall.

Iranian scientists have managed to improve the quantitative and qualitative features of Stevia, a natural low-calorie sweetener, to replace artificial sweeteners.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of 615 Iranian prisoners convicted by various courts.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has left Tehran for Islamabad to hold talks with high-ranking Pakistani officials.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi says the country’s top diplomat is to visit Pakistan Thursday.

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, August 29, 2018, and picked headlines from 11 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

The city of Minab in southern Iran recently hosted the second edition of the Mogh and Moshta Festival, which is held in thanksgiving for the blessing of date harvest.

Leader of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says no negotiation will be held with the US at any level as the Trump administration wants to tell the world it has forced the Islamic Republic to sit for talks.

Iran’s top military chief says hostile countries will face the strong reaction of Iran’s naval forces if they do anything against international law in the Persian Gulf, particularly the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

A bike-sharing start-up was officially launched in the Iranian capital Tehran on Tuesday, in a move that city officials hope would help ease problems in the densely-populated, highly polluted city.

The 6th edition of Karaj Flower Fair is showcasing 300,000 flowers from 100 species in the flower garden of the city’s Chamran Park, 35 kilometres west of Tehran.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has dismissed a media report that claims the French government has asked its diplomats to refrain from taking unnecessary trips to Iran, saying he has not heard the news from any reliable source.

A senior Iranian diplomat says Iran’s lawsuit at the International Court of Justice against the return of US sanctions is aimed at placing pressure on Washington, as Tehran is not hopeful the US will abide by the verdict.

The top Pakistani diplomat says his country is ready to mediate between Iran and Saudi Arabia, if the two regional arch-rivals show political will to walk towards rapprochement.

Iran’s Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alavi has confirmed a former Israeli energy minister arrested by the Israeli regime for espionage had been working for Iran.

People in Hormozgan province in southern Iran have for centuries been practicing special ceremonies and rituals in their marriages and weddings.