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IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Wednesday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Ayatollah Mohsen Qomi, a member of Iran’s Assembly of Experts, believes that Saudi Arabia has made a lot of mistakes in recent years, for which it intends to blame Iran, considering the country its enemy. However, since Iran is aware of this plan and is not at all interested in fanning the flames of tension with the Arab state, it will not set any preconditions for any possible talks with Riyadh, he stated.
He’s holding a folded piece of paper in one hand, while with the other gripping the hand of a little girl. He passes the paper to the taxi driver’s window, then bends his neck a bit without saying a word. It’s noon under Hafez Bridge in Tehran. A soft breeze blows and there’s no sign of heat yet.
Behnam Shakibaie, an Iranian researcher and inventor specializing in oral surgery, delivered a speech and held a hands-on course on microsurgery in a conference recently held in Dubai, the UAE.
The European Union's Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini announced on a recent visit to Tehran that the EU plans to open a permanent office in the Iranian capital in the near future. This move by the European bloc can be described as a great development for Iran.
Asr-e Iran news website explains why the upcoming opening of an EU office in Iran is a good piece of news for a nation after the end of Western-imposed sanctions, as per the recent nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers.
The stone fort is the only remaining part of this caravanserai of in the heart of the desert. This historical site is located on Iran’s main route from northeast to southwest. Based on the evidence - the type of material and style of architecture - we can tell it belongs to the Seljuk dynasty.
Ali Jannati, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, said his Ministry and the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization are trying to arrange this year's Hajj pilgrimage, if Saudis cooperate.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir Abdollahian voiced Tehran’s support for the upcoming start of negotiations in Kuwait to end a deadly war in Yemen and restore peace to the crisis-hit country.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Tuesday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Alliance Française’s symphony orchestra will perform in Tehran, Kerman, Yazd, Shiraz, Isfahan and Kashan, under the leadership of an Iranian conductor.
The Veresk bridge, located in Veresk district of Savadkuh County in Mazandaran province, was mostly constructed by Austrians before World War II, under the leadership of an engineer named Walter Aigner.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 18 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
President of Serbia Tomislav Nikolić, during a visit to the historical complex of Golestan Palace in the Iranian capital, released several pigeons as a symbol of peace in commemoration of April 18, the International Day for Monuments and Sites.
During a local match between two Saudi football league teams, all of a sudden the referee stopped the game and sent off one of the goalkeepers for a haircut, deeming his hairstyle un-Islamic.
A group of Iranian students wish to reward the Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Valiollah Seif with a “Statue of Honesty” for being outspoken in his recent remarks on the implementation of the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers, known as the JCPOA.
Elham’s love story took place in a prison. When she went to visit her brother in prison, she fell in love with a boy who is soon to be executed for murder.
Authorities from the Iraqi education system have decided to dedicate the subject of one of the lessons in the fourth grade book to an Iranian doctor who saved tens of children who had been poisoned by chemical weapons in Halabja.
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Sunday and picked headlines from 21 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
It was terrible news, but knowing it had happened in Iran was even worse. 6-year-old Setayesh, an Afghan child, had been killed, and both societies were united in sadness.
During the eight-year war imposed on Iran by the currently-overthrown Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, cities and residential areas, hospitals and schools across Iran, including...
The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance said, “The Government of Hassan Rouhani has tried to apply open-door legal policies to these fields, which prevent unnecessary objections.”
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.
Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France, and Germany) implemented a nuclear deal on July 16, 2016 which they had finalized back in July 2015. Based on the deal, all nuclear-related anti-Iran sanctions were terminated in exchange for certain limits on the country’s nuclear energy program.
The deal had its opponents and proponents both in Iran and in certain countries that were a party to the deal, particularly in the US. Here in Iran, the nuclear deal (known as the JCPOA) needed to be approved by the lawmakers in Iran’s parliament (Majlis); however, there were parliamentarians strictly opposed to the deal, describing it as treason.
