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Qatar is going to send its ambassador back to Iran to resume his diplomatic activities more than 20 months after he was recalled.

Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi, the head of Lebanon’s Maronite Church, has praised the Islamic Republic of Iran’s regional role, particularly in the fight against terrorism.

Tuyserkan County in the western province of Hamadan is known as the hub of Iran’s furniture manufacturing and wood carving thanks to its large number of walnut trees and the creative and hardworking people living there.

The twelfth female mayor of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s history has begun her work, setting the stage for more ladies to assume top jobs in the country.

Iran has strongly denounced the latest airstrike by Saudi Arabia’s warplanes on a residential building in Yemen, calling on the international community to address the killings of innocent civilians in the war-torn country.

Iran’s Agriculture Ministry says Tehran and Berlin have agreed to expand their cooperation on medicinal plants.

Iran is one of the energy hubs in the region, exporting electricity to eight countries including Iraq, Turkey, and Afghanistan.

Sheikh Abdel Amir Qabalan, the head of the Supreme Islamic Shiite Council (SISC) of Lebanon, says Iran is a chain that links Muslim societies together.

Iran’s Persepolis football team stormed back to share spoils with Al Ahli of Saudi Arabia in the first leg of AFC Champions League quarter-final on Tuesday.

Grand Mufti of Lebanon Sheikh Abdul Latif Derian has harshly criticized Islamic countries for their silence over the Israeli regime’s inhumane attacks on the innocent people of Palestine.

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iranian newspapers on Wednesday, August 23, and picked headlines from 14 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo has once again drawn the ire of Muslims by publishing an insulting cartoon on Barcelona attack which left 13 dead and more than 100 others injured.

The Iranian police forces have seized 1.8 kilogrammes of opium from the stomachs of three drug traffickers.

An Iranian inventor has, for the first time, devised a gadget that can be used to connect mobile phones and tablets to optical devices like microscopes and telescopes.

Iranian documentary ‘Mashti Esmaeil’ will take part in the competition section of the 15th Experimental International Film Festival (flExiff 2002-2022), which is due to be held in Sydney, Australia, on September 23-24, 2017.

Iranian researchers has developed a versatile-mini tractor capable of being used on different types of land.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari has met the Secretary General of the Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut.

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri says the Israeli regime and terrorism are the two dangers currently threatening Lebanon and the entire Middle East.

Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi, the two-time Oscar-winning director of “A Separation” and “The Salesman,” has started principal photography on “Everybody Knows”, his new psychological thriller starring Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz.

Iran has some of the most beautiful mosques in the world. However, aside from their splendour, mosques are also significant religious and cultural centres where people come together to socialize and acquire knowledge.

A top Iranian trade official has said the ground has been prepared for setting up joint chambers of commerce between Iran and three other Asian and European countries.

A male Persian leopard that had migrated to Portugal will be transferred back to Iran for mating, according to a zoo official in Tehran.

An Iranian social welfare official says a special van has started collecting child labourers from the streets of Tabriz in northwestern Iran.

An exhibition showcasing the best of traditional handmade artefacts was recently held in the Hungarian capital of Budapest with Iranian artists putting on display their latest works.

The Iranian Leader’s Representative in Hajj Affairs, Seyyed Ali Qazi Askar, says this year the Islamic Republic has sent about 15,000 Sunni pilgrims to Saudi Arabia to perform their annual Hajj rituals.