Selected

Reports

Light a lantern and make a wish for peace

Emad Askarieh - February 21, 2015

Lanterns of the Experience Project will carry messages of peace and coexistence to Turkey, India and France, asking café-goers to make a wish for peace.

Art

Rainbow, a journey into light in Tehran

IFP Editorial Staff - February 21, 2015

Rainbow is one out of 100 artworks by Germany’s Otto Piene which will be showcased in Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art for three weeks.

Nuclear

We seek innovation in talks: Deputy FM

Emad Askarieh - February 21, 2015

Iranian negotiator Abbas Araghchi says parties to nuclear talks are after innovation and change to speed up things.

Media

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb. 21

Emad Askarieh - February 21, 2015

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Saturday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Media

Iran should keep pace with global developments

Emad Askarieh - February 20, 2015

Ali Jannati said some think their ideas are divine revelations and only what they think should be taken into account, but we do not share that view.

Art

European concerns over Iran are groundless

IFP Editorial Staff - February 20, 2015

What is presented in Europe about the Middle East, including Iran, is not based on reality, said the Dutch musician.

Judiciary

Islamic establishment treats those under house arrest with tolerance

Emad Askarieh - February 20, 2015

The secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council has said the responsibility to protect people under house arrest lies with the security apparatus.

Cultural Heritage

A 4,200-year-old Zoroastrian grave found in northeastern Iran

IFP Editorial Staff - February 19, 2015

The recent finds have revealed that Persian tribes took up residence in Bojnourd at least 4,200 years ago.

Media

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb. 19

Emad Askarieh - February 19, 2015

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 15 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy.

Nuclear

All the deadlocks of Obama

IFP Editorial Staff - February 18, 2015

Khamenei.ir analyzes in an opinion piece a possible Iran-West nuclear deal and the fact that – unlike Iran – the US would benefit from even a bad deal.

Economy

Iran’s economic woes predate sanctions: Larijani

Emad Askarieh - February 18, 2015

Economic independence is not tantamount to slamming the doors shut to the world, said Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.

Selected

Eighth Tehran International Tourism Exhibition (Photos)

Emad Askarieh - February 18, 2015

Photos of the eighth Tehran International Tourism Exhibition in the Iranian capital.

Media

A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Feb. 18

IFP Editorial Staff - February 18, 2015

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

Local

A new face of the Assembly of Experts

Emad Askarieh - February 18, 2015

Hamshahri Mah Magazine analyzes Iran’s political landscape one year before the Assembly of Experts elections.

Nature and Wildlife

Persian fallow deer are successfully protected

Emad Askarieh - February 18, 2015

An initiative intended to protect Persian fallow deer in a western Iranian province has seen the number of the deer rise to 44.

Literature

Exclusion of love from teenage literary books is alarming

IFP Editorial Staff - February 17, 2015

Iranian teenagers find foreign novels more appealing because in spite of all limitations, they still include a trace of close relationships and examples of characters who display love and affection.

Security