Society and Culture

All the items and stories that focus on cultural and social issues in such fields as art, food, handicrafts, religion, customs and traditions, women, cultural heritage, book, lifestyle, and tourism.

Judiciary

Man hanged in Iran for murdering wildlife rangers

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A man who killed two wildlife rangers last year, has been executed by hanging in Iran.
Incidents

5.5-magnitude quake hits southeastern Iran

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An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale has jolted Sarjangal area near Zahedan, provincial capital of Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan and Balouchestan.
Incidents

10-story building collapses in southern Iran, killing at least 5

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A 10-story building in the southern Iranian city of Abadan has collapsed killing at least five people. Local sources told rescue workers that some 80 people have been trapped under the rubble of the building called Metropol.
Incidents

Dozens of university students poisoned in dormitory in Tehran

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Poisoning in a dormitory has led to the hospitalization of dozens of university students in the Iranian capital Tehran.
Environment

World’s most water-rich aqueduct dries up in Iran

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The Ghanbarabad Aqueduct in the Iranian city of Bam has dried up as a result of the construction operation at a park there.
Environment

Thick layers of duct make Tehran air quality unsafe for sensitive groups

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Tehran Air Quality Company says the Iranian capital city is once again unhealthy for sensitive groups to breathe in due to the thick layers of dust and other particles.
Books

President Raisi visits Tehran Intl. Book Fair

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has made an unannounced visit to the Tehran International Book Fair.
Books

Mexican ambassador to Tehran names Shahnameh as his favorite Iranian book

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The Mexican ambassador to Tehran has said he loves the epic Persian poems in the Shahnameh and expressed hope all people not just in Mexico but in all Spanish-speaking countries can read it.
Music

Renowned Iranian dutar player dies aged 94

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Osman Mohammad-Parast, also known as Osman, a renowned dutar player of Iran and one of the few last remaining pillars of the Khorsan Maqami music died on Thursday after a long illness.
Cultural Heritage

International Museum Day and Cultural Heritage

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May 18 marks International Museum Day and Cultural Heritage. On this occasion, visiting historical and cultural sites run by the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts in Iran was free for the public on Wednesday.
Books

Interview with President of Baku Book Fair

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The head of the Republic of Azerbaijan’s booth at the Tehran Book Fair has spoken about the place of Iranian literature in his country and described Nezami Ganjavi as a poet for the whole world.
Art

Qatar to host Persian carpet fair during 2022 World Cup: Iranian deputy minister

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An Iranian deputy minister says Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has promised to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi to hold a Persian carpet fair during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
Architecture

Festival honors traditional cultivation, drinking of tea in Iran’s north

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A tea festival has been held in Iran’s northern Caspian-littoral Gilan Province, which is home to the country’s largest tea estates, and where the Iranian tea drinking ritual runs deep.
Environment

Air pollution closes schools in Iran’s Tehran Province

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All schools were declared closed in the Iranian province of Tehran, where the capital city is located, for Wednesday due to higher-than-normal pollution levels.
Cinema

Asghar Farhadi denies plagiarism over ‘A Hero’

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Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi has denied legal claims that he plagiarized his latest film, "A Hero", from a former student.
Books

Iranians welcome Tehran International Book Fair

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Two years after the Covid-19 pandemic forced authorities to hold the Tehran International Book Fair virtually, the exhibition started on Wednesday morning May 11, 2022 at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla (prayer site) in Tehran.
Education

Official report: large portion of ‘elite’ youth left Iran for good

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Analytical statistics from Iran’s Immigration and Passport Police show one in four people eligible to join the National Elites Foundation have left their home country for good since 2001.
Environment

Tehran air quality once again in the unhealthy zone

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Tehran’s Air Quality Control Company says the Iranian capitals’ air quality index is now at 220 , which is in the very unhealthy zone.
Local

Iranians hold vigil in solidarity with Palestine after Israeli murder of veteran reporter

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A group of Iranian people and media workers have held a gathering in Tehran against the Israeli military’s cold-blooded murder of a veteran Al Jazeera reporter who long covered the regime’s atrocities in the occupied territories.
Local

Sporadic protests in Iran against staple food price hikes

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Sporadic protests happened on Thursday evening in a few cities in Iran against price hikes of subsidized staple food.
Books

Latest edition of international book fair opens in Iranian capital

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The 33rd International Book Fair has opened in Iran’s capital of Tehran, with Iranian Minister of Culture Mohammad Mehdi Esma’eeli and his Lebanese counterpart, Mohammad Wissam El-Mortada, in attendance of the opening ceremony.
Art

Isfahan opens Polish children photo exhibition

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The Iranian city of Isfahan has opened a photo exhibition featuring Polish refugee children who came to the city during the Second World War.
Environment

“41k Iranians die of air pollution each year”

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An official at Iran’s Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences says 41,000 Iranian die annually from air pollution.
Environment

Tehran air quality once more unhealthy

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The air quality in the Iranian capital Tehran is once more in the unhealthy range for all age groups with the Air Quality Index reading 196. That’s bordering on the very unhealthy level.
Local

Official: 527k foreign children study in Iranian schools

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At least 527,000 foreign children, mostly Afghans, study in Iranian schools. According to a senior Education Ministry official, others include school children from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Iraq, and a few other countries.
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