The legendary Italian actor Franco Nero says the golden age of the Italian cinema “will never return” and blames it on television and the damage it has done to people’s film-watching habits. For many Iranians, he is better known as the title character in Django (1966), an Italian Spaghetti Western film directed and co-written by Sergio Corbucci, in which […]

 The first batch of terrorists left Eastern Qalamoun on Friday area on 35 buses as per the agreement reached on Friday for having terrorists and their families leave al-Rheibeh, Jairoud, and al-Nasseriyeh and head north. SANA’s correspondent said that 35 buses carrying hundreds of terrorists and their families from al-Rheibeh, Jairoud, and al-Nasseriyeh towns have […]

Head of the Investment and Consultancy Services at Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIM) says Iran can become an ‘investment hub’ for EU countries given its geographical position and large educated work force. According to a report by Monetary and Banking Research Institute in Tehran, Ferial Mostafi, the head of the TCCIM […]

TEHRAN – Havana’s ambassador to Tehran says the Castros are an “indispensable” part of the Cuban history. “I have no doubt about the continuity of the revolutionary project and the defense of our principles of sovereignty, independence and social justice,” said Alexis Bandrich Vega, in an interview with ISNA published on Saturday. Pointing to President […]

TEHRAN – UN Special Envoy for Syrian Affairs Staffan de Mistura made a visit to Tehran on Saturday afternoon for talks with a number of Iranian officials on the Syrian crisis. De Mistura, who traveled to Tehran after his tour of Turkey and Russia, met with Hossein Jaberi-Ansari, Iran’s point man for Arab affairs, discussing […]

Critically-acclaimed composer and pianist Ludovico Einaudi told Mehr News that he will perform a few ‘surprising’ tracks for the Iranian audience during his shows on 25-27 April in Tehran. The experimental Italian composer Ludovico Einaudi told Mehr News correspondent on Saturday that he is “very excited” and “curious” about his upcoming performance in Tehran, which comes […]

 UN Special Envoy for Syrian Affairs Staffan de Mistura will land in Tehran today on April 21. He is scheduled to meet and hold talks with Iranian Foreign Minister’s Special Assistant in Political Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari today in Tehran. In the course of his trip to Tehran, Staffan de Mistura will confer with a […]

The Syrian Arab Army continued targeting the positions of terrorist organizations in the Western Ghouta as part of the military operation for uprooting terrorism south of Damascus. SANA’s war correspondent said that on Friday evening, army units carried out intensive artillery and rocket attacks on terrorists’ hideouts based on intelligence data and meticulous reconnaissance, which […]

In an open letter to members of the US Congress, 500 British, French and German lawmakers warned against the consequences of a possible US withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), urging their American counterparts to support the nuclear deal. In the letter, released on Thursday, the signatories underlined that there is no […]

TEHRAN – The Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations issued a statement on Wednesday saying that the U.S. and UK are now enjoying a “blood business” in Yemen. The United States and Britain are the chief arms suppliers to Saudi Arabia which started a war on Yemen in March […]