Winners of the 34th Tehran International Short Film Festival were awarded at the closing ceremony held at the Art Bureau on Oct. 22. The Polish short film ‘Evil Deeds’ directed by Piotr Domalewski won the International Grand-Prix of the festival, Mehr News Agency reported. In the international section, the main award of the Video Art […]

TEHRAN– A British based satellite TV station promotes a ritual (banned by Shia clerics) to be done during the processions of the Islamic Month of Muharram. The interview addresses various dimensions of the issue. A group of Shias who persist on bloodletting for the mourning of Imam Hossein in the Islamic months of Muharram and […]

China’s ruling Communist Party has agreed to amend the party constitution, expected to embed President Xi Jinping’s political thought, ahead of next week’s five-yearly party congress in which Xi will further tighten his grip on power.The party’s Central Committee, the largest of its elite ruling bodies, on Saturday passed a previously announced proposal to amend […]

TEHRAN – Iranian Finance and Economic Affairs Minister Masoud Karbasian in separate meetings with his Italian, Indian, and Afghan counterparts discussed ways for boosting bilateral ties. The meetings were held on the sidelines of the 2017 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group (WBG) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, Shada reported on […]

Prominent Iranian filmmakers Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Mojtaba Mir-Tahmasb have finished shooting the documentary ‘Lady Touran’ and it is now in the post-production stage.The movie pictures part of the life of Touran Mirhadi, the veteran expert in children’s literature, who died last November, aged 89. The film seeks to feature Mirhadi’s characteristics as a devoted teacher […]

French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to follow through on the “radical” immigration reform promised prior to his election, with all undocumented migrants convicted of a crime to be deported.In his first televised interview since taking office, Macron also staunchly defended his record in power, RT reported.“We’re taking care of the France where things aren’t […]

TEHRAN – “Limit” by Javad Darai was selected as best foreign short film at the International Hollywood Hills Awards, the organizers announced on Sunday. The short film highlights the problems that the disabled face in the society. Based in the Hollywood Hills, the festival rewards outstanding filmmakers who not only write their stories but also […]

TEHRAN – Hillary Clinton embarked on a speaking tour of Britain with a message that the Brexit referendum was won on the basis of a big lie and warning that Vladimir Putin has been conducting a “cyber cold war” against the west. She urged more women to enter politics and praised those who spoke up […]

TEHRAN – If the standard supplementation of 400 IUs of vitamin D is increased to 800 IUs daily there are reductions in the number of premature and preterm babies with extremely low bone density, new research has found. Results of a University of Nebraska Medical Center study published in the Oct. 10 issue of PLOS […]

A bronze bust of Iranian Olympic gold-medal wrestler Gholam-Reza Takhti (1930-1968) was unveiled on October 4 at the American Sport Art Museum & Archives (ASAMA) in the city of Daphne, Alabama, the US.The North American Iranian Friendship Society (NAIFS) presented ASAMA a bronze sculpture of the late legendary wrestler and national hero at a special […]