TEHRAN – Iranian writers are happy with the Swedish Academy’s decision to present the Nobel prize in literature to Japanese-born Briton Kazuo Ishiguro who has been introduced to Persian readers with nine of his novels. The writers spoke to some Persian news agencies, commenting on the decision and Ishiguro on Thursday just hours after the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian writers are happy with the Swedish Academy’s decision to present the Nobel prize in literature to Japanese-born Briton Kazuo Ishiguro who has been introduced to Persian readers with nine of his novels. The writers spoke to some Persian news agencies, commenting on the decision and Ishiguro on Thursday just hours after the […]

The English author Kazuo Ishiguro has been named winner of the 2017 Nobel prize in literature, praised by the Swedish Academy for his “novels of great emotional force”, which it said had “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”. With names including Margaret Atwood, Ngugi Wa Thiong’o and Haruki Murakami leading […]

TEHRAN- “Iran’s National Development Fund (NDF) will allocate $2 billion to the exports sector,” Finance Minister Masoud Karbasian was quoted on Tuesday by the portal of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) as saying. Karbasian made the remarks on the sidelines of the Government-Private Sector Negotiation Council’s meeting, where ICCIMA Head Gholam-Hossein […]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry has held a meeting to finalize a roadmap for humanitarian assistance to Myanmars Rohingya Muslims. The Tuesday meeting on Myanmar was chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs, Ebrahim Rahimpour, who is also Iran’s accredited ambassador to the southeastern Asian country. Along with a group of other foreign ministry officials, the latest developments in Myanmar were discussed and the participants exchanged views on […]

The Brazilian government backed off a controversial proposal to authorize private companies to mine a sprawling Amazon reserve Monday after blistering domestic and international criticism. President Michel Temer’s office will issue a new decree Tuesday that “restores the conditions of the area, according to the document that instituted the reserve in 1984,” the Ministry of […]

TEHRAN– Iranian short ‘Retouch’ directed by Kave Mazaheri will be screened in Spain’s 62nd Valladolid International Film Festival, as well as other eleven international festivals. ‘Retouch’ is slated to vie at different festivals in China, London, Germany, Chicago and Philadelphia of USA, Adelaide of Australia, Tacoma Film Festival, Hamptons Film Festival, Tallgrass Film Festival and Italy’s […]

TEHRAN – Iranian oil tanker fleet have succeeded in receiving two new international certificates including ISO9001:2015 and ISO14001:2015. As a result of cruel international sanctions, the process of issuing expert and international certificates had stopped for Iranian tankers who were consequently banned from entering major European ports. Nevertheless, all sanction-related restrictions were alleviated once the […]

TEHRAN- National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) received two certificates from Norway’s DNV GL, an international accredited registrar and classification society, NITC’s Public Relations Department announced. The international body, which has 350 offices operating in more than 100 countries, granted NITC ISO 9001:2015 quality management system standard and ISO 14001:2015 environmental management system standard.    NITC, which operates the […]

TEHRAN – Iranian feature film, ‘Azar’, directed by Mohammad Hamzei will get screening in Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF). Produced by Niki Karimi and directed by Mohammad Hamzei, Azar has found his way to VIFF. Kicking off on September 28, Vancouver International Film Festival will screen the Iranian cinematic production in its main section. Azar is Iranian actress […]