Indo Cine Appreciation Foundation in association with Culture House of the Islamic republic of Iran, Mumbai are organising Iranian film festival at Alliance Française of Madras from 11 to 13 February. Here is a quick look at the films that will be screened: I am Taraneh, I am fifteen years old Fifteen-year-old Taraneh, whose widowed […]

Experts warned that they have begun to see problems of weak AI or Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI) that can perform specific tasks on a daily basis, and its use is growing rapidly. Artificial intelligence can play chess, drive a car and diagnose medical issues. Examples include Google DeepMind’s AlphaGo, Tesla’s self-driving vehicles, and IBM’s Watson. […]

 Thirty Iranian thinkers held in-depth discussions about a new Islamic civilization with Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday, Mehr reported on Saturday. During the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei pointed to Islam’s political potential for creating a civilization in the Islamic world, underlining the necessity of sustained efforts to create a new Islamic […]

 Iranian short ‘Pedovore’ directed by Mohammad Kart will have its first international screening at the 49th Tampere Film Festival in Finland. ‘Pedovore’ directed by Mohammad Kart will vie at the international competition section of the 49th Tampere Film Festival in Finland. “Nobody takes the feeling of love in children seriously, but in the world that is like […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed satisfaction with the results of his fruitful visit to Iraq, predicting a very bright future for the political and economic ties between Tehran and Baghdad. Speaking to reporters in Baghdad at the conclusion of his trip to Iraq, Zarif said his longest ever trip to a foreign nation […]

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met a group of Iraqi tribal leaders from south of the country in the holy city of Karbala. During the last leg of his meetings with Iraqi officials, elites and representatives of Iraqi society from various ethnicities and regions, Zarif sat for talks with the tribal leaders and clans’ […]

A Boeing 707 cargo plane, outbound from Kyrgyzstan, crashed on Monday (08:30 local time) in Fath Airport, located in Karaj, Alborz province, 40 kilometers west of the capital Tehran. Sources familiar with the initial crash report said the plane, with ten people on board, had taken off from Bishkek heading to Karaj’s Payam International Airport, […]

 The 6th Khayyam International Exhibition of Photography honored top entries during its opening ceremony on Friday. In the Open Monochrome section, Hadi Dehqanpur from Iran received the FIAP Gold Medal for his photo “Zebra” and Holger Buecker from Germany won the Kamal-ol-Molk Gold Trophy for “Above and Below”. Cheng Jungang from China won the FIAP […]

Iran has strongly dismissed the rumors on Tehran’s exit from the 2015 nuclear deal, also known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). In a late Saturday statement, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said the rumors on Iran’s withdrawal from JCPOA are totally untrue and the Islamic Republic remains committed to the pact. His […]

Former Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Rahimpour has said that Iran held talks with Taliban for security of its borders with Afghanistan. In an interview with ILNA published on Saturday, he said that Iran’s talks with Taliban have been in line with protecting security of borders and helping peace process in Afghanistan. He said Kabul has […]