Facebook’s WhatsApp said that it will roll out measures to stop massage forwarding in India after authorities called for action following the spread of rumors that led to several mob killings in the country. Violence triggered by incendiary false messages in India, WhatsApp’s biggest market with more than 200 million users, has spurred government demands […]

the 11th annual Iranian Film Festival in San Francisco will be held in late September. The festival shows independent feature and short films made by or about Iranians around the world, according to the website Iranianfilmfestival.org. Amir Naderi’s film “Mountain,” a joint Italy, France and US production, will be shown at the event. Shot in […]

Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ahmad Khatami urged government to take tough and stringent measures against economic corrupters in the country. Khatami referred to the sublime recommendations of Leader of the Islamic Revolution in his meeting with the Cabinet members and hajj officials last week and placed special emphasis on dealing with corruption in […]

Researchers have developed a new fabrication method that makes tiny, thin-film electronic circuits peelable from a surface. The technique not only eliminates several manufacturing steps and the associated costs, but also allows any object to sense its environment or be controlled through the application of a high-tech sticker. Billions of objects ranging from smartphones and […]

TEHRAN – American playwright Neil Simon’s comedy “The Star-Spangled Girl” is currently on stage at Tehran’s Mehregan Theater House. “When I read this play I found it in perfect harmony with my character,” director/actor Ruzbeh Shafiei told the Persian service of Honaronline on Monday. “The play is about the people of an intellectual stratum who […]

Deputy Commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Hossein Salami said that IRGC will make its utmost effort to solve current problems facing people the country. Speaking in a local ceremony in Sistan-Baluchestan province on Saturday, Salami reiterated, “Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) will spare no efforts to solve problems grappling the country in cooperation with […]

Due to its important role in China’s Belt-and-Road Initiative, the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (Xinjiang) has attracted much attention. Not infrequently, praises, along with misunderstanding and western media’s distortion are intertwined in the press. It is necessary to present a real and true picture about the region to facilitate a better understanding of Xinjiang. Great […]

Defense Minister Amir Hatami said on Tuesday that the U.S.-led economic and financial sanctions against Iran have turned into an opportunity, making the country more self-reliant. “Sanction and financial threats have turned into opportunity for us, because they have led to self-reliance and strength of domestic capacities which can be a model for all other […]

 Three short films were displayed at the Chilean embassy thanks to the Iranian Youth Cinema Society on Sunday. According to the Public Relations Office of the Iranian Youth Cinema Society, Chilean Short Film Evening was held at the embassy of the Republic of Chile, attended by enthusiasts and a number of foreign ambassadors on Wednesday. […]

TEHRAN – Serbian Professor Darko Tanaskovic has that efficacy is the absolute miracle of the poems of the Persian poet and scientist Omar Khayyam. He made the remarks in a meeting organized at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center on Thursday to celebrate the Khayyam millennium. “The messages of his poetry are so obvious that they directly […]