TEHRAN – English playwright Peter Shaffer’s “Amadeus” will go on stage under the direction of Javad Molania at Tehran’s Hafez Hall on March 27. An orchestra, which will be conducted by Nader Mashayekhi, will perform the music live for the play, which is about the rivalry between Mozart and his fellow composer Antonio Salieri, Molania […]

TEHRAN – The number of vehicles that ply in Tehran are 5 times above the capacity of the megacity’s streets, said Tehran’s police chief General Hossein Rahimi. This is the main reason for the city’s heavy traffic congestion especially in mornings and evenings, Mehr quoted him as saying on Monday. Rahimi also touched on the […]

Iran’s foreign minister arrived back in Tehran on Saturday morning after visiting Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, and Bosnia on his 5-day visit to East Europe and Balkans region. Mohammad Javad Zarif, accompanied by a high-ranking delegation, started an Eastern European tour on Monday and held talks with high-ranking officials of Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia and finally Bosnia […]

TEHRAN — The growing problems of the megacity of Tehran does not justify relocating it, councilor Ahmad Masjed-Jamei said on Saturday. He made the remarks after a documentary named “the capital” was screened at Mehr news agency. The documentary was mainly focusing on the issues the capital, Tehran, is struggling with including water shortage, air […]

TEHRAN – Ali Nikbakht has directed a documentary series titled “Capital” that gives an in-depth analysis of the persistent problems of Tehran. Nikbakht, producer Ahmad Shafie, Tehran City Council member Ahmad Masjed-Jamei came together in a meeting at the Mehr News Agency on Saturday to unveil the 14-episode series. Air pollution, poor water quality, insufficient […]

 French Ambassador to Tehran Francois Senemaud visited Saba Art and Cultural Institute and hailed the level of artistic works of Iranian artists presented at the venue. “The Iranian art has reached an international standard,” said Francois Senemaud, French Ambassador to Tehran, who was visiting Saba Art and Cultural Institute on the last day of the […]

 Iran’s Consul General in Quetta, Pakistan says that Iran and Pakistan aim to increase bilateral trade from current volume $1.5 to $5 billion. Mohammad Rafiee Consul General of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Quetta, Pakistan made the remarks in a ceremony to celebrate the 39th anniversary of the victory of Iran’s Islamic Revolution in […]

TEHRAN – Abbas Jafari-Dolatabadi, Tehran’s prosecutor general, on Sunday confirmed suicide of Kavous Seyed-Emami, a sociology professor at Imam Sadiq University. The professor’s suicide was first announced by his son through Instagram on Saturday. The prosecutor said Seyed-Emami, also an environmentalist, was accused of espionage and committed suicide after confessing his crimes while in prison. […]

TEHRAN – An exhibition opened at the Iran Photographers House in Tehran on Monday displaying rarely seen photos of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. A total of 65 photos by Qasem Haj-Mohammadi who worked for the Persian daily Ettela’at in 1979 has been selected for the exhibition entitled “Season of Awakening”, the organizers announced on Tuesday. […]

TEHRAN — The organization for development, renovation, and equipping of school of Tehran, affiliated with Education Ministry, will retrofit and reconstruct 1,400 dilapidated schools in the province over the course of 10 years, ISNA reported on Saturday. Dariush Varnaseri, director general for Tehran province organization for development, renovation, and equipping of school, has explained that […]