TEHRAN – A senior official at the Iranian Foreign Ministry, while referring to Canada’s desire to resume diplomatic relations with Iran, said remaining technical issues need to be resolved by the Canadian side. Mohammad Keshavarzzadeh, the General Director of American Affairs Department in Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, made the remarks while speaking to reporters […]

TEHRAN — Azerbaijani tar virtuoso Ramiz Guliyev is scheduled to hold master classes in Tehran a few days ahead of his concerts at Vahdat Hall in the city. The master classes will be held at the Culture and Art Applied Science University on December 16 and 17, the director of the academy, Susan Taqipur, said […]

TEHRAN – Iraqi Oil Minister Jabar al-Luaibi said on Sunday that a deal signed with Tehran to swap up to 60,000 barrels per day of crude produced from the northern Iraqi Kirkuk oilfield for Iranian oil is for one year. “This is an agreement for one year and then we will see after that whether […]

TEHRAN – Tehran metro can endure earthquakes measuring up to 8 on the Richter scale, director of Tehran Urban and Suburban Railway Operations Company said. The issues of passive defense and earthquake-resistance have been considered from the very first stages of construction of Tehran Metro and all the measures have been taken based on international […]

TEHRAN – Any move to split or transform premises of the nostalgic Cafe Naderi, an erstwhile hangout for intellectuals and literati in downtown Tehran, has been thwarted. Late last week, unendorsed stories circled at social media networks, noting its landowner is about to divide the cafe’s garden by erecting a wall. Form early hours of […]

TEHRAN – The sixth edition of the exhibition 10 Days with Iranian Photographers, which displays photos on various subjects, opened at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran on Wednesday. All the IAF galleries have been dedicated to photos taken by members of photographers’ associations on a variety of subjects such theater, cinema and cultural […]

TEHRAN – The 31st International Islamic Unity Conference opened in the Iranian capital of Tehran on Tuesday morning with high-ranking officials from Muslim countries as well as Shiite and Sunni scholars in attendance. The main subjects to be discussed in the three-day international event will revolve around the current crises facing the Muslim nations. The […]

TEHRAN – Icelandic pianist Olafur Arnalds is scheduled to give a performance at Tehran’s Andisheh Hall on Friday. Arnalds is a BAFTA-winning multi-instrumentalist whose music ranges from electronic to pop. The Rooberoo Mansion Art and Cultural Institute in Tehran is the organizer of the performance entitled “Autumn Light”.

TEHRAN — The cinematheque of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) will be screening two films by French filmmaker Claire Denis this week. “35 Shots of Rum”, a 2008 film that portrays the relationship between a middle-aged widower and a lovely, devoted daughter, will be screened on Sunday, TMCA announced in a press release […]

TEHRAN — Earthquake preparedness in the city of Tehran is woefully ‘low’ and ‘unacceptable’, Ismail Najjar, head of the state-run National Disaster Management Organization said on Thursday. Tehran is perched between no less than three major fault-lines. The Mosha, the Tehran, and the Rey fault lines are each on their own enough to bring down […]