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By: Marjohn Sheikhi

‘There is no exit’, Oliver Stone slams US foreign policy in ME

TEHRAN, Apr. 26 (MNA) – Distinguished American director Oliver Stone, while visiting Iran, drew attention to the ‘creative destructive’ foreign policy of the US in the Middle East, aimed at bringing US more profits.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

Oliver Stone raps Macron for joining Trump in calling for N-deal revision

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Influential American director Oliver Stone at a presser Wed. in Tehran said he could not believe that French President Macron had joined voices with US President Trump on calling for a revision on Iran nuclear deal.

By: Maryam Qarehgozlou

Things are changing; "wet gets wetter, dry gets drier"

TEHRAN, Apr. 23 (MNA) – This is not new, our country is situated in an arid and semi-arid area, and we all know what it means: Iran is not normally defined as a wet country.

By: Mahnaz Abdi

Tehran, Ankara posed to dump dollar in trade

TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) – Iran’s financial system has intensified its efforts to establish ties with a number of countries based on national currencies, as the US sanctions against the country have complicated transactions in dollars.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

‘Beyond the Clouds’: A picture of humanity at its best and at its worst

TEHRAN, Apr. 19 (MNA) – ‘Beyond the Clouds’ by Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi raised the curtain at 36th Fajr International Film Festival on April 18. An India-set melodrama, Majidi’s flick paints a texture-rich picture of humanity at its best and its worst.

Reza Mirkarimi:

FIFF aims to program a rich and diverse lineup

TEHRAN, Apr. 12 (MNA) – On Wednesday, April 11, Director of Fajr International Film Festival Reza Mirkarimi had a presser in which he outlined the programs, goals, and aspirations of the 36th edition.

How to choose a good lawyer in six steps

TEHRAN, Apr. 08 (MNA) – Selecting a right lawyer in litigation cases is very significant, the issue of which should be taken into serious consideration.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

Everything you need to know about Persian New Year ‘Nowruz’

TEHRAN, Mar. 20 (MNA) – Another Persian New Year is upon us; Here is a brief introduction on how Iranians celebrate their New Year, called 'Nowruz'.

By: Lachin Rezaian

Bright future ahead with Iran’s competencies, Denmark’s technology

TEHRAN, Nov. 15 (MNA) – Since the lifting of the international nuclear related sanctions against Iran after the implementation day of JCPOA in 2016, Iran is again open for business in many areas providing grounds for the boost in bilateral and trade relations between Denmark and Iran.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

What remains of Chaharshanbe Suri, eve of last Wed. before Nowruz

TEHRAN, Mar. 13 (MNA) – ‘Chaharshanbe Suri’, observed on the eve of the last Wed. before Iranian New Year, is a ‘festival of fire’ from ancient times, which is now barely recognizable from its original from in the hustle and bustle of metropolis Tehran.

FIFF36 to launch Cicinema, new digital encyclopedia on Iranian Cinema

TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) – A new digital encyclopedia on Iranian Cinema called 'Cicinema' will be launched concurrent with the start of the 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF36) in April.

By: Afshin Majlesi

Swiss roamer roams the world in his ‘Land Roamer’

TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – A Swiss tourist, who is travelling around the world using his own truck, parked his truck outside Tehran Times office in the last week and one of the Tehran Times journalists made friends with him.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

Tehraners, you don’t need to go to Paris to visit Louvre

TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – The National Museum of Iran is currently hosting a collection of artworks on loan from the Louvre in Paris for a four-month period.

Growing wildlife-based tourism sustainably

TEHRAN, Mar. 04 (MNA) – Wildlife tourism is a powerful tool countries can leverage to grow and diversify their economies while protecting their biodiversity and meeting several Sustainable Development Goals.

By: Lachin Rezaian

Messi's doppelganger hopes to see him in person

TEHRAN, Apr. 28 (MNA) – Reza Parastesh who closely resembles famous Leo Messi, sat on the table with Mehr News correspondents to share his experiences and feeling on being a person who is called Messi’s ‘face match’.

By: Maryam Gharehgozlou

Car-free Tuesdays or car-packed Tuesdays

TEHRAN, Feb. 28 (MNA) – Car-free Tuesdays campaign, aimed to promote cycling and public transport, seems to be losing momentum most probably because of the inefficient infrastructure in the country.

By: Vahid Pourtajrishi & Tayyebeh Vakilotojar

CPEC, geo-strategic and economic significance  

TEHRAN, Feb. 24 (MNA) – The China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is of prime importance for Pakistan as it can act as the game changer boosting the economic and geopolitical role of Pakistan in the questions of the region.

By Giancarlo Elia Valori :

Artificial intelligence and intelligence

TEHRAN, Feb. 22 (MNA) –As was also clearly stated by Vladimir Putin on September 4, 2017: “whichever country leads the way in Artificial Intelligence research will be the ruler of the world”.

5 ways to fight plastic pollution in UK

TEHRAN, Feb. 20 (MNA) – This year has already seen a number of concrete steps to combat plastic pollution in the United Kingdom.

By: M.A. Saki

We have been taken hostage by vehicles

TEHRAN, Feb. 7 (MNA) – In the recent days the air pollution in some parts of Tehran has reached a dangerous level, ringing the alarm bells that something serious may happen.

By: Mahnaz Abdi

Iran to become gas technical–engineering services exporter

TEHRAN, Feb. 06 (MNA) – Iran is planning to become an exporter of technical and engineering services in gas sector, National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Managing Director Hamidreza Araghi announced.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

The living dead among us: Servati’s ‘The List of the Dead’ in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – A loose adaptation of Tadeusz Różewicz's play, 'The List of the Dead' directed by Reza Servati is a psychological journey through loss, suffering, guilt, self-loathing, life and death, and the power of art, music and creation in reconciling with the fragmented self.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

Of bloodlust, psychosis and chaos: Rüping’s Hamlet in Tehran

EHRAN, Jan. 23 (MNA) – Young, yet prolific, German director Christopher Rüping staged Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’ Mon. night in Tehran, baring the bloody and psychotic side of the Elizabethan hero to the Iranian audience.  

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

Breaking chain of hierarchy and routine in ‘Package’

TEHRAN, Jan. 22 (MNA) – Theatergoers from Tehran gathered at Vahdat Hall on Sun. night to watch ‘Package’ directed by the Japanese choreographer Shusaku Takeuchi, as part of the competition section of 36th Fajr Theater Festival.

By: Marjan Golpira

An Iranian native well-adjusted in Japanese world

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Koroush Gilani is an Iranian man who migrated to Japan in the 1990s. Over the years he has managed to fully integrate and adjust himself in to a completely different Asian culture, however, as is in such cases, assimilating to the culture of Japan has not been an easy task.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

The dead and the damned: Delkhah’s stellar staging of Mann’s ‘Mephisto’ in Tehran

TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – Iranian stage director Masoud Delkhah revived Mnouchkine’s adaptation of Klaus Mann’s famous novel ‘Mephisto’ in a four-hour performance that had the audience breathless and unblinking on the edge of their seats.

By: Marjohn Sheikhi

AISO takes Iranian music lovers back to Baroque era

TEHRAN, Jan. 15 (MNA) – The Austro-Iranian Symphony Orchestra (AISO) performed baroque music to an almost full house Sun. on the fifth night of the 33rd Fajr Music Festival currently underway in Tehran.

By: Manijeh Rezapoor

Fajr concertgoers thrilled by Parvez Khan’s raga improvisations

TEHRAN, Jan. 13 (MNA) – Shahid Parvez Khan, the Indian sitar player known for his raga improvisations, charmed the audience by the dance of his nimble fingers on his instrument during a Thursday night performance at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall. 

By: Ebrahim Fallahi

Renewing oil tankers fleet a 'must' for Iran

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – The collision of an Iranian oil tanker with a Chinese freight vessel has been at the top of news headlines in many energy news agencies this week. This is the second incident of this kind involving an Iranian tanker, which begs for a modernization of Iran's oil tankers fleet.

By: Yasser Nazifi Gilavan

Iranian Armenians celebrate birthday anniversary of Prophet Jesus

TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) – Iranian Armenians celebrated the Eucharist on Friday evening and Saturday morning in churches across Iran to mark the birthday anniversary of Prophet Jesus Christ.