Greece

By Hanif Ghaffari

Greeks' anger flaring up

TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – As predicted, despite the adoption of austerity policies for 11 years, Greece is still one of the most austerity-stricken countries in the EU. Although Greece was supposed to emerge from the bailout by 2012, and step towards economic prosperity, heavy debts prevented the realization of this process.
2019-01-14 16:21
‘The Skier’ wins Best Film at Greece’s Olympia Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Dec. 09 (MNA) – Iranian feature ‘The Skier’ directed by Fereydoun Najafi won the Best Film Award at the 21st Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People in Greece.
2018-12-09 14:39
‘The Skier’ goes to Greece’s Olympia Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Nov. 28 (MNA) – Iranian feature ‘The Skier’ directed by Fereydoun Najafi is the sole representative of Iranian cinema at the 21st Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People in Greece.
2018-11-28 13:28
Iran star Karim Ansarifard joins Nottingham Forest

TEHRAN, Nov. 03 (MNA) – Nottingham Forest have boosted their promotion push with the signing of Iran international Karim Ansarifard.
2018-11-03 14:48
Iran embassy in Athens attacked by Kurd anarchists

TEHRAN, Sep. 17 (MNA) – Members of the anarchist group Rouvikonas attacked the Iranian embassy in Athens with bottles of paint early on Monday morning.
2018-09-17 12:18
Three Iranian writers to be honored by IBBY

TEHRAN, Aug. 27 (MNA) – The International Board on Books for Young People will hold its 36th conference in Athens on August 30 and 31 honoring three Iranian authors.
2018-08-27 14:46
Speaker Larijani offers condolences to Greek counterpart over wildfire tragedy

TEHRAN, Jul. 30 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Larijani sent a letter to Nikos Voutsis, the President of the Hellenic Parliament, offering sympathies over the fire catastrophe in that country.
2018-07-30 19:58
Iran sympathizes with Greece over deadly wildfires

TEHRAN, Jul. 25 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi has expressed deep regret over the deadly wildfires near the Greek capital of Athens, which have killed and wounded dozens of people.
2018-07-25 08:52
VIDEO: Wildfire claims 50 lives in Greece

TEHRAN, Jul. 24 (MNA) – Devastating wildfire is sweeping through pine forests and seaside towns on either sides of Greek capital Athens and surrounding regions which have claimed 50 lives till now. The blazes have created such thick smoke that the main highways between the Peloponnese and the Greek mainland have been shut down and an orange haze has descended on Athens. (Source: The Guardian)
2018-07-24 14:37
Iran, Greece ink transport coop. agreement

TEHRAN, May 20 (MNA) – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Iran and Greece for broadening and enhancing transport cooperation.
2018-05-20 17:05
ICNA passes article to support Palestinian journalists martyred at work

TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) – The final statement of the two-day International Conference of News Agencies (ICNA) was declared on Monday with an article passed to support Palestinian journalists killed at the time of reporting.
2018-05-14 22:18
Greek chargé d'affaires to Tehran summoned by foreign ministry

TEHRAN, Mar. 29 (MNA) – After an unidentified person inflicted injuries to a staff member of Iranian embassy in Greece, the Greek chargé d'affaires to Tehran was summoned by Iranian foreign ministry on Thursday.
2018-03-29 19:31
JCPOA necessary for Middle East: Greek envoy to Tehran

TEHRAN, Mar. 06 (MNA) – Dimitri Alexandrakis, the Ambassador of Greece to Iran told the local media that the European Union backs the nuclear agreement of Tehran and Sextet.
2018-03-06 20:56
9 Iranian animations to vie at Athens Animfest.

TEHRAN, Feb. 19 (MNA) – According to official announcement of the secretariat of the 13th edition of Athens Animfest to be held in March 2018, nine Iranian animations are scheduled to vie at the festival.
2018-02-19 14:17
By: Mohammad Ghaderi

How did Takfiri thinking find its way into Europe?

TEHRAN, Jan. 01 (MNA) – When European countries, played a facilitating and complementary role in the regional war which its scenario was written by the Arabic-American and Zionist troika, which led to the destabilization of the inhabitants of Southwest Asia, in particular the two countries of Iraq and Syria, they never thought that they should have soon expected a terrible storm.
2018-01-01 10:42
Tehran, Athens eager to join hands in tourism industry

TEHRAN, Dec. 23 (MNA) – Iran’s envoy to Athens, at a meeting with the Greek tourism minister, emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation and create more facilities for exchange of tourists.
2017-12-23 09:14
Erdogan to mark first presidential visit to Greece since 1952

TEHRAN, Dec. 02 (MNA) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will visit Greece on Dec. 7-8, the presidency's press information center confirmed on Dec. 2.
2017-12-02 15:42
‘The Servant’ nominated at Greece intl. Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Oct. 15 (MNA) – The animated short ‘The Servant’ directed by Farnoush Abedi has been nominated to receive the award for Best Animated Film in Anatomy International Film Festival which takes place in Athens, Greece.
2017-10-15 14:12
Pre. Rouhani:

Hurting JCPOA to hurt regional, global security

TEHRAN, Oct. 14 (MNA) – Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said Sat. that any undermining measure against the nuclear deal would end up undermining global and regional peace, calling on EU to safeguard the agreement.
2017-10-14 14:22
‘Wander About Me’ to vie at Bridges Intl. Filmfest.

TEHRAN, Sep. 25 (MNA) – Iranian feature ‘Wander About Me’, directed by Ghazaleh Soltani will be screened at Bridges International Film Festival to be held October 12-18 in Greece.
2017-09-25 13:47
Cadet freestylers finish 4th in Athens

TEHRAN, Sep. 11 (MNA) – Iran’s freestyle squad collected one gold, one silver and three bronze medals to occupy the fourth position at the 2017 World Cadet Wrestling Championships in the Greek capital.
2017-09-11 08:48
Iranian freestyler vice-champion at World Cadet C’ships

TEHRAN, Sep. 10 (MNA) – Abbas Foroutan, representing Iran at 85kg category of 2017 World Cadet Wrestling Championships, managed to stand on the second podium.
2017-09-10 09:35
Cadet wrestlers scoop 3 medals in World C’ships Day 2

TEHRAN, Sep. 06 (MNA) – Young Iranian wrestlers offered stunning athletic performances on opening day of 2017 World Cadet Championships and managed to secure three colorful medals, including one gold.
2017-09-06 13:21
Iran seizes 4 wins, 1 loss at 2017 Cadet World C’ships

TEHRAN, Sep. 04 (MNA) – In the first day of the 2017 World Cadet Championships in the Greek capital, young Iranian Greco-Roman wrestlers managed to score four wins in five wrestling matches.
2017-09-04 15:30
Young wrestlers land in Athens

TEHRAN, Sep. 02 (MNA) – Young Iranian wrestlers have arrived in the Greek capital in order to compete at 2017 World Cadet Championships.
2017-09-02 12:14
‘Retouch’ to vie at 3 intl. festivals

TEHRAN, Aug. 29 (MNA) – The short film ‘Retouch’ directed by Kave Mazaheri will be screened in three international film festivals in September.
2017-08-29 12:06
Greek teacher converts to Islam in Razavi Holy Shrine

TEHRAN, Jul. 27 (MNA) – Coincident with the birthday of Hazrat Masoumeh, the sister of the eighth Imam Reza, a Greek teacher converted to Islam in the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, Iran.
2017-07-27 11:44
Iran, S Korea to bind financial markets

TEHRAN, May 15 (MNA) – CSDI CEO has reported on formation of a special working group to connect financial markets of Iran and South Korea.
2017-05-15 11:29
Iran at crest of World Taekwondo President's Cup

TEHRAN, May 01 (MNA) – Iranian taekwondo squad secured five medals, including for gold and one bronze, to finish first overall at the 2nd WTF President's Cup in Athens.
2017-05-01 13:59
FM Zarif:

Ancient civilizations way out of extremism

TEHRAN, Apr. 25 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif said extremism could be wiped out through collective efforts and ancient civilizations.
2017-04-25 11:29