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Berlin Film Festival set to go virtual for 71st edition

The Berlin Film Festival, one of the world’s leading gathering points for the international film industry, is set to radically alter its 71st edition.

Iranian Embassy in Japan to perform music online ahead of Yalda

A specialized meeting and workshop on introducing traditional Iranian music will be held virtually to mark the winter solstice, known in Iran as Yalda,...

Italian Embassy in Tehran: Hyperconnection and theater in times of COVID-19

‘DIS-connection’ is the title of the seventh episode of ‘8 1/2 Theater Clips: How COVID-19 Changed Our Lives,’ virtually produced by the Italian Embassy...

Global registration of Thaddeus ritual sign of Iran-Armenia bonds: Minister

Iran’s Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Ali-Asghar Mounesan said that the global registration of St. Thaddeus Apostle Monastery pilgrimage signifies the longstanding...

Freed Nigerian schoolboys return home, tell of beatings, hunger

Scores of schoolboys who were rescued from kidnappers in northwest Nigeria arrived back home on Friday, many of them barefoot and wrapped in blankets...

Iran, Turkey urge increasing trade

In a telephone call with Turkish Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan, Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade Alireza Razm-Hosseini referred to the decrease...

IORA Council of Ministers meeting held in UAE

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the 20th Indian Ocean Rim Association (IORA) Council of Ministers (COM) meeting on Thursday.

No doubt Iran will ratify FATF conventions: Businessman

A well-established Iranian businessman with close links to the government said he is certain a top legislative watchdog in the country would finally approve...

Iran’s eight-month trade with ECO members surpasses $5.7b: IRICA

Iran’s trade with member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) topped $5.7 billion in the first eight months of the current Iranian year...

Iran’s eight-month car manufacturing up 27.3%

Iranian carmakers produced 566,844 different types of cars during the first eight months of the current Iranian year (March 20-November 20) indicating a 27.3...

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