TEHRAN – A Persian translation of English writer Alan Bennett’s story “The Lady in the Van” by Mazdak Boluri has been published.

Ney is the publisher of the book originally published in 1999. 

Life imitates art in “The Lady in the Van”, the story of the itinerant Miss Shepherd, who lived in a van in Bennett’s driveway from the early 1970s until her d

TEHRAN – The first batch of SPINRAZA – a drug special for patients suffering from spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) - has arrived in the country, the Food and Drug Administration director announced on Tuesday.

SPINRAZA is a prescription medicine used to treat SMA in pediatric and adult patients. 

Another medicine will also be provided to patients in the

TEHRAN – Six Iranian films will compete in the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival – Doker.

“Isatis”, “Water, Wind, Dust - Bread”, “Slow and Sluggish”, “Unrest”, “Fika - Fidan” and “Huntsman” will be screened in different sections of the festival, which will take place in the Russian capital from August 15 to 28.

“Isatis”, a doc

TEHRAN – The 7th Islamic Human Rights and Human Dignity Award announced Shireen Abu Akleh, a veteran Palestinian journalist, and Mandla Mandela, the grandson of icon Nelson Mandela, as the winners during a ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday.

The Award is granted to a scholar with outstanding works and a martyr for explaining Islamic human rights.

Shireen