Iran seeks to retrieve illegally-exported artwork sold at Christie&s Iran seeks to retrieve illegally-exported artwork sold at Christie’s 

TEHRAN – An official in charge of Iran’s historical-cultural properties said on Saturday that Iran seeks to retrieve a rare historical artwork illegally exported from the country and sold at a Christie’s auction.

Earlier last week, several Iranian dailies published reports announcing a portrait of Qajar king Mozaffar ad-Din Shah was missing from

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Iran&s Nemati snatches gold at Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting ChampionshipsIran’s Nemati snatches gold at Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships

TEHRAN – Taha Nemati from Iran finished in the first place in the +102kg weight class of the 2022 Asian Youth and Junior Weightlifting Championships on Sunday.

Nemati came first in the snatch by lifting 150kg and also came first in clean and jerk with 190kg. He won the gold medal with a total of 340kg.

Uzbekistan’s Abdurashitov Nurbol won the silver

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Social security agencies active in more than 20 countriesSocial security agencies active in more than 20 countries

TEHRAN – The Social Security Organization has established agencies in more than 20 countries, Mehdi Shakouri, an official with the organization, said on Sunday.

In some countries, such as Turkey and Canada, more agencies are operating due to the high number of Iranians living in those countries, IRIB quoted Shakouri as saying.

Over the past two

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Iranian knowledge-based firms in Iraqi medical exhibitionIranian knowledge-based firms in Iraqi medical exhibition

TEHRAN – Iranian knowledge-based companies will attend an exhibition of medical, laboratory, pharmaceutical, and dental equipment in Baghdad, Iraq.

The third edition of the four-day exhibition will be held from September 10 to 13, ISNA reported.

On the sidelines of this exhibition, a pavilion of Iranian knowledge-based companies will be set up with

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Science diplomacy developing despite sanctionsScience diplomacy developing despite sanctions

TEHRAN – Despite U.S. sanctions, the international activities of Iranian scientists have increased year by year, so that more than 35 percent of Iranian articles in Scopus have been multi-national projects, Peyman Salehi, the deputy science minister, has said.

He made the remarks at the COMSTECH (the Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and

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‘Arab societies rapidly developing anti-American sentiments&: professor‘Arab societies rapidly developing anti-American sentiments’: professor

TEHRAN – Assistant professor at the School of Politics and International Relations at Quaid-i-Azam University, says efforts by U.S. President Joe Biden to create a rapprochement between Arab states and Israel will meet a number of challenges as the public in the Arab world is angry of Washington’s unwavering support for Israel in its occupation of

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