Asghar Farhadi to receive Fiesole Maestri del Cinema Award 2022Asghar Farhadi to receive Fiesole Maestri del Cinema Award 2022

TEHRAN – Roman Theater of Fiesole in the Italian city of Florence be granting its 2022 Fiesole Maestri del Cinema Award to the Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi.

He will be receiving the honor in a special ceremony on Saturday evening at the theater.

Filmmakers such as Paolo Sorrentino, Giuseppe Tornatore, Terry Gilliam, Luchino

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Hezbollah ensemble Shams al-Hurriyah wins award at Iranian anthem festivalHezbollah ensemble Shams al-Hurriyah wins award at Iranian anthem festival

TEHRAN – Hezbollah-affiliated ensemble Shams al-Hurriyah – Sun of Freedom Orchestra has been selected as best group in the international section of the first edition of the Fajr National and International Anthem Festival.

Winners of the different sections of the event were honored on evening Wednesday at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall in the closing ceremony

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The story of a friendship in the midst of warThe story of a friendship in the midst of war

The battle of the people of Bushehr and Tangistan against the British and the regime of Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar is the topic of Iraj Saghiri's "The Song of Titros."

After his father’s death, Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar dissolved the Majles, or Iranian parliament, and so started the period known as the age of minor tyranny. During this time, people f

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Syria seeks to develop environmental co-op with IranSyria seeks to develop environmental co-op with Iran

TEHRAN – Syrian Minister of Local Administration and Environment Hussein Makhlouf requested Iran to enhance joint environmental cooperation, Mehr reported.

Makhlouf, together with the Syrian ambassador to Tehran Shafiq Dayoub, and his accompanying delegation, met with Alireza Zakani, Mayor of Tehran on Thursday.

The most important issue and

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Over 1m conscripts receive vocational training in 4 yearsOver 1m conscripts receive vocational training in 4 years

TEHRAN – Over a million conscripts have received vocational training during the past 4 years, Mohammad-Javad Zadeh-Kamand, director of education management at the Technical and Vocational Training Organization, has said.

The comprehensive plan for vocational training of soldiers, which started in June 2017, was launched with the aim of promoting

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Iran, Iraq ink MOU to deal with dust stormsIran, Iraq ink MOU to deal with dust storms

TEHRAN – A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between Iran and Iraq with the aim of confronting the phenomenon of sand and dust storms (SDSs).

During a meeting in Tehran on Thursday, Iran’s Department of Environment Chief, Ali Salajeqeh and Iraqi Minister of Environment Jasim Abdulazeez Humadi signed the MOU.

The issue of dust storms has

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