Christian believers to make pilgrimage to St. ThaddeusChristian believers to make pilgrimage to St. Thaddeus

TEHRAN – Tens of Christian worshippers will come together at St. Thaddeus to observe an annual ritual and pilgrimage after two years of hiatus due to coronavirus restrictions.

Baptism of children and youngsters along with performances of traditional songs and dances are amongst the highlights of the event, which will be held from July 28 to 30.

The

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Kermanshah enjoys one million years of continuous human settlement, archaeologist saysKermanshah enjoys one million years of continuous human settlement, archaeologist says

TEHRAN - Kermanshah is a unique region that enjoys continuous human settlement for a span of one million years, top archaeologist Saman Heydari-Guran said on Wednesday.

“We have abundant evidence indicating one million years of human settlement in Kermanshah, which is an exception in the plateau of Iran and even in West Asia…,” the archaeologist sai

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Hossein Vafaei donates his cup to National Sports Museum of IranHossein Vafaei donates his cup to National Sports Museum of Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian professional snooker player Hossein Vafaei donated his championship cup to the National Sports Museum of Iran.

He donated his Snooker Shoot Out trophy, which won in January by defeating Peter Devlin.

Vafaei was accompanied by Hashem Eskandari, head of Bowling, Billiard and Boules Federation of Iran in the Iran’s Olympic Committee h

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Iranian bookstores embellished with &Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman&Iranian bookstores embellished with “Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman”

TEHRAN – “Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman” by German novelist Friedrich Christian Delius has been published in Persian.

Translated by Mahmud Haddadi, the novel has been published by Ofoq.

The novel was originally published in 2006. An English translation by Jamie Bulloch came out in 2012.

In Rome one January afternoon in 1943, a young German

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Bolton admits U.S. planned foreign coups Bolton admits U.S. planned foreign coups 

Former White House National Security Advisor and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, John Bolton, has admitted he played a role in Washington’s plans to overthrow governments around the world. A policy that has long been strongly condemned internationally, from Latin America to West Asia and beyond. 

Bolton made the remarks to CNN following

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Documentary chronicles history of Iran crime scene photographyDocumentary chronicles history of Iran crime scene photography

TEHRAN – Naji Honar, Iran’s Police institution that produces and supports films and series, has recently completed a documentary that sheds light on the history of crime scene photography in the country.

Directed and produced by Jamshid Raufi, the documentary entitled “Crime Scene Photography” was broadcast from the Mostanad Channel, an IRIB cha

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