برچسب: Features in English
Hardline Daily Kayhan’s Managing Editor Discusses Dancer Jamileh
April 12, 2018
Until recently, not much was known about the personal life of Hossein Shariatmadari, the managing editor of the hardline Tehran-based daily Kayhan....
Tehran International Book Fair Impacted By Rial Exchange Rate
April 12, 2018
The 31st Tehran International Book Fair is scheduled to take place between May 2 and 12. Domestic and foreign publishers continue to...
Shirin Ebadi Calls for Secular Constitution in Iran
April 12, 2018
Shirin Ebadi, a human rights lawyer and the winner of the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize, said there was discontentment with the government...
Currency Crisis is Manufactured, Iranian Economist Says
April 12, 2018
Saeed Laylaz, an economist, journalist, and supporter of President Hassan Rouhani believes that the recent crisis in the foreign-exchange market has been artificially...
Putin’s Envoy and Shamkhani Hold Secret Meeting
April 10, 2018
The Israeli air force bombed the Tiyas airbase, known as T4, near the Syrian city of Homs on April 9, reportedly killing...
Iran Wins Qatar Lady’s Junior Tennis Tournament
Apri 10, 2018
Iranian tennis players, Meshkat al-Zahra Safi and Donya Ameri defeated their Kazakh opponents 10-8, 3-6, and 6-3 to win the girls’ doubles...
Singer Shamaizadeh Outraged By Sale of His Confiscated Property
April 7, 2018
Hassan Shamaizadeh, the veteran pop singer and songwriter, has objected to the sale of his house in Tehran, which was seized in...
Opinion: Iranian-Made Goods Face Slump in Demand
April 10, 2018
By Roshanak Asteraky
In a speech marking the arrival of Nowrouz on March 20, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei designated 1397 as...
The Runner, Masterpiece Of Iranian New Wave Cinema
April 07, 2018
Reza Parchizadeh
Amir Naderi’s “The Runner” (1985) was among the first post-revolutionary Iranian films to attract worldwide attraction. It is considered by many...
Iranian Women Cyclists Deny Doping Accusations
April 5, 2018
Fatemeh Hadavand and Maedeh Nazari, members of the Iranian National Women’s Cycling team, were among 18 people named by the Union Cycliste...
Iran May Import Water To Replenish Dying Lake Urmia
April 05, 2018
During his tour of Western Azerbaijan Province, Iran’s First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri hinted that the government might invest billions of dollars...
Iran’s Volatile Currency Market and Double-Digit Inflation
April 04, 2018
The Iranian rial continued to fall against the U.S. dollar at the end of the Nowrouz holidays. The exchange rate was 52,000...
Opinion: Iran May Be On the Verge of a Coup d’Etat
April 03, 2018
By Mustafa Fahs (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (2005-13) has accused Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of misappropriating $190 billion of...
Iran’s Universities Experience Sharp Drop In Entrance Exams
April 03, 2018
The number of students applying for university entrance exams has dropped from 1.7 million to 800,000 in recent years, according to Ali...
Salt Storm Poses Health Risks in Northwestern Iran
April 02, 2018
The northwestern provinces of East and West Azerbaijan have been hit by a salt storm circling Lake Urmia over the past ten...
Rial Hits Record Low Against U.S. Dollar
April 02, 2018
The Iranian rial fell to a record low on March 26 of 50,610 to a dollar. When currency markets opened on March...
Mideast’s Highest Suspension Bridge, In Lorestan, Is Destroyed
April 01, 2018
The Darreh Khazineh suspension bridge, in the northwestern province of Lorestan, has been destroyed by an unknown person or persons, according to...