TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – The 34th Fajr Music Festival kicked of on Wednesday with the performance of Iran's National Orchestra led by Fereydoun Shahbazian at Tehran's Vahdat Hall. The 34th edition of the annual event will continue until 19 February. The event is Iran's most prestigious music festival, which is affiliated with UNESCO and includes national and international competition sections.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – The United States has imposed new sanctions on nine Iranian citizens and two entities that it says are engaging in malicious covert actions that have targeted Americans at home and abroad, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Chief of General Staff of Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Bagheri has travelled to Russia at the invitation of Russian Federation Defense Minister General Sergey Kuzhugetovich Shoygu.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Bahrain’s most prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Issa Qassim has been hospitalized in Tehran to undergo some medical tests.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – A Takfiri suicide bomber targeted a bus carrying Revolutionary Guards Corps personnel in southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province on Wednesday, killing at least 20, injuring 20 more, according to Iranian media reports.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Ali Larijani, the Parliament speaker of Iran, wrapped up his two-day visit to Japan on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attended a press conference with bureau chiefs and correspondents of foreign media in Tehran on Wednesday.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Relations between Iran and Japan are based on culture, and these relations need to further strengthen, according to the Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Europe is in transition, a phrase we’ve heard repeatedly in recent years. The decline of the power of the traditional parties (conservative and social democrats) in United Europe and the increase of the votes of the parties and the nationalist and anti-Euro groups, and beyond that, confusion over European Union (EU) in confronting the current political and social phenomena, are all considered signs of the transition.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Vice-President for Legal Affairs Laya Joneydi said Iran’s joining the Financial Action Task Force is not off the table yet, adding that the FATF may extend its Feb. deadline for Iran to join the body.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Senior Adviser to Iran’s Leader Ali Akbar Velayati warned that the Warsaw conference is aimed at paving the ground for establishing Israeli-Arab coalition to weaken Palestine.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that Iran has always believed in dialogue but it does not accept force, pressure and giving up national rights.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Spokesman for the governor of Farah province Nasser Mehri on Wed. revealed the reopening of Farahi border with the Islamic Republic of Iran soon.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution said "it is an unforgivable mistake to think that economic problems are solely a result of sanctions and the solution solely is to kneel against the enemy and kiss the devil's hand."
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Head of the the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening Studies Center, Hossein Akbari, said Wed. that the Palestinian Resistance movement has arrived at a point where it can save the Islamic world from Western dominance.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – University students and Clerics across Iran are planning to arrange a sit-in this afternoon to protest against approving the bills defined by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Iran imported 2,000 head of sheep from Romania on Feb. 12, said Hamid Varnaseri, managing director of the State Livestock Affairs Logistics (SLAL) Inc. affiliated with the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Deputy Secretary-General of Islamic Jihad Movement Khaled al-Batsh said that the body will not let the Israeli regime to announce Jerusalem [al-Quds] at its capital.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – A senior official at the Turkish Foreign Ministry said his country will not have any representatives in the US-sponsored anti-Iran conference, which is set be hosted by Poland in Warsaw later today.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) minister for trade, Veronika Nikishina, said the EAEU member countries are ready to continue talks with Iran to develop trade and economic cooperation.
JASK, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Wicker has been for years known as a trademark handicraft of southern cities of Iran. Jask Port in Hormozgan province, in particular, used to be a place where its people made a living by using the technique to make products woven from pliable plant materials such as willow, rattan, reed, and bamboo. Nowadays, though, the profession has lost much of its influence due to drought.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani visited s number of industrial projects in Japan this morning on Feb. 13
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Governor of the Central Bank of Iran, Abdolnaser Hemmati, said Wednesday that joining the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) would be beneficial to Iran.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – A self-proclaimed Imam of Iraqi origin, born in Iran, currently based in Australia, his only claim to fame is Islam-bashing. His ticket to stardom in the West has been blatant hate speech and toxic sectarian rhetoric. He has become a darling of Islamophobes, New Atheists and right-leaning hate preachers who seek to sow seeds of discord among Muslims.
TEHRAN, Feb. 13 (MNA) – Over 3,000 films have been submitted from across the globe to the 12th International 100 Seconds Film Festival in Iran, scheduled for 27th February to 1st March 2019.