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Sebastiaan Straten, Organizer of First Tehran International Persian Run also dubbed TehRUN, expressed hope that the event would cross bridges and break barriers between nations. The 1st Tehran International Marathon convened in the Iranian capital on Friday 7th of April 2017 with participation of over 350 runners from more than 42 countries. TehRUN 2017 aimed…
Nowruz holidays provide a good opportunity to the tourists willing to see historic monuments of Tehran. Nowruz inscribed in UNESCO list The multinational case of Nowruz, the traditional Iranian festival of spring, has been inscribed in UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage on Wednesday 30 November 2016. This morning, in the third day of…
Street musicians are performing in Tehran to introduce their music bands or earning money. Although Tehran is not Iran, but without this great metropolis, which is the focal point of Iran’s transportation network and the center in which more than 40% of the nation’s economic activities takes place, it would not be possible to fully…
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven arrived in Tehran on Friday night 10 February 2017 and was welcomed by Iranian Minister of Industries, Mines and Trade Mohammadreza Nematzadeh. President Rouhani officially welcomes Swedish PM President Rouhani officially welcomed Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven at Sa’dabad Palace on Saturday 11 February 2017. There are ample opportunities to…
Visiting French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault says that respecting the nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is very important to Paris. After signing the deal in Vienna, it was very important to France that the JCPOA as an international deal be respected, Ayrault said at the Iran-France joint economic commission…
Tens of thousands of Iranians poured onto the streets of Tehran on Monday for the funeral of 16 firefighters killed when the city’s oldest high-rise collapsed during a blaze. Black flags flew outside the Grand Mosalla Mosque, while high-ranking officials including Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani, Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani, First Vice-President Es’haq Jahangiri,…
The 35th Fajr Film Festival opened in a ceremony attended by Iran’s Culture Minister Reza Salehi-Amiri at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Saturday. Addressing the gathering, Head of Cinema Organization and Deputy Culture Minister Hojatollah Ayoubi appreciated Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti who boycotted this year’s Oscar Academy Awards ceremony in a show of protest against US…
Different groups of Iranian people gathered at the fire stations all over the Iran and donated flowers commemorating martyred firefighters. All Tehran fire stations are dressed in black. Regarding Tehran Plasco tower blaze at least 25 firefighters are under the debris. Up Saturday noon 3 firefighters’ body recovered. Plasco tower, the 17-story structure crumbled after…
At least 20 firefighters are feared to have been killed after Iran’s oldest high-rise in southern Tehran collapsed on Thursday following a major fire in the building, state television and a news agency reported. Plasco tower, the 17-story structure crumbled after fire engulfed the top floors of the building in downtown Tehran on Thursday morning…
