Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay, discussing the global approach toward human rights. During the meeting in New York on Monday, the Iranian foreign minister said there should be a change in the current global approach toward the issue of human rights.Zarif stressed […]
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Iranian Foreign Minister gives wide-ranging U.S. interview
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told a U.S. television audience that the Holocaust was “a heinous crime” and a “genocide”, while blaming poor translation for the fact that the word “myth” appears on the Iranian Supreme Leader’s English-language website in reference to the Holocaust. “The Holocaust is not a myth. Nobody’s talking about […]
Iran To Consider Resuming Flights To U.S.
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has ordered aviation authorities to study the possibility of resuming direct flights between Iran and the United States for the first time in more than three decades. Iranian news agencies on September 30 quoted presidential adviser Akbar Torkan as saying Rohani wanted to study the option of resuming flights in […]
Arrests made after shoe thrown during president’s return
Iranian media report that two people have been arrested in connection with the shoe-throwing incident at the welcoming party for Iranian President Hassan Rohani. The Mehr News Agency reports that a spokesman for Iran’s Security Forces announced that on Sunday September 29, two people were arrested for “the disruption of the welcoming party for […]
Latest News: Taking Illegal Action to Confiscate the Assets and Property in Beydokht
According to the latest reports from Beydokht town, a court hearing date has been set for 92/07/20 (Oct 12, 2013) in order to handle an objection from Dervish lawyers against “Executive committee of Imam”s claim ownership of some items of Beydokht property.According to Majzooban Noor, following sending out notification by executive committee of Imam […]
The Day of Rumi Commemoration
Jalaluddin Rumi (may God sanctify his holy spirit) who is commemorated every Mehr 8 (December 30) was one of the greatest Muslim saints and mystics. He has also been hailed by Western scholars as the greatest mystical poet of all time.1 And popularized versions of his poetry have made him the best-selling poet in America in […]
U.S. returns ancient artifact as token of friendship
The United States has returned a 2,700 year-old Iranian artifact to the head of Iran’s Cultural Heritage Department as a token of the budding friendship between the two countries. The ancient silver chalice, which dates back to the Achaemenid era around 700 BC, is in the shape of a mythical beast with the body […]
Moghayse’s imprisonment is over but he is not still released
While Mohammad Reza Moghayse the head of following up committee on victims of 2009 election incidents, has spent all his four years imprisonment verdict the judicial officials are not releasing him yet.According to the report of Kalemeh website, Mohammad Reza Moghayse is one of the veterans of Iran-Iraq war and was member of Mir […]
Another Yarsan follower’s mustaches were shaved
Despite the recent fire suicide of three of Yarsan followers -Ahle Hagh- in protest to shaving the mustaches of a Yarsan follower by the regime, once more another Yarsan follower’s mustaches has been shaved cumpolrsary in prison.According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency in Iran (HRANA), a week ago Safar Faraji, […]
Iran’s “Le Passe” Submitted For Oscar Consideration
Iran has submitted “Le Passe,” the latest film from director Asghar Farhadi, for consideration as best foreign language film in the U.S. Oscar Awards. The submission comes despite opposition from conservatives, who say the film is too French. “Le Passe” tells the story of an Iranian man who returns to France after four years […]