Farah Al-Farsi, a qanun player from Tunisia, is visiting Iran for the first time to participate in the 40th Fajr International Music Festival. Music Iran, Armenia plan joint cultural festivals to strengthen ties IFP Editorial Staff - February 19, 2025 Armenia’s ambassador to Tehran has an...
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People work for a living, they go to the movies, watch TV, ride the subways or buses to get to and from work. Young women scream at rock concerts for their favorite band. The traffic is similar to Los Angeles. English is spoken openly and quite well. Street signs are in Farsi and E...
Bans apply to many things in Iran, including the BBC. Yet the BBC’s Farsi channel is the most watched. Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and Instagram are all officially blocked. Rouhani is calling for internet restrictions to be eased, but the last word on such matters rests with the Supr...
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*Note: In 1978, Iran finished in 14th place out of 16 participants on their first World Cup appearance. Sources:Borna News Agency,Fars News Agency (FNA) 1,FNA 2,IRNA 1,IRNA 2,IRNA 3,IRNA 4,IRNA 5,IRNA 6,IRNA 7,ISNA 1,ISNA 2,ISNA 3,ISNA 4,ISNA 5,ISNA 6,Mehr News Agency (...
The heart of the city is one of the world's most beautiful plazas, the Meidun-e Emam. Laid out in 1612, it still has the stone polo goals set up by Shah Abbas standing at either end. Today, you are likely to find boys racing their m otorcycles up and down its stones. The squa...
Also in late September, the Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the British ambassador over the “hostile atmosphere” created by the London-based Farsi-language TV channels, such as Iran International, the BBC Persian and Manoto, against developments in Iran. ...
The BBC Farsi-language service aired an audio message from Akbari on Wednesday, in which he described being tortured. Article content “By using physiological and psychological methods, they broke my will, drove me to madness and forced me to do whatever they wanted,” Akbari said in the audio...
News about Amiri, born in 1977, has been scant since his return to Iran. Last year, his father Asgar Amiri told the BBC's Farsi-language service that his son had been held at a secret site since coming home. On Tuesday, Iran announced it had executed a number of criminals, describing...