&Winners& wins audience award at Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival “Winners” wins audience award at Edinburgh Intl. Film Festival 

TEHRAN – Iranian drama “Winners” has garnered the audience award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in Scotland.

Speaking at the closing ceremony held last week, Iranian-British director Hassan Nazer said, “Winning the audience award at EIFF means everything to me. I have been working towards this since I decided to become a filmmaker. I m

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Iran bids farewell to poet Amir-Hushang EbtehajIran bids farewell to poet Amir-Hushang Ebtehaj

TEHRAN – Reciting his poems “Arghavan” and “Sepideh”, Iranians bade farewell to their beloved poet Amir-Hushang Ebtehaj in front of Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Friday.

The 94-year-old Ebtehaj, who wrote under the pseudonym of “Sayeh”, died in his home in Cologne, Germany, on August 10.

His body was transferred to Tehran on Thursday by his family to let

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Kordestan welcomes investors in water tourismKordestan welcomes investors in water tourism

TEHRAN–The western province of Kordestan welcomes and supports private sector investors in water tourism, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.

“As part of Kordestan’s water tourism development, investors from the private sector will be welcomed and supported,” CHTN quoted Arman Vatandust as saying on Friday.

As well as having many

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Iran eyes UNESCO tag for ancient SeymarehIran eyes UNESCO tag for ancient Seymareh

TEHRAN–Iran has completed an all-inclusive dossier for the ancient city of Seymareh in the western Ilam province for possibly becoming a UNESCO World Heritage, the deputy provincial tourism chief has said.

A preliminary dossier has been prepared for the possible registration of the historical-cultural landscape of Seymareh, which should first be

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Archaeologists report deciphering Elamite script discovered in southern IranArchaeologists report deciphering Elamite script discovered in southern Iran

TEHRAN–A team of French archaeologists believes they have partially deciphered an ancient Elamite script found in southern Iran some 120 years ago.

French archaeologist Francois Desset and his team assume that they have partially deciphered the ancient script, using eight silver cups as a basis for the decryption, with many symbols of the Linear

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Iranian, Qatari FMs speak on phone about JCPOAIranian, Qatari FMs speak on phone about JCPOA

TEHRAN - Amir Abdollahian, who was on a tour of Africa, talked and reviewed the most recent developments concerning diplomatic efforts to restore the 2015 nuclear deal – JCPOA - with his Qatari counterpart, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, over the phone on Thursday.

Sheikh Mohammed highlighted Qatar's desire to come to a fair solution

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