TEHRAN—A host of Christian pilgrims have come together at St. Thaddeus, northwest Iran, to observe their annual ritual of Badarak.

The three-day event commenced on Friday in Qareh Klise (“the Black Church”), one of the oldest surviving Christian monasteries in the country, CHTN reported.

Baptism of children and youngsters along with performances of

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WHO to review Iran&s malaria elimination programWHO to review Iran’s malaria elimination program

TEHRAN – The World Health Organization (WHO) will, by March 2023, dispatch a group of experts to Iran to review the malaria elimination program in the country, the head of the department of control and management of communicable diseases of the Ministry of Health, has said.

If the measures which have been taken to eliminate malaria meet the defined

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&Constantinople: City of the World&s Desire& appears in Persian“Constantinople: City of the World’s Desire” appears in Persian

TEHRAN – English historian Philip Mansel’s book “Constantinople: City of the World’s Desire, 1453-1924” has been published in Persian.

Shahla Tahmasbi is the translator of the book published by Now.

Wedding elegant prose with impeccable historical research, this highly acclaimed history absorbingly charts the interaction between the vibrantly

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Film museum launches lineup of movies on Muharram rituals, Ashura tragedy Film museum launches lineup of movies on Muharram rituals, Ashura tragedy 

TEHRAN – The Film Museum of Iran kicked off a program on Saturday presenting movies on Muharram mourning rituals and the tragedy of Ashura.

Ten movies have been chosen to be screened in the first ten days of the lunar month of Muharram, during which Shia Muslims commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions who were

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Match Factory handles global sales for &Beyond the Wall&Match Factory handles global sales for “Beyond the Wall”

TEHRAN – The Match Factory, a Cologne-based world sales and production company, has purchased the rights for worldwide sales of the Iranian drama “Beyond the Wall”.

Written and directed by Vahid Jalilvand, the film is an entry to the international competition of the 2022 Venice International Film Festival, which will take place on the Lido from

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The story of an oath inThe story of an oath in

"Karbala from Another Perspective" is the newest work of Hojjat-al-Islam Muhammadreza Javan Arasteh which has been published by Soore Mehr publication. 

Regarding the story, he stated that every Muharram, he takes an oath to write ten notes about Ashura, its rites, and its fringes. He ensures that these notes are not redundant and that the subject

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