The European Union, which itself imposed a draft of sanctions against Russia and the country’s energy exports, has been left anxious after Moscow began annual maintenance work on its biggest gas pipeline to Germany. 

There are fears in Europe that Russia will prolong the scheduled maintenance beyond what usually takes around ten days, which would

TEHRAN - Former Iran national football team player, Mohsen Bayatinia, hit out at Iran football federation officials for sacking Iran head coach Dragan Skocic.

The Iranian national team are experiencing sporting problems less than five months before the start of the World Cup in Qatar after the federation announced the dismissal of the Croatian

TEHRAN – Parisa Reza’s debut novel “The Gardens of Consolation” by has been published in Persian by Borj.

First published in French in 2015, the novel has been translated into Persian by Abolfazl Allahdadi. 

An English translation by Adriana Hunter became a Publisher’s Weekly Best Book of 2016.

In the early 1920s, in the remote village of Ghamsar,

TEHRAN – The Iran-Afghanistan co-production “Drowning in Holy Water” has received nominations in three categories including best film at the 5th Malaysia Golden Global Awards, which are presented at the closing ceremony of the Malaysia International Film Festival.

The drama on Afghan migrants in Iran by Tehran-based Afghan director Navid Mahmudi is