Handicraft course to help create jobs for inmatesHandicraft course to help create jobs for inmates

TEHRAN – A training course in the field of toreutics is currently being held in a prison in the city of Abhar, Zanjan province, Abhar’s tourism chief has said.

The course aims at providing job opportunities for the prisoners after their release as well as motivating them and promoting handicraft fields as sources of income, Davud Abian explained on

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Greece turns back on U.S. demand - Tehran Times
Greece turns back on U.S. demand
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Campaign for Scotland&s independence from UK launched Campaign for Scotland’s independence from UK launched 

The Scottish First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, has pledged to deliver on her party’s “electoral mandate” arguing she won last May's election with a "clear commitment to give the people of Scotland the choice of becoming an independent country"

Speaking to reporters at a press conference in Edinburgh, Sturgeon says a discussion is essential on a

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IRIB to air sequel to Farhadi&s TV series &A Tale of a City&IRIB to air sequel to Farhadi’s TV series “A Tale of a City”

TEHRAN – Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) has made a sequel to the popular TV series “A Tale of a City”, whose first and second instalments were directed by Asghar Farhadi over twenty years ago.

Written by Payman Abbasi and directed by Mohammadreza Ahanj, the new series will begin airing on IRIB Channel 5 in July, producer Farshid

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David Harvey&s &Anti-Capitalist Chronicles& published in PersianDavid Harvey’s “Anti-Capitalist Chronicles” published in Persian

TEHRAN – “The Anti-Capitalist Chronicles” by British scholar David Harvey has been published in Persian.

Afkar is the publisher of the book rendered into Persian by Hossein Rahmati and Maryam Vahdati.

Amidst waves of economic crises, health crises, class struggle and neo-fascist reaction, few possess the clarity and foresight of world-renowned

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La Gacilly Photo Festival showcases works by Iranian photographers La Gacilly Photo Festival showcases works by Iranian photographers 

TEHRAN – Works by four Iranians are on display at the La Gacilly Photo Festival, a vast international outdoor exhibition, which is organized every year in the northwestern French city.

Collections by Maryam Firuzi, Gohar Dashti, Ebrahim Noruzi, Hashem Shakeri and photographers from across the world will be on view at the festival, which will be

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