Emerging technologies to evolve restorations in Iran, expert saysEmerging technologies to evolve restorations in Iran, expert says

TEHRAN – In recent years, Iran has sought to improve methods of restoring historical sites by using new technologies, an official with the Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism has said. 

Iran, however, lags behind other nations when it comes to using modern restoration methods, whereas these methods are used all around the world for

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Ronald F. Inglehart&s &Cultural Evolution& comes to Iranian bookstoresRonald F. Inglehart’s “Cultural Evolution” comes to Iranian bookstores

TEHRAN – “Cultural Evolution: People’s Motivations Are Changing, and Reshaping the World” by American political scientist Ronald F. Inglehart has been published in Persian.

Published by the Elmi Farhangi Publishing Company, the book has been translated by Behzad Attarzadeh.

“Cultural Evolution” argues that people’s values and behavior are shaped by t

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Turin environmental filmfest picks Iran&s &Utopia&, &Savior&, &Earth&Turin environmental filmfest picks Iran’s “Utopia”, “Savior”, “Earth”

TEHRAN – Iranian short movies “Utopia”, “The Savior” and “The Earth” will be screening at the CinemAmbiente – International Environmental Film Festival in Turin, Italy in June.

“Utopia” directed by Hamed Vaqari and Hengameh Safaipur is about consumerism. The film shows a man wandering the supermarket aisles with his shopping cart.

A drama on man’s r

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&Nahid& director Ida Panahandeh to hold master class at Zurich festival“Nahid” director Ida Panahandeh to hold master class at Zurich festival

TEHRAN – Ida Panahandeh, director of the acclaimed Iranian drama “Nahid”, will be holding a master class at the 8th edition of the Iranian Film Festival Zurich currently underway in Switzerland.

She will discuss the role of women in Iranian cinema during a master class, which will be held on June 1, the organizers have announced.

Creating a

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The cost of war would be determined by resistance literatureThe cost of war would be determined by resistance literature

Concerning the current state of resistance literature and the increase in production, Morteza Sarhangi, the head of the Resistance's Office of Literature and Art, stated that after 40 years of war, we have only recently established ourselves in the field of resistance literature and that writers should be trained and introduced. 

"The core of the

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Large drug trafficking gang disbanded in northwestLarge drug trafficking gang disbanded in northwest

TEHRAN – The anti-narcotics police have dismantled the largest drug-trafficking gang in the northwestern part of the country, Rahim Jahanbakhsh, West Azarbaijan province’s police commander, has announced.

Over 900 kilograms of narcotics were discovered from the smugglers in Urmia, he said, IRIB reported on Saturday.

The anti-narcotics police

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