Book Garden Theater restaging adaptation of Dostoyevsky&s &The Gentle Spirit& Book Garden Theater restaging adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s “The Gentle Spirit” 

TEHRAN-A new round of performances of “Tonight – Borscht - Blood,” directed by the well-known Iranian actor, director, and writer Saber Abar is on stage at the Book Garden Theater in Tehran.

Written by Mehdi Yazdani-Khorram, it is an adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s short story “The Gentle Spirit,” ILNA reported.

Abar and Fatemeh Naghavi are

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Opposition leaders accuse Netanyahu of sabotaging ceasefire negotiations with HamasOpposition leaders accuse Netanyahu of sabotaging ceasefire negotiations with Hamas

The political opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have accused him of sabotaging talks to reach a captive-prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

Opposition leader Yair Lapid, a former prime minister and leader of the Yesh Atid party, said the government has imposed new conditions.

“We have nothing left to achieve in Gaza; we need to s

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Tourism in Samen underground city to see enhancement, official saysTourism in Samen underground city to see enhancement, official says

TEHRAN- The underground city of Samen in Malayer, Hamedan province, is poised for tourism enhancement, the provincial tourism chief has said. 

The Samen underground city holds significant tourism potential for both Malayer and the surrounding region, Mohsen Masoum Alizadeh said on Saturday, CHTN reported. 

With government support and its growing

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Iran celebrates 3rd anniversary of Yalda Night&s UNESCO designationIran celebrates 3rd anniversary of Yalda Night’s UNESCO designation

TEHRAN- A ceremony commemorating the third anniversary of Yalda Night's listing on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list was attended by Iranian Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts, Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri, along with a number of cultural heritage officials and foreign ambassadors in Tehran on Saturday.

During the

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Hindu Temple to host handicrafts exhibitionHindu Temple to host handicrafts exhibition

TEHRAN- The Hindu Temple in Bandar Abbas, southern Hormozgan province, is scheduled to host a handicrafts exhibition from December 25 to 27. 

This exhibition is a valuable opportunity to showcase the traditional arts of the talented women of Hormozgan and to acknowledge their role in preserving and promoting local culture and art, a provincial

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Pope condemns &cruelty& of Israeli attacks on GazaPope condemns “cruelty” of Israeli attacks on Gaza

For the second time in as many days, Pope Francis has denounced the “cruelty” of the Israeli attacks on Gaza

“And with pain I think of Gaza, of so much cruelty, of the children being machine-gunned, of the bombings of schools and hospitals. What cruelty,” he said after his weekly Angelus prayer, according to Al Jazeera.

On Saturday, the pope had

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