Iraq to issue special permits for Iranian pilgrims having no passportsIraq to issue special permits for Iranian pilgrims having no passports

TEHRAN – Iraq considers issuing special permits for Iranian travelers having no passports to enter the neighboring country for the Arbaeen pilgrimage.

According to Iraq’s Interior Ministry, Iranian pilgrims who have no passports will be granted “special passports” to visit holy shrines in Iraq during the Arbaeen gathering, Mehr reported.

Iraq’s I

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Shahdad: work starts on long-awaited watermill restorationShahdad: work starts on long-awaited watermill restoration

TEHRAN - Work has started on a long-awaited restoration of a quack-hit watermill, which is located in the touristic region of Shahdad on the margins of the UNESCO-registered Lut Desert in southern Iran.

The project is aimed to restore the mill’s [mad-brick] tower and parts of its entrance wall suffered damage and cracked due to an earthquake in [

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TEHRAN – The audio version of the Iranian writer Reza Kulshahi’s "The Third Saint" has been released in Tehran.

Narrated by Bahman Vakhshour, the audiobook has been produced at Avaye Chirok, a major Iranian institute that produces audiobooks.

Narrators Zeinab Razdasht, Mahtab Karbalai, Maryam Shakuri, Mona Forqani, Taranom Mehrnur, Zoha Alipur, and

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Iranian Film Week to be held in TokyoIranian Film Week to be held in Tokyo

TEHRAN – The 6th Iranian Film Week is scheduled to be held in the Japanese capital of Tokyo in coming days. 

According to the cultural attaché of the Iranian Embassy in Japan, the event will be held from August 10 to 14 in Tokyo during which eight Iranian films will be screened. 

‘Leaf of Life’ by Ebrahim Mokhtari, ‘Gholamreza Takhti’ by Bahram Tavak

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&I Never Sang for My Father& on stage at Tehran theater“I Never Sang for My Father” on stage at Tehran theater

TEHRAN – An adaptation of American playwright Robert Anderson’s 1968 play “I Never Sang for My Father” is on stage at Tehran's Shahrzad Theater Complex. 

Hamed Sehhat is the director and translator of the play. 

Shirin Farkhondeh-Nejad, Maryam Mash’hur, Mahshid Delavari, Mohammad Tayyeb-Taher and Arman Hosseini are the main members of the cast for t

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