Historical properties in Kordestan to be leased out to private investorsHistorical properties in Kordestan to be leased out to private investors

TEHRAN –A number of historical places and monuments across the western province of Kordestan will be temporarily ceded to the private sector in order to receive further care and maintenance, the provincial tourism chief has said.

The province’s tourism directorate intends to hand over several historic landmarks to the private sector to help revive t

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Archaeologists hail find of 7,000-year-old relics in northwest IranArchaeologists hail find of 7,000-year-old relics in northwest Iran

TEHRAN - A team of Iranian archaeologists has found arrays of relics estimated to date some 7,000 years during its recent excavations conducted in Oshnavieh, northwest Iran.

The relics were found near Sufian Hill, which dates 7,000 years and belongs to Dalma culture, Mehr quoted archaeologist Mahnaz Sharifi as saying on Friday.

“In this research, we

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Dividing al-Aqsa compound a &declaration of war&Dividing al-Aqsa compound a “declaration of war”

TEHRAN – An Israeli Knesset member's proposal to split Islam’s al-Aqsa Mosque complex between Muslims and settlers has been met with fierce opposition by the Palestinian resistance who say it amounts to a “declaration of war”.

Amit Halevi, a member of the Likud party, which has a slim majority in the Israeli Knesset, has proposed a plan to divide

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&A Man Asleep& at Iranian bookstores“A Man Asleep” at Iranian bookstores

TEHRAN – “A Man Asleep”, a 1967 novel by the French writer Georges Perec, has recently been published in Persian.

Now is the publisher of the book translated into Persian by Nasser Nabavi.

It uses a second-person narrative, and follows a 25-year-old student who embarks upon a disturbing and exhaustive pursuit of indifference, following his

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Boys and girls teams learn fate at 2023 CAVABoys and girls teams learn fate at 2023 CAVA

TEHRAN - The drawing of lots for the 2023 Central Asian Volleyball Association Boys and Girls U16 Volleyball Championships was conducted online by the CAVA Events and Referee Committee on Wednesday.

The inaugural edition of the Championships will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan between July 14 and 20, 2023, with nine teams comprising five men’s and

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Karlovy Vary festival to spotlight new generation of Iranian filmmakers in &Another Birth&Karlovy Vary festival to spotlight new generation of Iranian filmmakers in “Another Birth”

TEHRAN – The 57th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival will celebrate the new generation of independent Iranian filmmakers in a special section entitled “Another Birth. Iranian Cinema, Here and Now”.

Nine films offering “an insightful testimony of the burning creativity of Iran’s artists in face of the challenging reality” will be

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