TEHRAN – Sepahan and Esteghlal football teams were held in Iran Professional League (IPL) Matchday 21 on Tuesday in favor of Persepolis.

In Ghaemshahr, northern Iran, Esteghlal were held to a 1-1 draw against Nassaji.

Arsalan Motahari gave the visiting team the lead in the 53rd minute but right-footed Ayub Kalantari unleashed a shot from distance

TEHRAN – Assessors from the World Crafts Council have recently described Rashti-duzi as one of the world’s exceptional crafts after they visited Rasht, an ancient city in northern Iran.

WCC assessors arrived in Rasht on Sunday to evaluate the city and its surroundings for their prestigious status during their three-day mission.

“While examining h

TEHRAN – “Hygiene and the Assassin” by Belgian novelist Amelie Nothomb has been published in Persian by Qatreh.

Shahrzad Salashur is the translator of Nothomb’s debut novel first published in 1992.

Nothomb is one of Europe’s most successful and controversial authors. She wrote “Hygiene and the Assassin” when she was only twenty-five, and it became an

TEHRAN – A team of Iranian archaeologists has recently finished an archaeological season on the Sassanid-era (224–651) Vigol fire temple in the city of Aran-Bidgol in central Isfahan province.

As a part of the second season of excavation at the fire temple, one of the largest ancient sites in Isfahan province, important data on the religious