Iranian boy Ilia Afsharmand honored with gold prize at Japanese drawing contest Iranian boy Ilia Afsharmand honored with gold prize at Japanese drawing contest 

TEHRAN – An Iranian boy named Ilia Afsharmand has won a gold prize at the 29th World Children’s Picture Contest in Japan.

Ilia, who is 13, received the honor for his painting entitled “Sport and Empathy Humans and Animals”.

The competition is annually organized by the Ie-no-Hikari Association and Tokyo-based family magazine Ie-no-Hikari.

Nineteen

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Ali Atshani wins best director award for &Paper Dreams& at South Texas festivalAli Atshani wins best director award for “Paper Dreams” at South Texas festival

TEHRAN – Iranian director Ali Atshani has won the best director award for his latest drama “Paper Dreams” at the South Texas International Film Festival in the U.S. city of Edinburg.

Amir-Hossein Rezazadeh also received the award for best actor for his role in the film.  

The film tells the story of a young man who has been out of the public view

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Iran&s &Graveyard& named best short at Religion Today Film FestivalIran’s “Graveyard” named best short at Religion Today Film Festival

TEHRAN – Iranian short drama “Graveyard” was selected as best short at the 25th Religion Today Film Festival, the organizers announced in the Italian city of Trento on Sunday.

Directed by Ali Darai, this film is about one of the common topics, which has been spreading in Iran. It represents a story of a young mother who has lost her baby due to

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Iran exports products worth nearly $3b to Iraq in 5 monthsIran exports products worth nearly $3b to Iraq in 5 months

TEHRAN- Iran exported commodities valued at $2.961 billion to its neighbor Iraq during the first five months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22), a board member of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce announced.

Hamid Hosseini said that the five-month export shows eight percent drop as the figure was $3.22 billion in the same

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OPD girls and an Abadani woman's interesting memoriesOPD girls and an Abadani woman's interesting memories

This book contains the memories of Mina Kamaei, an Abadani woman who lived through the rough times of the imposed war.

Leila Mohammadi conducted the interview and put together the compilation, which was then published by the women of the Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization.

The narration in this book takes place during the

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Friendly with Uruguay can reunite Iran football playersFriendly with Uruguay can reunite Iran football players

TEHRAN – The friendly match with Uruguay slated for Sept. 23 in Austria, can be the first and most important step forward in reuniting the Iranian football players ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

A month ago, the Iran national football team the squad was split between those who support Dragan Skocic and players who want him out.

Shortly after, the

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