TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s women’s futsal team will play friendly matches with Spain and Portugal, according to the team’s technical director Ali Ra’di. Iran will travel to Russia on May 4 and play Portugal one day later. Team Melli will meet host Russia on May 6 and play Spain on May 8, Ra’di said. “These...Read More
Laila Jafari is a prominent civil society and women’s rights activist in Afghanistan. She is also a member of High Peace Council (HPC), a government body constituted to facilitate peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban. In an interview with Tehran Times, she talks about the ongoing peace negotiations, significance of women’s representation...Read More
Iran will host two regional workshops of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) on environmental problems and outer space treaty in the near future, the information and communication technology (ICT) minister announced, IRNA reported on Friday. Mohammad Javad Azari Jahromi met UNOOSA Director Simonetta Di Pippo and discussed further cooperation between...Read More
Two Iranian documentaries, including ‘Sara’ by Hadi Shariati and ‘I Must Fly’ by Ghazaleh Razavi, have made it into the lineup of the 9th London Lift-Off Film Festival.Read More
The Iranian community has been observing some form of Islamic dress code (hijab) since the ancient times – the Achaemenid era in particular – up to now. In many images and designs of the centuries before the advent of Islam and afterwards, Iranian men and women have observed Hijab and maintained their dignity by covering...Read More
The “Women of the Sanctions Era” campaign composed of successful women entrepreneurs has recently gone viral on social media networks in Iran as the country is grappling with the “toughest sanctions ever” imposed by the US. Azadeh Sepasgozar is one of these ladies. She is a graduate of Computer Engineering and has been the Chief...Read More
A group of flood-hit couples in the northern Iranian province of Golestan has celebrated their weddings in makeshift camps despite all the hardships. In a recent ceremony called “Scent of Spring”, 35 Shiite and Sunni couple tied the knot despite all the problems they faced following the deadly flood in the province.Read More
A selection of paintings by and memorabilia of the self-taught Iranian artist Mokarrameh Qanbari will be put on display in an exhibition at CAMA – Contemporary and Modern Art Gallery on Friday. “The paintings and her personal things have been selected from the Mokarmraeh Qanbari Museum House in the village of Darikandeh near the northern...Read More
President Hassan Rouhani says that the Iranian athletes can make their nation proud and happy at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games. In a meeting with Iranian Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Masoud Soltanifar on Saturday, Rouhani said he expects the Iranian sportsmen and sportswomen to shine in the next year’s prestigious events....Read More
