Gao is still one of the most dangerous places in Mali. In 2014, one year after the region was freed from the extremists, a small hut was built in Gao, surrounded by larger buildings and barely visible from the street. Anyone who passes through the driveway and enters the hut in the middle of the...Read More
Some 27 percent of faculty board members at Iranian universities are women, Masoumeh Ebtekar, Iranian Vice President for Women and Family Affairs announced on Monday.Read More
UN Resident Coordinator Ugochi Daniels on Monday expressed profound solidarity with the flood-stricken people in Iran and examined various avenues in hampering natural disaster in the country. She said in a training workshop themed ‘Sendai Framework Monitoring and Disaster Loss and Damage Assessment’ in Tehran on Monday. In the workshop, she expressed profound solidarity...Read More
Poupak Basami wrote her name into the history book as the first Iranian woman who participated in the Asian Weightlifting Championships. Basami took part at the 55 kg weight category and failed to win anything but made history as the first Iranian woman participating in the Asian championships. She is the first but is not...Read More
American film critic Deborah Young says the new generation of Iranian filmmakers are more adventurous than the previous ones, and make more unusual films.Read More
A Paris-based Chinese filmmaker believes that holding cultural events, such as Fajr International Film Festival, can be a big step forward to get nations closer to each other.Read More
Some 35 women critics, writers, jurors, producers and filmmakers from 20 countries are attending this year’s Fajr International Film Festival. This includes holding workshops, seating jury members, or simply competing with other filmmakers for top awards.Read More
