Betty Mtehemu, Deputy Chairperson of Fabric Clothes Sector, and Chairperson of the Women’s Union in Dar es Salaam’s Mchikichini Market has seen how raising awareness of women’s rights in the workplace has improved the safety of the market. Betty Mtewele, a market vendor and Chair of the National Women’s Association for Informal Market Traders....Read More
Koushanfar received her Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science as well as an M.A. in Statistics from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2005. From 2006 to 2015, she was a faculty in Rice University where she served as assistant, associate and full professor of electrical and computer engineering. Her primary research interests are...Read More
An Indonesian tourist by publishing reports and pictures of her trips to Iran recommended that tourists from Southeast Asia visit Iran on the eve of the New Year’s vacations. Amelia who has traveled to six countries, wrote on her blog, ‘New Year’s holidays are a good occasion for Southeast Asian tourists to travel to Iran...Read More
Iranian film editor Mastaneh Mohajer collaborated with Afghanistan cinema on a new movie project titled ‘Eve, Mariam, Ayesha’. Directed by Sahraa Karimi, the new flick that has Iranian editor and producer on board recently wrapped up the editing stage, ifilmtv.ir reported. In a media report, Mohajer said she has edited this flick that targets female...Read More
Katayoun Khosrowyar, an American-Iranian head coach of the Iran’s U-19 women’s football team, says Iranian female football players are more determined than ever. “Nothing can hold Iranian women’s footballers down”, Khosrowyar, who is also known as Coach Kat, tells the Tehran Times in a recent interview. Katayoun, Katiana in English, was born in Tulsa Oklahoma,...Read More
Based on the data released by the National Organization for Civil Registration of the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 22), a total of 1,046,099 births were recorded in the country, while 276,787 died during the same period. Over the aforesaid nine months, Tehran with 137,707 births and 42,278 deaths...Read More
An American fashion psychologist who accidentally landed in Iran believes that her perception of the country is totally different from what mainstream Western media outlets portray. Ashely Duncan told IRNA in an interview released on Sunday that “As an American, I did have a pleasant experience. I did not allow the politics and the diplomatic...Read More
The first season of an Iranian animated series titled ‘Sarina’, aimed at raising the spirit of children suffering from cancer, has been produced in 13 seven-minute episodes, said the director of an Iranian animation studio. Asadollah Dianati added the first season of the series was made in cooperation with Koodakan Charity, Tasnim News Agency reported....Read More
Marzieh Borumand, the director of TV series such as “House of Grandma”, “The City of Mice”, “School of Mice” and “Ziba Barbershop” that stir fond memories of the 1980s and 1990s, was honored for her lifetime achievements at the National Library and Archives of Iran on Sunday. “I believe in what I’ve made,” Borumand, 67,...Read More
Providing financial aids for treatment of infertile couples is on the agenda of the Ministry of Health, deputy health minister Qasem Babajani has said. Prevalence of infertility among Iranian couples nationwide is about 15 percent, Mehr news agency quoted Babajani as saying on Saturday. Based on the figures released by population office of the Ministry...Read More
