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Parents guilty of child, forced marriages to face imprisonment

Legislation in Iran considers imprisonment for those parents guilty of causing a forced or child marriage, secretary of the National Convention on the Rights of the Child has announced.

Movies from Iran line up for Busan festival

Ten Iranian movies will go on screen in various sections of the 24th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea as the organizers announced the official lineup on Thursday.

Iran’s “Son-Mother” competing in Toronto Intl. Film Festival

Iranian documentarian Mahnaz Mohammadi’s fiction-feature debut movie “Son-Mother” will have its world premiere at the 44th Toronto International Film Festival, which opened on Thursday.

‘Hosseini infants’ ceremony held nationwide

Many mothers across the country gathered on Friday, holding their infants to mark ‘Hosseini infants’ ceremony in commemoration of Ali Asghar (AS), the six-month-old baby boy of Imam Hussein (AS),...

Muslims observe International Hazrat Ali Asghar Day

Mothers and their toddlers commemorate the International Day of Hazrat Ali Asghar in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on September 6, 2019.

26-Year-Old Woman Chosen as Iran’s Top Entrepreneur

An Iranian woman from Sistan and Baluchestan, the most underdeveloped Iranian province located in the country’s southeast, has been chosen as the youngest Iranian entrepreneur of year.

Iran’s ‘Yeva’ to be screened on Venice filmfest. sidelines

Iranian feature ‘Yeva’, directed by Anahid Abad, has been scheduled for a screening on the sidelines of the 76th Venice International Film Festival currently underway in Italy.

Women entrepreneurs receive business loans up to $120,000

Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare Minister Mohammad Shariatmadari has announced that low interest loans of up to 5 billion rials (nearly $120,000) will be provided to women entrepreneurs to start...

Authors Simin Daneshvar, Herta Muller to link up in “Language of Sleep”

Iranian director Sama Musavi plans to stage “In Language of Sleep”, a biography play on Iranian author Simin Daneshvar and German-Romanian novelist Herta Muller, at Tehran Independent Theater in late...
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