Category: 6. Culture

  • Three Iranian films to compete in Shanghai International Film Festival

    Three Iranian films to compete in Shanghai International Film Festival

    TEHRAN – Three films from Iran have been selected to compete in the 27th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF), set to be held in China from June 13 to 22.

    “A Part of the Land” directed by Nima Mahdian Asl, “Dead in the Water” by…

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  • Lonely Cowboy Philosopher: Unpacking Taylor Sheridan’s Neo-Western World

    Lonely Cowboy Philosopher: Unpacking Taylor Sheridan’s Neo-Western World

    TEHRAN- Taylor Sheridan is an American screenwriter, director, and producer known for his modern Westerns like “Hell or High Water”, “Sicario”, and the hit series “Yellowstone”. A Texan who dropped out of college and spent years…

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  • Iranian academic proposes a global fund for traditional medicine

    Iranian academic proposes a global fund for traditional medicine

    TEHRAN – Roshanak Ghods, an associate professor of Persian medicine at the Iran University of Medical Sciences, has proposed setting up a global fund for research on traditional medicine.

    She proposed that the World Health Organization, in…

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  • Iran, FAO reaffirm commitment to advancing food security

    Iran, FAO reaffirm commitment to advancing food security

    TEHRAN –The Ministry of Agriculture and the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) have reaffirmed their commitment to advancing food security, sustainable agricultural production, and natural resource management, particularly in the face of…

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  • National environment week underway – Tehran Times

    National environment week underway – Tehran Times

    TEHRAN – The national environment week is being observed from June 6 to 12 under the theme ‘Favorable environment, commitment of officials, participation of people’.

    This year’s theme emphasizes that preserving the environment requires the…

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  • Millions of Muslims worldwide mark Eid al-Adha

    Millions of Muslims worldwide mark Eid al-Adha

    The occasion is being observed with congregational Eid prayers, the ritual sacrifice of livestock, and the charitable distribution of meat to those in need.

    Eid al-Adha falls on the 10th day of the month of Dhu al-Hijjah on the lunar Islamic…

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