Category: 6. Culture

TEHRAN – Celebrated on August 12 by the five Caspian Sea states (Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan), the International Caspian Sea Day serves as an opportunity to review the status of the world’s largest inland body of…

TEHRAN – The July edition of the Webometrics world ranking has included 64 medical universities from Iran, unchanged from January’s edition, 11 of which have advanced in the ranking compared to the January edition.

Tehran University of Medical…

TEHRAN – A total of 117 earthquakes were recorded across the country in a week from August 2 to 8, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

Statistically, 100 earthquakes with magnitudes…

By Press TV Website Staff

Arbaeen Walk, the largest peaceful gathering on Earth drawing millions, remains largely ignored because, unlike war and violence, peace makes no headlines, says a British scholar.

In an…

Iranians Residing in the United States have paid tribute to Mahmoud Farshchian, the internationally acclaimed master of Persian painting and miniature art, during a memorial and mourning ceremony.

The event was held on Monday at the Light and…

TEHRAN – The new mural in Palestine Square in Tehran, featuring an image from an anti-Israeli painting by Australian artist Scott Marsh, has been unveiled, which highlights the plight of Palestinians and unveils the true face of Zionism.

The…

TEHRAN- A Persian translation of Hungarian author and journalist Arthur Koestler’s 1976 book “The Thirteenth Tribe: The Khazar Empire and its Heritage”, by Iranian translator and scholar Mohammad Ali Movahed, has been republished 30 years after…

TEHRAN – Over the past few years, the Department of Environment (DOE) has been implementing more than 120 projects to protect the country’s marine coastal ecosystem.

These projects play crucial roles in safeguarding, managing, and restoring…

TEHRAN – The International Youth Day (IYD) is observed on August 12 annually to highlight the potential of the youth as partners in global society, and the importance of strengthening their engagement in local development.

This year’s theme,…

TEHRAN – The Iranian anti-narcotics police have seized more than 113,278 tons of narcotics since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 21), seventy-five percent of which were discovered in the eastern provinces of the…