“Odysseus and Penelope” by Mario Vargas Llosa available in Persian

TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the play “Odysseus and Penelope” written by the recently deceased Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa has been released in the Iranian bookstores. Alireza Shafieinasab has translated it into Persian and Tehran-based Ney Publishing House has brought out the book that was originally published in 2007, IBNA reported. Did Odysseus experience the

A definitive speech by the Hezbollah chief

BEIRUT — A definitive speech by Sheikh Naeem Qasim, the Secretary-General of Hezbollah, late on Friday summed up in one phrase: Remove the idea of disarming the resistance from your dictionary!  Sheikh Naeem Qasim explained this to those who fool themselves by deliberately ignoring that the weapons of the resistance must not be a subject

Tehran to host intl. conference on humanity, freedom

TEHRAN – An international conference on humanity and freedom is scheduled to be held in Tehran on December 3, 2025. The conference will discuss humanity and the issue of freedom from the perspective of Islam with a focus on the thoughts of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei. The international event will

A house divided: U.S. discord strengthens Iran’s hand in nuclear negotiations

TEHRAN – As Iranian and U.S. negotiators concluded the second round of indirect nuclear talks in Rome on Saturday, Washington’s credibility hangs in the balance. A cascade of contradictory statements from Trump administration officials, leaks exposing deep ideological rifts, and Tehran’s calculated position have laid bare a U.S. policy in disarray—far from projecting strength and

Italian firm partners with Mazandaran for handicraft training and export development

TEHRAN – The tourism chief of Mazandaran province has announced a joint plan for specialized handicraft training courses in collaboration with the Italian international company Cheche. The initiative aims to help enhance skills and boost export opportunities for local artisans, CHTN quoted Hossein Izadi as saying on Friday. Izadi added that a memorandum of understanding

Dehloran, land of ancient stories of settlement and life

TEHRAN – Dehloran, as one of the significant regions in western Iran, has been settled in prehistoric times and contains signs of civilization, said Habibollah Mahmoudian, a faculty member at Islamic Azad University of Ilam. He told ISNA that Ilam’s pre-civilization era is called the Proto-Elamite era, adding that numerous artifacts have remained from this

200-gram meteorite identified in Isfahan province

TEHRAN – Local experts have confirmed the originality of a 200-gram meteorite found by farmers around Mobarakeh city, Isfahan province, said a technician of the Electron Microscope Laboratory at Isfahan University of Technology. Raouf Rahimzadeh explained that days ago, a meteorite sample, along with several precious stones, was sent by Dr. Mohammadali Makkizadeh, one of

Iran to establish national museum for traditional bread

TEHRAN – Iran seeks to establish a special museum dedicated to various types of bread traditionally baked across the country. Concurrent with Iran’s national Bread and Wheat Day on April 20, the details of a project for the construction of the museum, which is designed by a group of young architects, were explained by Ali