The Persian translation of ‘Recipes of Loneliness from the Kitchen of Love,’ written by Turkish writer Yekta Kopan, 49, has been recently published by Ghatreh Publications in Tehran.

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The play ‘Mafia’ directed by theater director Afrooz Foruzand will be staged at Tehran’s Baran Theater in February.

It was written by Foruzand in 2013 when she was focusing more on writing…

Painter and sketch artist Sara Alirezai has curated a group exhibition titled ‘Resolution,’ at Tehran’s Jorjani Art Gallery.

The exhibition will run through January 9 and features paintings…

A conference on Persian poet Saadi (1213-1291 AD) and Chinese philosopher Confucius (551-479 BC) will be hosted on January 8-9 by Hebei University in China’s Hebei Province.

The conference…

Pakistan began a special five-day polio immunization campaign in the southwestern city of Quetta on Monday for children under five after a rare strain of the virus was found in sewage samples,…

Seventeen women were elected to the Majlis (parliament) in the 10th parliamentary elections held last February. The 290-member assembly convened in May 2016.

A 13% hike in drug seizures was reported by Iran’s anti-narcotics police in the first nine months of the current fiscal that ends in March, compared to the same period last year when illicit drugs…

Air Pollution doesn’t contribute to the onset of seizures or ‘epileptic attacks’ in patients suffering from epilepsy, said Dr Fatemeh Sedigh Marvasti, deputy for education at the Iranian Epilepsy…

The biggest shelter for homeless in Tehran called ‘Khavaran’ has a capacity to house 600 people, but with the onset of cold weather, the shelter has admitted more than 1,100 homeless people.

Globally, the prevalence of learning disabilities is estimated to range from 1% to 30% of all school-age children; however the figure is 20% in Iran, said Dr. Peiman Hassani Abharian, head of the…

The University of Tehran signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Sultan Qaboos University of Oman on Tuesday for exchange of seismic data online.

As part of a national campaign to raise awareness on healthy eating, ‘nutrition counseling buses’ in Tehran are stationed at a number of main intersections in the metropolis of 12 million until…

Egypt hopes its tourist sector will do better in 2017 after a disappointing 2016, but the sector needs an influx of Russian tourists for a noticeable boost. Russia suspended flights to and from…

Tehran Province's chief tourism official has thrown his support behind a plan by Tehran Municipality to form a tourism organization.

The municipality intends to elevate the status of its…

AirAsia X, the long-haul low-cost arm of budget carrier AirAsia, is adding more flights to Tehran from Kuala Lumpur six months after resuming its flight to the capital of Iran.

Arik De, the…

The New Year nightclub shooting in Istanbul is yet another major blow to Turkey’s tourism sector, which was already reeling from a series of terrorist attacks over the past year.

The number…

Efforts on returning Iran's centuries-old stone tablets will soon pay off, an official at Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization said.

Tour guides from across the world are gearing up to attend what is arguably the largest convention of its kind in Tehran later this month, as Iranian officials hope to use this opportunity to…

The largest privately-owned Internet Service Provider, Shatel, has gone on the offensive against the state telecom company, the Telecommunications Company Iran (TCI), over its recent Internet-…

Administrators of channels “and similar services on social media” which have 5,000 or more followers are obliged to register their identity validation with the Ministry of Culture.

The head…

RighTel, the third largest mobile network operator is set to provide public WiFi services, according to an announcement by the company.

In an interview with ISNA, Majid Sadri, CEO of…

Researchers at the Gilan Science and Technology Park in northern Iran have developed a home-grown brain-controlled wheelchair, ISNA reported on January 2.

Babak Asheri, project manager,…

According to a new law in France, about half of that country’s workers could enjoy the “right to disconnect” from work email during their free time. The legal ruling, which took effect January 1,…

The Turkish Armed Forces eliminated 18 IS militants and destroyed 150 targets as part of the Euphrates Shield Operation in northern Syria in coordination with Russia, the Turkish General Staff…

German authorities said on Monday that police had arrested a Syrian man who had allegedly asked the IS terrorist group to fund an attack using explosives-packed vehicles.

The unemployed 38-…