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Sepehri artwork breaks record at Tehran Auction
An untitled work from Sohrab Sepehri’s Tree Trunk series sold for 31 billion rials (over $800,000) at the Tehran Auction Friday evening, breaking a record at the annual sale of national contemporary art. A selection from the series that sold for 30 billion rials last year held the record at the auction. “Poet and Cage”, a bronze sculpt ...
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Yazd inscribed as UNESCO heritage site
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has added the historical texture of Yazd in central Iran to its list of worl ...
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Haddadi clinches gold at Asian Athletics Championship
Iranian discus thrower managed to claim his sixth Asian title by landing first at 2017 Asian Athletics Championship underway in India. With a seaso ...
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Plan to Increase Greenhouse Cultivation Area
The government plans to increase the area under greenhouse cultivation in Iran to 48,000 hectares within the next 10 years, a deputy agriculture minis ...
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Iran’s auto sector to rise GDP share by 70%
The share of Iran’s auto industry in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is projected to rise by 70 percent in the current Iranian calendar yea ...
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Iran’s 2016 oil exports up over 77%: OPEC
Iran’s oil exports in 2016 reached 1.921 million barrels per day (bpd), a 77.6 percent rise compared to 2015, according to OPEC’s latest Annual Statis ...
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Iran Plans Direct Shipping Route to Qatar
Iran’s Valfajr Shipping Company is planning to establish a direct marine route from the Persian Gulf port of Bushehr to Qatar in the next two weeks. A ...
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Major book center opens in Tehran
A major center for publications named the Tehran Book Garden, covering an area of 110,000 square meters on Abbasabad Hills in the northeast of the cit ...
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Iran produces 80k tons of honey
Deputy agriculture minister said over 80,000 tons of honey are produced annually in Iran two percent of which is exported to global markets. Deputy ...
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Oscar organization invites nine Iranians
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences invited nine Iranians to join the organization. The list includes Iranian actresses Leila Hatami, Gols ...