Less Than 0.5% of Iranians Are Infected with COVID-19, Government Official Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Less than half a percent of the Iranian population is infected with the coronavirus, and, therefore, there is no need to pursue a policy of herd immunity, according to Hossein Erfani, the...
Iran Cannot Impose Martial Law to Curb Coronavirus Epidemic, Official Says
By Azadeh Karimi
The Iranian government believes that the Level-3 quarantine, which has been in effect across the country in the past two weeks, will ultimately help contain the spread of coronavirus, according to Kiyanoush...
Iran’s Fuel Price Hike Could Encourage Group Travel, Official Says
By Azadeh Karimi
A recent move by the government to increase gasoline prices could encourage Iranians to travel in groups as a cost-cutting exercise, according to Vali Teymouri, the deputy head of the Tourism and...
Iranian Directors Take Part in Berlin Film Festival
By Azadeh Karimi and Ali Eshtiaq
Several Iranian directors took part in the 68th Berlin International Film Festival late last month.
Unusually, women artists claimed as many as seven of the 11 prizes. The winner of...
Iranian Director Ghanizadeh Dedicates Award to Slain Protester Pooya Bakhtiari
By Azadeh Karimi
Iranian film and stage director Homayoun Ghanizadeh, whose 2019 film “The Clown” won the top prize in the “Exceptional Talent and Creative” section of the “13th Gathering of Screenwriters and Film Critics”,...
Internal Migration Affected Nearly 750,000 Iranians Last Year
By Azadeh Karimi
A total of 711,154 Iranians migrated to various parts of the country during the calendar year ending March 20, the Tasnim News Agency reported, citing a recent study by the Ministry of...
Dog Walking Disrupts Public Order, Tehran Traffic Police Chief Says
By Azadeh Karimi
Walking a dog, having tinted car windows, or playing loud music while driving is disorderly conduct, the head of Tehran’s traffic police, Brigadier General Seyyed Kamal Hadianfar has said. The traffic police...
Brigitte Bardot Foundation Condemns Slaughter of Street Dogs in Iran
By Azadeh Karimi
The Brigitte Bardot Foundation (FBB) has joined forces with animal rights activists in Iran in condemning the inhumane killing of homeless dogs by acid injection.
In a tweet, the Paris-based animal rights organization...
Flash Floods in Southeastern Iran Destroy Homes, Displace Thousands
By Azadeh Karimi
Torrential rains earlier this month have led to flash floods that have devastated vast areas of Sistan and Baluchestan, destroying villages, leaving many people homeless and inflicting a massive amount of financial...
Southern Iran Braced for More Locust Swarms, Official Warns
By Azadeh Karimi
Since late February, swarms of desert locusts (short-horned grasshoppers) have invaded the southern and southeastern provinces of Hormozgan, Bushehr, Kerman, Fars and Sistan, and Baluchestan and South Khorasan.
The spokesman for the Plant...
