British warships collide in Persian Gulf (VIDEO) Sat 11:03 pm +01:00, 20 Jan 2024 posted by newensign The smash-up inflicted significant damage on one ship, with a large hole seen punched into its hull Two UK Royal Navy minesweeper vessels have collided while docking in Bahrain, with one ship caught on video as it […]
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Persian Gulf leaders, Erdogan call for end to Israel’s ‘blatant aggression’ in Gaza
Leaders of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have jointly condemned Israel’s “blatant aggression” against the Palestinian people. They also warned that the Israeli regime’s war on the Gaza Strip will have “dire consequences” for the entire region and the international community as well. The leaders of the six nations […]
U.S. Redirects Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to Persian Gulf
As tensions heighten in the Middle East amid the escalating Israel-Hamas war, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced late Saturday that the U.S. will redeploy one of its strike groups to the Persian Gulf, as well as send additional air defense systems to the region. Source Views: 0
Jules Verne’s “Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen” published in Persian
TEHRAN-Qoqnoos Publishing Group has released the Persian translation of Jules Verne’s novel “Dick Sand, A Captain at Fifteen” in Iran under the title “The Fifteen-Year-Old Captain”. Source Views: 0
Shafiei Kadkani’s book on Persian Poetry translated into Bosnian
TEHRAN-The book “Periods of Persian Poetry” by Mohammad Reza Shafiei Kadkani has been translated into Bosnian. Source Views: 0
Jean-Dominique Bauby’s memoir available in Persian
TEHRAN-A Persian translation of the book “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” has been released in Iran under the title “Buried Alive”. Source Views: 0
Petrodollar be warned: Three Persian Gulf energy powers just joined BRICS
AUG 28, 2023 The BRICS revealed its geopolitical priorities when it added three Persian Gulf states to its once exclusive roster of members. Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE have been strategically included to put an end to the petrodollar. MK Bhadrakumar The leitmotif of the BRICS Summit meeting in Johannesburg on 22-24 August has been, expectedly, […]
Russia-Persian Gulf: Building the Foundations of a New World
The sixth meeting of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Gulf Cooperation Council) on strategic dialog has just been held in Moscow. The meeting revealed a great determination of both sides to make progress on all topics and to establish strong, deep-rooted ties at all levels. The meeting also indicated that both […]
Iran summons Russian envoy over Persian Gulf islands
TERHAN – Russian Ambassador to Tehran Alexey Dedov was summoned to the Iranian foreign ministry on Wednesday over a joint Russian-Arab statement that called into question Iranian sovereignty over its islands in the Persian Gulf. Russia and the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries issued the statement after a round of strategic dialogue in which […]
Anthropologist David Graeber’s book on history of debt published in Persian
TEHRAN – “Debt: The First 5,000 Years” by American anthropologist David Graeber has been published in Persian by Cheshmeh. Source Views: 0
Noruz travelers visit houses of late Persian poets in Tehran
TEHRAN –Over 5,000 Noruz travelers paid visits to the house museums of contemporary Iranian literary figures in Tehran during the New Year (Noruz) holidays, which ended on April 2, an official with Tehran Municipality has said. Source Views: 0
Persian Film Festival Australia unveils official lineup
TEHRAN – The Persian Film Festival Australia has announced the official lineup for its 10th edition. Source Views: 0
WATCH: Iran prepares to celebrate the Persian New Year
Iran is gearing up for its annual Nowruz (Persian New Year) celebrations. In Tehran, a group of artists are decorating ornamental eggs with colourful drawings. Source Views: 0
“The Charterhouse of Parma” Published in Persian
TEHRAN – Stendhal’s novel “The Charterhouse of Parma” has recently been published in Persian by Qoqnus. Source Views: 0
Persian readers find “Paradise” in Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – “Paradise”, a historical novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Zanzibar-born British writer Abdulrazak Gurnah, has come to Iranian bookstores. Source Views: 0
Iranian Studies Center to unveil Persian paintings inspired by Nezami poetry
TEHRAN – The Iranian Studies Center plans to unveil five Persian paintings produced based on stories from the works of Nezami Ganjavi, the greatest romantic epic poet in classical Persian literature. Source Views: 0
Research explores Persian Gulf, Makran coastline
TEHRAN – The Research Institute of Cultural Heritage & Tourism has conducted a study to explore the archaeological capacities of the Persian Gulf and Makran coastline in southern Iran, the head of the institute, has said. Source Views: 0
Hub of Ancient Persian, Roman, and Coptic Tombs Unearthed in Egypt
A collection of ancient tombs from the Persian, Roman, and Coptic eras has been unearthed by archaeologists in the Minya governorate of Egypt, situated about 150 miles (245 km) to the south of Cairo. The joint Spanish-Egyptian archaeological mission of the Supreme Council of Archaeology and the University of Barcelona made the remarkable discovery of […]
Archaeologists to commence underwater survey in Persian Gulf
TEHRAN – Underwater archaeological surveys will begin in the Persian Gulf, near Bandar Mahshahr, a port city in the southwestern Khuzestan province, a local tourism official has said. Source Views: 0
Marcel Proust’s “Letters to His Neighbor” forwarded to Persian readers
TEHRAN – “Letters to His Neighbor” by French novelist Marcel Proust has been published in Persian. Source Views: 0