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Tehran, Feb 7, IRNA -- The national stage of the Quran contest for Iran’s visually-impaired will be held in the capital city later this month.

A new rendering of the Holy Quran into Japanese has been published.

Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani and visiting Nigerian cleric Ibrahim Zakzaky, in a meeting in the holy city of Qom on Saturday, discussed the Islamic awakening movement in the African country.

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani urged the Iranian elites and scholars to illustrate the true image of Islam.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Iranian Defense Ministry invited people from every walk of life to take part in the upcoming nationwide rallies slated to be held in commemoration of the victory of the Islamic Revolution on February 11, 1979.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The long-stalled construction of a mosque in Athens came a step closer, as Hüseyin Zeybek, a newly elected ruling Syriza parliamentarian, who is of Turkish origin, stated that the time has come to see Europe's only mosque-less capital city, Athens, have its first mosque.

TEHRAN (FNA) - The Iranian government ratified implementation of several memoranda of understanding (MoUs) between Tehran and Lisbon seeking to boost mutual cooperation in different cultural, social and scientific fields.

TEHRAN (un.org.ir)- The Director and Representative of UNESCO’s Tehran Cluster Office visited Pardis Technology Park (PTP).

Tehran, Feb 8, IRNA – The following headlines appeared in local English language newspapers on Sunday:

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TEHRAN – The Iranian cultural attaché in Japan, Hushang Alimadadi, has donated a complete version of the Great Islamic Encyclopedia to the Department of Philosophy at Toyo University in Tokyo.

TEHRAN – The Holy Quran has recently been published in Ukrainian for the first time by the Osnovy publishing house in Kiev.

TEHRAN – Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani demanded leaders of the Muslim states to grow united to display the reality of Islam to the world.

TEHRAN -- Mostafa Rahmandust, the Children’s book writer who is mostly known for his poem “A Hundred Rubies” about pomegranates, was honored during a ceremony in his home town of Hamedan on Thursday.

 Head of Iranian Chemistry and Chemistry Engineering Research Center Mohammad-Reza Omidkhah said the country stands first in the region in chemistry field

- An advanced Quranic course has been organized for university students by the Dar-ol-Quran Center of Imam Hussein (AS) holy shrine in Karbala.

 A senior Iranian cultural official highlighted the importance of bilateral relations between Tehran and Cairo in the area of culture, saying that the two countries are "two large wings” of the Muslim world.

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Tehran, Feb 3, IRNA -- The central Iranian city of Isfahan on Thursday will host the 6th edition of the International Conference on Monotheistic Faiths.

Tehran, Feb 3, IRNA -- A book containing a number of discourse, articles and writings of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Islamic philosophical theology and praxis of global peace has been published in English in the United States.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Over 600 educational, training and sports projects were inaugurated across Iran on Tuesday in a ceremony participated by President Hassan Rouhani.

Tehran, Feb 4, IRNA – The following headlines appeared in local English language newspapers on Wednesday:

Applications for the second round of the NZ National Commission for UNESCO Contestable Activity Fund for the 2014/15 Financial Year are now open.

TEHRAN – Iran has recently submitted two documents on the Lut Desert and Iranian aqueducts (qanats) for registration on UNESCO’s list of the Natural World Heritage Sites and the World Heritage List.

Message of ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Leader of The Islamic Republic of Iran
 In the name of God, the Beneficent the Merciful
 To the Youth in Europe and North America

Iran launched Fajr national satellite into orbit
Dr.Rouhani:Great Iranian scientists and scholars have entered a new phase in space science

Iran successfully launched and put into orbit its fourth indigenous satellite – Fajr – on Monday.

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Tehran, Feb 3, IRNA – The following headlines appeared in local English language newspapers on Tuesday:

Behshahr, IRNA - In the last year, only 5 students studied in this school. Most of the residents who used to live in this village have migrated to nearby cities in hopes for a better quality of life.

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Tehran, Jan 31, IRNA -- Following the publication of cartoons desecrating Islamic sanctities in France, the Noble Quran and books about Islam are becoming a best-seller in the country.

TEHRAN (IQNA) - Reaching out to Non-Muslims in the UK, British mosques around the country will open their doors on Sunday, February 1, to the public in a bid to ease tensions and show the true-face of Islam in the wake of Paris attacks.

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TEHRAN (IQNA) – Celebrations began in Iran on Sunday to mark the 36th anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

President Hassan Rouhani here on Wednesday invited the nation to actively participate in the Fajr festivities marking the victory anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.

President of the Islamic Revolution Hassan Rouhani went to the mausoleum of the late Imam Khomeini in downtown Tehran on Wednesday to renew allegiance to the Founder of the Islamic Republic, revolution's causes, and martyrs.

Wednesday 28 January 2015 - 16:52

President Rouhani paid tribute to the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran in his mausoleum in south of the capital Tehran.

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TEHRAN (IQNA) – A senior delegation of religious and cultural figures from the Russian Federation in Iran to meet with Iranian officials and personalities.

TEHRAN (IQNA) - An audio version of the Holy Quran in the Karachay-Balkar language will be presented at the Culture House of the administrative center of the Malokarachayevsky District of Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, on January 29.

TEHRAN (IQNA) - The 16th edition of the Shaikha Hind bint Maktoum Holy Quran Competition, a branch of the Dubai International Holy Quran Award (DIHQA), will start on Saturday.

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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday offered condolences over the death of prominent Iranian poet Moshfeq Kashani.

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Wednesday morning paid tribute to the late founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, few days before the beginning of Ten-Day Fajr (Dawn) ceremonies, marking the victory of 1979 Islamic Revolution.

TEHRAN (FNA) - The Iranian foreign ministry unveiled a book titled ‘A Glance at the Glorious Empire of Pars’ on Monday

Tehran, Nov 20, IRNA - The UN has called on religious, education and opinion leaders in developing regions to join government officials and champion a halt to open defecation, a practice of 1 billion people worldwide — one-sixth of the developing world’s 5.9 billion inhabitants.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Yemen’s culture minister said some 1250 copies of rare Quran manuscripts have been discovered in the country’s capital city.

Tehran, Nov 20, IRNA – The following headlines appeared in local English language newspapers on Thursday:

President Rouhani has attended the unveiling ceremony of Iranian antiques transferred from Belgium at the National Museum of Iran this morning.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iran’s cultural attaché in Japan and director of Turkey’s Cultural Center in Tokyo have agreed to jointly organize a Quran competition in the East Asian country.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a message to the Youth in Europe and North America called on them to try to gain a direct and firsthand knowledge of Islam. 

The following is the full text of the speech delivered on November 27, 2014 by Ayatollah Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a meeting with the members of the Supreme Council of Basij-e Mostazafin. The meeting was held on the occasion of Basij Week.
http://www.leader.ir/langs/en/index.php?p=contentShow&id=12704
 

President Hassan Rouhani has extended his congratulations to all Christians around the globe ahead of Christmas and the new Gregorian calendar year.

President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday expressed hope that 2015 to be the year of freedom, prosperity, tolerance, convergence and peace for all.

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Head of the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR) described the International Quran Competition for Muslim Students as an effort to promote the Quran among university students and elites.