http://78.38.204.135/Majles Rss FeedTehran, Oct 23 (ICANA) – Member of Majlis principalist fraction Musa al-Reza Sarvati says that Iran's ministry of culture and Islamic guidance has poor records in terms of the libraries and exhibition.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1810862011-10-23T15:46:19.0000000+03:30TEHRAN, Oct 16 (ICANA) – Member of Majlis Cultural Commission Sayyed Ali Hosseini says that the government is supposed to explain why it has not represented Iran at this year's Frankfurt International Book Fair.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1804082011-10-16T15:32:59.0000000+03:30TEHRAN, Oct 5 (ICANA) – Senior Iranian lawmaker Jawad Karimi Qodusi calls for better accommodation of Shia pilgrims in the holy city of Mashhad, which, as he estimates in the near future will host near 100 million visitors annually.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1795432011-10-05T15:02:11.0000000+03:30TEHRAN, Oct 4 (ICANA) – Deputy Chairman of Majlis Cultural Commission Ahmad Reza Dastqeyb says that the boom in cinema industry is only restricted to handful of popular movies.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1794842011-10-04T16:46:54.0000000+03:30TEHRAN, Sept 21 (ICANA) – Member of the economic commission of Iran's parliament (Majlis) says that Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) can play a better role in familiarizing people with economic activities.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1785252011-09-21T15:16:10.0000000+03:30TEHRAN, Sept 19 (ICANA) – Spokesman for Iran's Parliament (Majlis) Cultural Commission, Seyyed Ramazan Shojaee Kiasari, criticized Islamic Republic of Iran's Broadcasting (IRIB) for airing films not consistent with Iranian culture and identity.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1782682011-09-19T15:11:00.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 31 (ICANA) - An Iraqi fact-finding parliamentary committee has declared that no Iranian forces have crossed the Iraqi borders in pursuit of anti-Iranian terrorists.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1738302011-07-31T14:15:45.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 25 (ICANA) – Chairman of the Education and Research Commission of the Majlis (Iranian Parliament) commenting on the procedures of the establishment of the Iranian International University said Monday that 40 requests for setting up universities had been submitted which received the agreement in principle of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology since 2004.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1732772011-07-25T21:34:32.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 23 (ICANA) – A prominent Iranian university professor has been assassinated by unknown terrorists, informed sources with the Iranian police say.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1730002011-07-23T22:34:07.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 23 (ICANA) – Representatives of the five Caspian Sea littoral states who participated in the 29th meeting of the special working group tasked with the formulation of the Caspian Sea legal regime issued a statement, in which they described the meeting as positive.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1728702011-07-23T09:34:35.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 22 (ICANA) – Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has denied reports suggesting that the force has downed a US reconnaissance drone at one of the country's nuclear sites.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1728602011-07-22T22:35:37.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 22 (ICANA) – Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon praised Iran's performance in the campaign against illicit drugs and drug-trafficking, and asked for more international support for Iran's anti-narcotic efforts.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1728532011-07-22T21:00:49.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 22 (ICANA) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the country's foreign ministry to set up a committee to collect more documents regarding the country's occupation during WWII to lodge complaints with international bodies against the occupiers.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1728152011-07-22T13:46:33.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 20 (ICANA) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei stressed the importance of book reading in the promotion of the culture of the society, and called on the Iranian nation to devote a wider time span to reading different books.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1727762011-07-20T23:50:43.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 20 (ICANA) – MP Kazem Jalali of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee says financial difficulties and unemployment are the root causes of the rise in street crime in Tehran.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1727732011-07-20T23:22:48.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 17 (ICANA) – Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar says Tehran will help Kabul replace poppy cultivation in Afghanistan based on agreements between the two countries.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1723172011-07-17T14:35:51.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 17 (ICANA) – Iranian and Kazak officials in a meeting underlined the expansion of cultural cooperation between the two countries and the implementation of joint cultural projects.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1723122011-07-17T14:15:34.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 13 (ICNA) – Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, who was in Austria, in a meeting with Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Yury Fedotov said that what Iran is doing in fighting against drugs smuggling is beneficial to the world.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1721062011-07-13T13:39:22.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 12 (ICANA) – The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran has managed to upgrade the Russian-made long-range S-200 air defense system into an entirely new apparatus.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1720242011-07-12T20:45:46.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 12 (ICANA) – Iran and Slovenia have signed an agreement on promotion of bilateral cooperation in the fields of scientific, academic and cultural activities, it was reported Tuesday.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1719352011-07-12T11:44:28.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 10 (ICANA) – According to the latest National Organization for Civil Registration population estimates, Iran’s population growth rate is declining, the Mehr News Agency reported on Saturday.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1717422011-07-10T21:16:51.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 8 (ICANA) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei congratulated the country's young weightlifters for their victories in the 37th World Junior Weightlifting Championships.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1715202011-07-08T23:51:25.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 8 (ICANA) – Hardline weekly 9 Dey, which was barred for two weeks, has been allowed to resume publication until its fate is decided by the commission that oversees the performance of the press.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1714992011-07-08T13:28:44.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 3 (ICANA) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered condolences over the passing of a prominent Iranian cleric Hojjatoleslam Sheikh Mohammad Ali Sadouqi.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1710802011-07-03T22:55:51.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 2 (ICANA) – Senior Iranian Information and Communication Technology (ICT) officials said Tehran has adopted the necessary measures to repel the United States' new cyber and spy war on Iran.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1709322011-07-02T22:01:47.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, July 1 (ICANA) – The Islamic Republic of Iran and South Korea have stressed the need for increased cooperation on judicial matters in a meeting between Iran's Prosecutor General Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Ejei and South Korea's Chief Justice Lee Yong-hoon.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1707392011-07-01T20:48:25.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 30 (ICANA) – Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi stressed Tehran's repeated and strong call for the expulsion of the terrorist Mojahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from Iraq during the recent meetings between the two countries' officials, and said Tehran and Baghdad have worked out good coordination over this issue.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1706782011-06-30T19:54:19.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 29 (ICANA) – The anniversary of Prophet Mohammad’s (S) appointment as prophet by God (Be’that) is an opportunity for Tehran citizens to join jovial programs organized by Tehran Municipality for the occasion.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1705232011-06-29T11:08:58.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 28 (ICANA) – The Organization of the Islamic Conference adopted a new title and logo, it was announced here on Tuesday.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1704822011-06-28T22:39:30.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 28 (ICANA) – The 28th International Quranic Competitions will open in a ceremony on June 29 to be attended by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1704812011-06-28T22:36:56.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 28 (ICANA) – Iran has successfully launched 14 surface-to-surface missiles on the second day of The Great Prophet 6 military drills.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1704642011-06-28T20:58:45.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 22 (ICANA) – A senior Ukrainian aviation official says Iran and Ukraine plan to cooperate on the construction of 78 Antonov-148 aircraft.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1696912011-06-22T20:54:45.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 21 (ICANA) – Senior Iranian and Afghan officials in a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday morning signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the expansion of security cooperation between the two neighboring countries.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1695192011-06-21T21:04:34.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 21 (ICANA) – Iranian Vice-President and Head of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization held separate meetings with a number of world tourism officials on the sidelines of the 90th session of the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Executive Council in Mombasa, Kenya.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1695182011-06-21T20:56:46.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 21 (ICANA) – Iranian and Afghan officials have agreed to carry out simultaneous and coordinated operations against terrorist and extremist groups in the region, an Iranian official said on Tuesday.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1695172011-06-21T20:54:44.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 20 (ICANA) – A senior Iranian interior ministry official announced that Tehran and Kabul plan to carry out joint operations against drug-traffickers.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1693352011-06-20T22:15:09.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 20 (ICANA) – Iran is keen to sign the visa free travel agreement with Iraq, a Foreign Ministry official has said.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1693332011-06-20T22:12:15.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 20 (ICANA) – The Iranian president’s special envoy for Caspian Sea affairs has said that if certain countries show flexibility the Caspian Sea legal regime can be finalized by the next Iranian calendar year, which starts on March 20, 2012.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1693312011-06-20T22:05:53.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 20 (ICANA) – High-ranking officials from more than 60 countries, including several heads of state, have accepted Iran’s invitation to attend the Global Campaign against Terrorism Conference, conference secretary general Bahman Taherian-Mobarakeh stated at a press conference in Tehran on Monday.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1693252011-06-20T21:51:39.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 20 (ICANA) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced on Monday that the country will soon send bigger satellites to higher altitudes, at least, 35,000km away from the Earth.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1693232011-06-20T21:47:21.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 19 (ICANA) – The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) Representative in Iran Bernard Doyle lauded the country for its efforts and effective measures in supporting the Afghan refugees residing in Iran, and underlined that Tehran has shown a kind and humanitarian behavior towards the Afghan nationals.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1692012011-06-19T23:51:26.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 19 (ICANA) – The 5th international conference on Islamic Unity kicked off its work here on Saturday.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1690732011-06-19T12:10:19.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 18 (ICANA) – The Iranian law enforcement police squads have discovered and seized almost 600 kg of different types of narcotics in three operations in the country's Persian Gulf province of Hormozgan in Southern Iran during the last 24 hours, a provincial police chief announced on Saturday.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1689942011-06-18T21:29:22.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 18 (ICANA) – The International Conference on Campaign against Terrorism is due to be held in Tehran from June 22 to 23 with officials of more than 80 countries as well as regional and international organizations in attendance.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1689912011-06-18T21:22:25.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 17 (ICANA) – On Wednesday, Iran successfully launched its second domestically-manufactured satellite into orbit.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1688372011-06-17T21:11:09.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 17 (ICANA) – Director of Russia's Federal Drug Control Agency Viktor Ivanov has proposed setting up a center for anti-drug campaign information sharing with Iran.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1688362011-06-17T21:06:36.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 17 (ICANA) – A campaign has been launched in the British parliament to make Manchester United's veteran coach Sir Alex Ferguson a member of the House of Lords upper chamber.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1688202011-06-17T15:01:01.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 15 (ICANA) – The Iranian Cultural Week in has been warmly welcomed in the capital of Minsk with more than 40,000 lovers of Persian art and culture visiting the event.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1687642011-06-15T23:17:50.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 15 (ICANA) – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei met with tens of Iranian poets and poetesses on Wednesday, where he said the Iranian poetry now enjoys the potential to revive its lustrous past.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1687572011-06-15T22:17:34.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 15 (ICANA) – Iran plans to resume trial of the three US nationals detained by the Iranian security forces in 2009 after illegal entry from Iraq.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1687522011-06-15T22:05:51.0000000+04:30TEHRAN, June 13 (ICANA) – The all-party Foreign Affairs Committee Monday welcomed the new BBC chairman's commitment to reduce the impact of government budget cuts on the corporation's World Service and especially his plans to prioritize the Arabic Service.NewsPage.aspx?NewsID=1683122011-06-13T18:45:19.0000000+04:30