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PayvandNews – Samanoo festival, a joyous occasion where people cook Samanoo – a traditional Iranian sweet paste made entirely from mashed germinated wheat – was celebrated in Daraq, North Khorasan Province, on Thursday March 28, 2019. Some 60 participants took part in the cooking festival. Samanoo, prepared in advance of arrival of Persian New Year Norooz, is one of the components of …

Radiofarda – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had separate telephone conversations with Britain’s foreign Secretary and the French foreign minister to discuss Iran, Syria and other issues. The Deputy Spokesperson of the State Department, Robert Palladino announcedthat Pompeo spoke with Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt o discuss countering Iranian malign behavior”, securing progress in Syria and “pursuing shared goal to …

Radiofarda – The U.S. Representative to the Vienna Office of the United Nations and Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that Washington is looking forward “to concluding a comprehensive agreement with Iran that addresses the totality of our concerns”. Ambassador Jackie Wolcott told the IAEA Board of Governors in Vienna on March 5 that Iran should …

Radiofarda – A highly controversial proposal to transfer water from the Caspian Sea to the parched inland province of Semnan has reportedly been approved by Iran’s parliament, much to the chagrin of environmentalists and coastal residents. Visiting Semnan in December, President Rouhani, who was born in the province, insisted the problems with the project had been addressed and it would …

Al-Arabia – Iran and France are set to exchange ambassadors, officials said on Wednesday, after months of tensions including over an alleged Iranian plot to bomb an opposition rally near Paris. Bahram Ghasemi, a former envoy to Spain and Italy and current spokesman of the foreign ministry, has been appointed as Iran’s new ambassador to France, an official source in …