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to some, Bonfire Night represents an excuse to set off some fireworks. But it is perhaps in the south east of England that memories of Guy Fawkes and his failed bid to blow up King James I burn brightest.

UT Professor and Persian poet Mazaher Mosaffa, mostly famous for his odes, died of natural causes at his home in capital on Thursday. He was 87.He was buried in his hometown of Tafresh on Friday, his daughter Golzar told the Persian service of ISNA. He received his primary school education at the Hakim Nezami School in Qom. He then obtained …

Most Russians have a day off Monday as the country marks National Unity Day, a national holiday aimed to promote patriotism and tolerance between ethnic and religious groups in Russia.National Unity Day commemorates Russia’s defeat of Polish invaders in 1612, and is one of the country’s youngest national holidays as it was established in 2005. It is marked by official …

The closing ceremony of Army Special Forces training courses was held in Special Forces Brigade No. 65 on Sunday in the presence of Commander of homeland’s Army Major General Seyyed Abdolrahim Mousavi.

Veteran stage and screen actor Ebrahim Abadi died at a capital hospital on Thursday after going into a coma two weeks ago following a lung biopsy. He was 85, the Persian media announced. Abadi was born in Tabriz. He studied acting in an art school in capital and then continued his education in stage directing at the Academy of Performing …

To recreate a complicated roar, something really harmless is used — a simple balloon! For example, in the 2014 remake of Godzilla, Foley artists used an inflated balloon to make most of their roaring sounds. They rubbed on it and recorded the result.

  Ash reshteh is a type of āsh featuring reshteh (thin noodles), kashk (a whey-like, fermented dairy product), commonly made in homeland and Azerbaijan.There are more than 50 types of thick soup (āsh) in persian cooking, this being one of the more popular types.The ingredients used are reshteh (thin noodles), kashk (a whey-like, fermented dairy product), herbs such as parsley, …

Alonso is considered one of the greatest 20th Century ballerinas. She began to lose her sight at 19, relying on only the stage lights to guide her.

The 2nd Saudi Falcons and Hunting Exhibition, which opened in Riyadh on Friday, received more than 70,000 visitors on the first day.The inaugural day also witnessed falcon sales exceeding SR 2 million through direct sales in the section for falcon exhibitors and auctions in which 12 falcons of different species were shown.

Astan Quds Razavi is a bonyad based at Mashhad. It is the administrative organization which manages the Imam Reza shrine and various institutions which belong to the organization.The administrative apparatus of Astan Quds Razavi is considered the longest-lasting organization since the martyrdom of Imam Reza about 1200 years ago.