TEHRAN, Aug.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) -- The Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) honored two prominent calligraphers from Iran and Turkey with medals for their art during a ceremony on Tuesday.

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) -- If a society has cultural problems, the soul of society will die and without a soul, there would be no humanity, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad mentioned.

TEHRAN, Aug. 18 (MNA) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has said that Iran has a positive view on Russia’s proposal for a “step-by-step” plan toward Iran’s nuclear program.

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) -- The recent protests in Britain have caused extensive damage to public property in London and other major cities like Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, and Liverpool.

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) -- Persepolis striker Mehrdad Oladi has been ruled out for two months after suffering a hamstring injury against Shahin of Bushehr in Iran Professional League (IPL).

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) -- Iran’s legendary goalkeeper Nasser Hejazi, who died in May this year, was remembered on Monday.

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) -- The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) recently issued a directive strictly forbidding all domestic networks from screening brutal violence scenes.

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) -- A group of 300 calligraphers inscribed the entire Quran in the nastaliq style in the courtyard of Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on the night of August 15-16.

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) -- Quranic scholar Bahaeddin Khorramshahi called “The Comprehensive Bibliography of Quranic Sources in European Languages” the best resource for academics and scholars.