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Why are so many streets in Italy called Senso Unico? my father asked, looking at the sign before turning right. A motorist coming towards us flashed his lights and honked his horn. ....
The story of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) has been irresistible to journalists for four decades, laden as it is with period glamour, political intrigue and eye-catching art. To briefly recap: in the mid-1970s, the third wife of the Shah of Iran, Shahbanu Farah Pahlavi, was patron of a crash museum-building programme. Surging oil prices had made Iran’s ruling classes rich, and Western economies, and therefore the art market, weak. In October 1977, TMoCA opened for Pahlavi’s birthday with a hastily but deftly assembled collection of Modern masterpieces from Gauguin to Giacometti, Picasso to Pollock. But scarcely a year after its glamorous opening, the Iranian Revolution toppled the Pahlavi dynasty. The museum and its collection went into deep storage but remarkably survived almost intact. ....
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his counterpart from Iran, Mohammad Javad Zarif, sign a declaration of cooperation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Iran on March 27, 20201. (Photo: Fars News Agency) Editor’s note: On Saturday China and Iran announced a 25-year strategic cooperation agreement where Beijing said it could invest up to $400 billion in Iran, expanding its economic and military influence, although the agreement is not a binding deal and did not specify financial commitments. We are republishing the following article that was originally written last year in October when early details of the draft of the agreement were leaked. ....