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December 14, 2014, 1:22 pm

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TEHRAN – Iranian actor Anushirvan Arjmand, mostly famous for his roles in religious and historical TV series, died at Tehran’s Parsian Hospital on Sunday. He was 73.

 

Arjmand was admitted to Tehran’s Parsian Hospital on November 30 following a heart attack, Persian media reported on Sunday. 

 

Born in 1941 in Zahedan, Arjmand began his artistic career as a stage and screen actor during 1960’s in Mashhad.

 

He played in several films and TV series, but he is mostly famous for his roles in historical and religious TV series, including “Imam Ali (AS)” and “Mokhtarnameh” by Iranian director Davud Mirbaqeri.

 

He also played roles in many films, including “Duel” by Ahmadreza Darvish, “The Rule of the Game” by Ahmadreza Motamedi and “Breakfast for Two” by Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh.

 

Arjmand is survived by his wife, two sons Borzu (actor) and Piruz, who is the director of the Music Office of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and daughter Bahar (actress). He was the older brother of actor Dariush Arjmand.

 

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Kiarostami visits Tehran Peace Museum at invitation of war veteran

December 14, 2014, 1:26 pm

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TEHRAN -- Celebrated filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has visited the Tehran Peace Museum at the invitation of Hassan Hassani-Sadi, a war veteran who is a curator of the museum, some Persian news agencies reported on Saturday.

 

“Visiting the museum inspires me and everybody to do whatever we can for the war veterans,” Kirostami said after visiting the museum along with Hassani-Sadi who was wounded by Iraqi chemical weapons during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

 

The Tehran Peace Museum was established in 2005 to promote the culture of peace by displaying the grief of the victims of Iraqi chemical attacks during the Iran-Iraq war.

 

Kiarostami said that he will suggest that everybody visit the museum and also proposed setting up similar museums across Iran.         

 

“I arrived at this museum with a typical mindset, but from now on I will be forever thinking about all the things I learned at this museum, especially about the tearing eyes of Mr. Hassani-Sadi, which by themselves confirm all the documents on display at the museum,” he stated.

 

Hassani-Sadi has undergone eye surgery for eleven times for the injuries he received from chemical weapons.

 

Habib Ahmadzadeh, the author the war novel “Chess with the Doomsday Machine”, and art expert Alireza Sami-Azar also accompanied Kiarostami during the visit.

 

The museum screens Kiarostami’s short film “Two Solutions for One Problem”, which promotes the advantages of cooperation over conflict, for visitors.

 

Photo: Curator Hassan Hassani-Sadi (1st from right) leads director Abbas Kirostami (2nd from right) and his friends during a visit to the Tehran Peace Museum.

 

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“Tales” director wins APSA jury grand prize

December 13, 2014, 12:03 pm

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TEHRAN -- Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad has won one of the two jury grand prizes at the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Award for her acclaimed social drama “Tales”.

 

Another jury grand prize was presented to producers Nai An, Li Ling, Kristina Larsen and Wang Yong for their collaboration in the Chinese film “Blind Massage” during the award ceremony, which was held at Brisbane’s City Hall on Thursday evening.

 

Russian film “Leviathan” produced by Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, and Marianna Sardarova was crowned best film and Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the best director award for his “Winter Sleep”, which previously won a Palme d’Or at Cannes.

 

Best actor award went to New Zealand’s Cliff Curtis for his role in the film “The Dark Horse”, and Australian actor David Gulpilil received a special mention for his role in “Charlie’s Country”.

 

Lü Zhong from China won a best actress award for her role in “Red Amnesia”, and Iranian actress Merila Zarei received a special mention for her performance in “Track 143”.

 

Best screenplay award was given to Iranian director/writer Nima Javidi for his film “Melbourne”, and Dong Jinsong from China won best cinematographer award for “Black Coal”.

 

Iranian writer/producer/director Reza Dormishian received the APSA Academy NETPAC Development Prize for his second feature film “I’m Not Angry!”. The award, which is a $10,000 cash-prize, is awarded to a first or second-time feature filmmaker by the Griffith Film School and Griffith University.

 

Renowned Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi was president of the APSA jury this year.

 

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NLAI director expresses concern over poor condition of rare Iranian manuscripts overseas

December 14, 2014, 7:07 pm

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TEHRAN – The director of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI), Reza Salehi-Amiri, has expressed his concerns over the poor preservation conditions of a large number of rare Iranian manuscripts, which are being kept at libraries in Central Asia, Pakistan and India. 

 

“About one million Iranian manuscripts in Persian and Arabic are being kept in India and Pakistan and there are about 500,000 Persian manuscripts in the Central Asian countries,” he told the Persian service of MNA on Sunday.

 

“Unfortunately I must admit that the preservation situation in these countries is alarming for the manuscripts,” he lamented.

 

“These manuscripts are considered as Iranian cultural heritage so we should either buy the manuscripts and transfer them to Iran or provide a digital version for books,” he added.

 

He said that over 2600 exquisite manuscripts are also being kept at the National Library of France and there are many more in Spain, he added.

 

The NLAI has conducted some negotiations with the government to provide the necessary funds for buying these manuscripts and transfer them to Iran, he concluded.

 

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Book of Andrea Bellini’s interviews with gallery owners published in Tehran

December 14, 2014, 7:09 pm

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TEHRAN – A Persian version of the book “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Gallerists but Were Afraid to Ask”, Italian curator Andrea Bellini’s book that contains interviews with the owners of 51 major galleries of the world, has been published in Tehran.

 

Published by Nazar Publications, the book was unveiled at Tehran’s O Gallery on Friday, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Sunday.

 

Orkideh Darrudi, owner of the gallery, is the translator of the book.

 

The book contains interviews with 51 gallery owners from Europe, the Americas, and Asia and their relationship with artists, and what they love and hate about their work.

 

It also gives valuable insights and advice to collectors.

 

Andrea Bellini is currently director of the Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève.

 

According to Darudi, the book is a good source for gallery owners in Iran, because it centers on the spiritual aspect of running a gallery in addition to the economics.

 

The book was introduced on the sidelines of an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Elham Yazdanian underway at the gallery until January 5. 

 

The gallery is located at 46 Khosro Alley, off Villa Street.

 

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December 14, 2014, 10:04 pm

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“Little Prince” to appear on stage at Tehran theater

TEHRAN – An Iranian troupe will perform a play based on French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s renowned novella “The Little Prince” in Tehran.

 

Mehdi Qale’ will direct the play for children and young adults at Honar Hall next week.

 

Mojtaba Kazemi, Ali Safa, Ali Beig-Mohammadi, Niusha Khajehosseini, Ata Moqimi, Farzad Soleimani, Maryam Sayyad Moqaddam and Amir Mokhtar-Jafari will star in the play, which will be on stage until January 20.

 

Iranian book readers to enjoy “Breakfast of Champions”

TEHRAN – A Persian version of American author Kurt Vonnegut’s novel “Breakfast of Champions” (1973) has been published in Iran.

 

The book was translated by Razieh Rahmani and published by Qoqnus Publications.

 

Set in the fictional town of Midland City, it is the story of two lonesome, skinny, fairly old white men who live on a planet that is dying fast. 

 

Iranian, Russian cartoonists to hold exhibition in Canada

TEHRAN – Iranian cartoonist Behzad Ghaffarizadeh and his Russian colleague Oleg Dergachov will hold a joint exhibition at the Musée des Maîtres et Artisans du Québec in Montreal, Canada in 2015.

 

Entitled “Artoon”, the exhibition will be held from January 8 to February 8.

 

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Actor Anushirvan Arjmand dies at 73

December 15, 2014, 12:07 am

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TEHRAN – Iranian actor Anushirvan Arjmand, mostly famous for his roles in religious and historical TV series, died at Tehran’s Parsian Hospital on Sunday. He was 73.

 

Arjmand was admitted to Tehran’s Parsian Hospital on November 30 following a heart attack, Persian media reported on Sunday. 

 

Born in 1941 in Zahedan, Arjmand began his artistic career as a stage and screen actor during 1960’s in Mashhad.

 

He played in several films and TV series, but he is mostly famous for his roles in historical and religious TV series, including “Imam Ali (AS)” and “Mokhtarnameh” by Iranian director Davud Mirbaqeri.

 

He also played roles in many films, including “Duel” by Ahmadreza Darvish, “The Rule of the Game” by Ahmadreza Motamedi and “Breakfast for Two” by Mehdi Sabbaghzadeh.

 

Arjmand is survived by his wife, son Borzu (actor) and daughter Bahar (actress). He was the older brother of actor Dariush Arjmand.

 

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Kiarostami visits Tehran Peace Museum at invitation of war veteran

December 14, 2014, 9:58 pm

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TEHRAN -- Celebrated filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has visited the Tehran Peace Museum at the invitation of Hassan Hassani-Sadi, a war veteran who is a curator of the museum, some Persian news agencies reported on Saturday.

 

“Visiting the museum inspires me and everybody to do whatever we can for the war veterans,” Kirostami said after visiting the museum along with Hassani-Sadi who was wounded by Iraqi chemical weapons during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

 

The Tehran Peace Museum was established in 2005 to promote the culture of peace by displaying the grief of the victims of Iraqi chemical attacks during the Iran-Iraq war.

 

Kiarostami said that he will suggest that everybody visit the museum and also proposed setting up similar museums across Iran.         

 

“I arrived at this museum with a typical mindset, but from now on I will be forever thinking about all the things I learned at this museum, especially about the tearing eyes of Mr. Hassani-Sadi, which by themselves confirm all the documents on display at the museum,” he stated.

 

Hassani-Sadi has undergone eye surgery for eleven times for the injuries he received from chemical weapons.

 

Habib Ahmadzadeh, the author the war novel “Chess with the Doomsday Machine”, and art expert Alireza Sami-Azar also accompanied Kiarostami during the visit.

 

The museum screens Kiarostami’s short film “Two Solutions for One Problem”, which promotes the advantages of cooperation over conflict, for visitors.

 

 

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Top Quran translators honored in Tehran

December 15, 2014, 11:17 am

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TEHRAN – Three prominent translators of the Holy Quran were honored during a ceremony at the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization in Tehran on Monday.

 

Seyyed Aliqoli Qarai from Iran, Raúl González Bórnez from Spain and Sulaiman Baiji Su from China were presented with gifts at the ceremony. 

 

A large number of academics and culture officials, including Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati, attended the ceremony.  

 

Qarai, 68, was honored for his translation of the Quran into English. He is the director of the International Department of Iran’s Centre for Translation of the Holy Quran.

 

González Bórnez, 64, was also honored for his translation of Quran into Spanish. He has translated works by the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini, and several other Islamic texts into Spanish.

 

Baiji Su, 49, is a translator of the Holy Quran into Chinese. He has translated several Islamic books, including the Sahifeh Sajjadieh, a collection of supplications composed by Imam Sajjad (AS) from Persian into Chinese.

 

Photo: Iranian translator Seyyed Aliqoli Qarai (2nd from right) shakes hands with some officials before receiving his gift during a ceremony that the ICRO held in Tehran on December 15, 2014 to honor three translators of the Holy Quran. (IRNA/Ehsan Naderipur)

 

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Using soft power best way to fight against Iranophobia: Culture minister

December 15, 2014, 11:23 am

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TEHRAN -- Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati says that the best way to fight against Iranophobia and Shiaphobia is the clever usage of Iran’s soft power.

 

He made the comments in the ceremony held to commemorate the National Research and Technology Days, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Monday.

 

Pointing to the deliberate intention of the world media in promoting Iranophobia and Shiaphobia in the Middle East, Jannati called it a significant challenge for Iran’s diplomacy in the region.

 

Jannati said that one of the greatest duties of the cultural representatives of Iran is to fight against such (malicious) intention, and to offer appropriate examples and proper theories of Islamic states.

 

“The most significant chance of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the recent events in the region is to control or manage the events with the help of the soft power of culture in all its aspects, since culture is the most important target,” he explained.

 

The minister said that art and cultural programs like concerts and seminars can help but play no influential role, adding that extensive and specific programs are needed.

 

Several seminars are being held to commemorate the National Research and Technology Days (December 14-17) underway at the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds. 

 

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December 15, 2014, 11:27 am

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Five Iranian films to compete in Indian festival 

TEHRAN – Five Iranian films will be screened at the 19th International Film Festival of Kerala in Trivandrum, India from December 12 to 20.

 

“Track 143” directed by Narges Abyar, “Melbourne” by Nima Javidi, and “What’s the Time in Your World?” by Safi Yazdanian will go on screen in the World Cinema section of the festival.

 

“The Bright Day” by Hossein Shahabi and “The Oblivion Season” by Abbas Rafei will be competing in the International Competition section.  

 

Films of Resistance festival to go on screen in New Delhi

TEHRAN – A lineup of Iranian films, which were shown at Iran’s 13th Resistance International Film Festival during September, will be screened during a program at the Marwah Studios in New Delhi.

 

Ali Ghaffari’s World War II drama “Restitution”, Ehsan Abdipur’s anti-war movie “All Alone”, Vahid Musaian’s “The Fourth Child”, Masud Atyabi’s “Earth and Coral”, and Ebrahim Hatamikia’s “From Karkheh to Rhine” will be screened during the four-day program, which will open on Wednesday.

 

The program also includes sessions, which will be held by director Ali Ghaffari, producer Mohsen Ali-Akbari and screenwriter Mohammad Sanati.

 

Canadian festival to screen “Painting Pool”

TEHRAN – Iranian director Maziar Miri’s acclaimed family drama “Painting Pool” will go on screen at the 17th Victoria International Film Festival, which will be held in the Canadian city from February 6 to 15.

 

The film is about a boy named Soheil, who has a problem with his physically challenged parents.

 

 

Officials offer condolences over death of actor Anushirvan Arjmand 

A number of Iranian officials have offered separate messages of condolences over the death of Anushirvan Arjmand, the Iranian actor of stage and screen who died of a heart attack on Sunday.

 

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati, Cinema Organization of Iran Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi, Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Ali Moradkhani and IRIB Deputy Director Ali-Asgahr Purmohammadi are among the officials.

 

Arjmand, 73, who was mostly famous for his roles in religious and historical TV series, died at Tehran’s Parsian Hospital on Sunday.

 

The Cultural Committee of the Iranian parliamentary sent message of condolences to the bereaved family of the actor. 

 

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Iran to downsize Farabi Cinema Foundation

December 15, 2014, 11:39 am

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TEHRAN -- The Cinema Organization of Iran (COI) plans to slim down the departments working at the Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF), whose main mission is to coordinate the screening of Iranian films at international events.

 

The foundation’s mission will be limited to approving scripts and providing facilities for producing certain films, a member of the FCF Board of Trustees, Mahmud Azizi, told the Persian service of ISNA on Monday.

 

The FCF will be managed by the Board of Trustees, which is composed of nine members, including COI Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi.

 

Mohammadreza Jafari-Jelveh, who is currently in charge of the FCF, has recently been proposed for a key administration post in Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.  

 

Ayyubi previously said that all FCF’s international tasks will be entrusted to COI’s Visual Media Institute, which provides films and series for distribution on the home video network.

 

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December 14, 2014, 9:58 pm

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TEHRAN -- Celebrated filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has visited the Tehran Peace Museum at the invitation of Hassan Hassani-Sadi, a war veteran who is a curator of the museum, some Persian news agencies reported on Saturday.

 

“Visiting the museum inspires me and everybody to do whatever we can for the war veterans,” Kirostami said after visiting the museum along with Hassani-Sadi who was wounded by Iraqi chemical weapons during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

 

The Tehran Peace Museum was established in 2005 to promote the culture of peace by displaying the grief of the victims of Iraqi chemical attacks during the Iran-Iraq war.

 

Kiarostami said that he will suggest that everybody visit the museum and also proposed setting up similar museums across Iran.         

 

“I arrived at this museum with a typical mindset, but from now on I will be forever thinking about all the things I learned at this museum, especially about the tearing eyes of Mr. Hassani-Sadi, which by themselves confirm all the documents on display at the museum,” he stated.

 

Hassani-Sadi has undergone eye surgery for eleven times for the injuries he received from chemical weapons.

 

Habib Ahmadzadeh, the author the war novel “Chess with the Doomsday Machine”, and art expert Alireza Sami-Azar also accompanied Kiarostami during the visit.

 

The museum screens Kiarostami’s short film “Two Solutions for One Problem”, which promotes the advantages of cooperation over conflict, for visitors.

 

 

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Five Iranian films to compete in Indian festival 

TEHRAN – Five Iranian films will be screened at the 19th International Film Festival of Kerala in Trivandrum, India from December 12 to 20.

 

“Track 143” directed by Narges Abyar, “Melbourne” by Nima Javidi, and “What’s the Time in Your World?” by Safi Yazdanian will go on screen in the World Cinema section of the festival.

 

“The Bright Day” by Hossein Shahabi and “The Oblivion Season” by Abbas Rafei will be competing in the International Competition section.  

 

Films of Resistance festival to go on screen in New Delhi

TEHRAN – A lineup of Iranian films, which were shown at Iran’s 13th Resistance International Film Festival during September, will be screened during a program at the Marwah Studios in New Delhi.

 

Ali Ghaffari’s World War II drama “Restitution”, Ehsan Abdipur’s anti-war movie “All Alone”, Vahid Musaian’s “The Fourth Child”, Masud Atyabi’s “Earth and Coral”, and Ebrahim Hatamikia’s “From Karkheh to Rhine” will be screened during the four-day program, which will open on Wednesday.

 

The program also includes sessions, which will be held by director Ali Ghaffari, producer Mohsen Ali-Akbari and screenwriter Mohammad Sanati.

 

Canadian festival to screen “Painting Pool”

TEHRAN – Iranian director Maziar Miri’s acclaimed family drama “Painting Pool” will go on screen at the 17th Victoria International Film Festival, which will be held in the Canadian city from February 6 to 15.

 

The film is about a boy named Soheil, who has a problem with his physically challenged parents.

 

 

Officials offer condolences over death of actor Anushirvan Arjmand 

A number of Iranian officials have offered separate messages of condolences over the death of Anushirvan Arjmand, the Iranian actor of stage and screen who died of a heart attack on Sunday.

 

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati, Cinema Organization of Iran Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi, Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Ali Moradkhani and IRIB Deputy Director Ali-Asgahr Purmohammadi are among the officials.

 

Arjmand, 73, who was mostly famous for his roles in religious and historical TV series, died at Tehran’s Parsian Hospital on Sunday.

 

The Cultural Committee of the Iranian parliamentary sent message of condolences to the bereaved family of the actor. 

 

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TEHRAN -- The Cinema Organization of Iran (COI) plans to slim down the departments working at the Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF), whose main mission is to coordinate the screening of Iranian films at international events.

 

The foundation’s mission will be limited to approving scripts and providing facilities for producing certain films, a member of the FCF Board of Trustees, Mahmud Azizi, told the Persian service of ISNA on Monday.

 

The FCF will be managed by the Board of Trustees, which is composed of nine members, including COI Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi.

 

Mohammadreza Jafari-Jelveh, who is currently in charge of the FCF, has recently been proposed for a key administration post in Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.  

 

Ayyubi previously said that all FCF’s international tasks will be entrusted to COI’s Visual Media Institute, which provides films and series for distribution on the home video network.

 

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TEHRAN -- Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati says that the best way to fight against Iranophobia and Shiaphobia is the clever usage of Iran’s soft power.

 

He made the comments in the ceremony held to commemorate the National Research and Technology Days, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Monday.

 

Pointing to the deliberate intention of the world media in promoting Iranophobia and Shiaphobia in the Middle East, Jannati called it a significant challenge for Iran’s diplomacy in the region.

 

Jannati said that one of the greatest duties of the cultural representatives of Iran is to fight against such (malicious) intention, and to offer appropriate examples and proper theories of Islamic states.

 

“The most significant chance of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the recent events in the region is to control or manage the events with the help of the soft power of culture in all its aspects, since culture is the most important target,” he explained.

 

The minister said that art and cultural programs like concerts and seminars can help but play no influential role, adding that extensive and specific programs are needed.

 

Several seminars are being held to commemorate the National Research and Technology Days (December 14-17) underway at the Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds. 

 

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TEHRAN – Three prominent translators of the Holy Quran were honored during a ceremony at the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization in Tehran on Monday.

 

Seyyed Aliqoli Qarai from Iran, Raúl González Bórnez from Spain and Sulaiman Baiji Su from China were presented with gifts at the ceremony. 

 

A large number of academics and culture officials, including Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati, attended the ceremony.  

 

Qarai, 68, was honored for his translation of the Quran into English. He is the director of the International Department of Iran’s Centre for Translation of the Holy Quran.

 

González Bórnez, 64, was also honored for his translation of Quran into Spanish. He has translated works by the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Imam Khomeini, and several other Islamic texts into Spanish.

 

Baiji Su, 49, is a translator of the Holy Quran into Chinese. He has translated several Islamic books, including the Sahifeh Sajjadieh, a collection of supplications composed by Imam Sajjad (AS) from Persian into Chinese.

 

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December 16, 2014, 11:41 am

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“Golnar” to raise funds for child laborers

TEHRAN – The cinematheque of the Qolhak Cinemat Complex will screen “Golnar” (1988) today to raise funds for child laborers.

 

All the revenue raised by the screening will be presented to the Association for Protection of Child Laborers.

 

Directed by Kambozia Partovi, the musical film is about a little girl named Golnar who loses her way in a jungle and is forced to live with a family of bears.

 

Iranian filmmaker directing new project in Ukraine 

TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Mohammadreza Ahanj is directing his new project in Ukraine.

 

The film entitled “I Am an Iranian” is about a great athlete who challenges the end of his championship. 

 

Iran’s seven-time Asian wrestling champion Alireza Heidari stars in the movie in his first experience of acting. 

 

Produced by Ahmad Najafi, several Ukrainian actors are cooperating in this project.

 

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COI selects acting director for Farabi Cinema Foundation

December 16, 2014, 11:45 am

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TEHRAN – Cinema Organization of Iran Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi has appointed Ramezan-Ali Heidari-Khalili as the acting director of the Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF) on Tuesday.

 

Heidari-Khalili replaced Mohammadreza Jafari-Jelveh, who held the position since October 2013.

 

Jafari-Jelveh will serve as the director of Channel 2 of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).  

 

The COI plans to slim down the departments working at the Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF), whose main mission is to coordinate the screening of Iranian films at international events.

 

In its new mission, the foundation is only allowed to approve scripts and provide facilities for producing certain films.

 

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Book on contemporary oral history of Iran unveiled in Tehran

December 16, 2014, 11:46 am

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TEHRAN – The first four volumes of “Oral History of Iran during the Reign of Pahlavi II” was unveiled at the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) in Tehran on Tuesday.

 

The books are a part of a huge research project on the oral history of Iran under Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, which has been conducted by Hossein Dehbashi.

 

The event was attended by several officials including NLAI Director Reza Salehi-Amiri and cultural advisor to President Hassan Rouhani Hessameddin Ashena.

 

The published volumes concern the reign of Mohammadreza Pahlavi (1941-1979).

 

At the ceremony, Salehi-Amiri pointed to the importance of oral history for the generation born after the Islamic Revolution of 1979.

 

Afterward, Ashena referred to the project as national in scope and praised Dehbashi’s efforts in collecting the information.

 

The books are “Memories of Seyyed Hossein Nasr: Wisdom and Politics”, “Memories of Lieutenant General Shapur Azarbarzin: Commanding and Disobedience”, “Memories of Dariush Foruhar: Posterities and Passengers” and “Memories of Alinaqi Alikhani: Economy and Security”. 

 

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