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January 4, 2015, 11:16 am

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Persian language experts from Russia visiting Iran 

TEHRAN -- A group of Persian language experts from Russia arrived in Tehran on Saturday to visit Iran and also attend a special Iranology course.

 

Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO), which is the organizer of the course, announced that the course will begin today and will run for two weeks.

 

The group includes Professor Marina Reisner of the Moscow State University, Professor Arthur Ambartsumian of the St. Petersburg State University, Alsu Arslanova of the Kazan branch of the Russian-Iranian Society, Ismagil Gibadullin of the Kazan Federal University, and scholars A.N. Ardashnikova and Natalia Potapova,

 

 

Book of Imam Sajjad (AS) on human rights published in Urdu, Hindi  

TEHRAN -- The Risalah al-Huquq (“A Treatise on Rights”), the book of Imam Sajjad (AS) that contains his advice on human rights has recently been published in Urdu and Hindi in New Delhi.

 

The book was published by the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in New Delhi with the help of Iran’s Ahlul-Bayt World Assembly.

 

In this book, Imam Sajjad (AS) describes examples of 51 different rights.

 

 

Iran to hold film festival in Serbia

TEHRAN – The Iranian cultural attaché’s office plans to organize a film festival in some Serbian cities during February to celebrate the 36th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic revolution.

 

The cities of Belgrade, Novisad, Uzice, Nis and Smederevo will host the festival, Iranian cultural attaché Mahmud Shaluii said in a press release on Saturday.

 

In a meeting with Shaluii last week, Yugoslav Film Archive Director Radoslav Zelenovic said that his institute plans to honor some Iranian cineastes during the opening ceremony of the festival.

 

 

Iranian films to compete in French festival

TEHRAN – Two Iranian films will compete in the 37th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which will be held in France from January 30 to February 7.

 

“Futile Garden” by Ghazaleh Soltani and “The Fish and I” by Babak Habibifar will go on screen at the international competition section of the festival.

 

 

Tehran center to host exhibition of art books

TEHRAN -- The Gallery No. 2 of the Niavaran Cultural Center will host an exhibition of art books, which will open today.

 

Books published by renowned publishers, including Antique Collectors’ Club, Routledge and Rotovision Books from UK and Phidan from Belgium, will go on display during the exhibit. 

 

The book fair will run until January 11 at the center, which can be found on Pasdaran Ave. in the Niavaran neighborhood.

 

 

“The Possessed” by Camus published in Persian

TEHRAN – French author Albert Camus’ “The Possessed” has recently been published in Persian in Iran.

 

Khashayar Deyhimi is the translator of the book, which was published by Mahi Publications.

 

Written in 1959, the piece is a theatrical adaptation of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel “The Possessed”, later renamed “Demons”.

 

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Iran plans to honor scholars promoting cultural ties with Greece

January 4, 2015, 11:28 am

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TEHRAN -- The Iranian cultural attaché in Athens, Mohammad-Hossein Mozaffari, said that Iran plans to honor Iranian and Greek scholars promoting cultural and scientific relations between Iran and Greece.

 

He made the remarks during a meeting with the chancellor of Athens’ Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Grigorios Tsaltas, and the vice-chancellor of the university, Ismini Kriari-Katrani, on Saturday, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Sunday.

 

The expansion of cultural and scientific relations between Iran and Greece was discussed during the meeting.

 

Mozaffari asked the officials to do their best to provide the usual preliminaries to implement the terms of the memorandum of understanding that the university has previously signed with Tehran’s Shahid Behshti University.

 

He said that Iran is ready to provide all facilities to put the terms of the MOU in practice.

 

Tsaltas said that he is interested in visiting Iran in the near future to discuss ways to implement the terms of the MOU signed in the meeting with officials of Shahid Behshti University.

 

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Vocalist Alireza Qorbani to perform with Zasta in Tehran

January 4, 2015, 12:14 pm

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TEHRAN -- Vocalist Alireza Qorbani will accompany the newly-established Iranian ensemble Zasta in concerts entitled “Shahrzad” at Tehran’s Milad Tower from January 21 to 23.

 

Several old and new pieces composed by composer Fardin Khalatbari have been selected to be performed during the concert.

 

In a press conference held in Milad Tower on Sunday, Khalatbari gave some details about the concert, saying that the concert would be a surprise for the audience, Persian media reported on Sunday.

 

“Several compositions are selected from albums Qorbani and I plan to release in the future, and some are from older performances,” Khalatbari said.

 

On choosing the name Sharzad for the concert, Khalatbari explained that he is currently composing music for (filmmaker) Hassan Fat’hi’s series “Sharazad”, a serial which will be distributed on the home video market.

 

He added, “In this concert, we will perform “Shahrzad Waltz”, a composition selected from the series”.

 

In a brief speech Qorbani also said that most of the songs have been composed by Afshin Yadollahi.

 

Some of songs have been selected from compositions by Masud Kalantari and Mohammad-Ali Bahmani, he added.

 

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Winners of 9th National Biennial of Persian Painting announced

January 4, 2015, 12:16 pm

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TEHRAN – Winners of the ninth edition of the Iranian National Biennial of Persian Painting were announced during a ceremony at the Iranian Academy of Arts in Tehran on Saturday.

 

The participants competed in the five categories of illumination, tash’ir, a form of simple illumination decorated with tiny disordered patterns, gol-o-morgh, a unique style of Persian painting featuring bird and floral motifs in different colors, drawing and Persian painting.

 

Nasrin Aqamiri won the first prize for her artwork in the category of illumination, the second prize went to Maryam Labani Motlaq and the third was given to Farid Honarvar.

 

In the tash’ir category, the first prize was given to Sara Aqamiri, the second to Alireza Esmaeilpur and the third to Arezoo Hosseini.

 

Abbas Shahsavari, Bahman Sharifi and Amir Farid were the three winners of the drawing category respectively. 

 

The first prize of gol-o-morgh was given to Mohammadreza Aqamiri, the second to Majid Fattahi and the third prize was shared by Ataollah Shakeri and Rana Sharilu.

 

Winners of the Persian painting category were Hadi Faqihi, Mostafa Sharafi and Mehdi Mazlumzadeh.

 

The awards were presented to the winners by Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Ali Moradkhani and Director of the Center for Visual Arts of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Majid Mollanoruzi. 

 

In addition, a valuable book containing works by the participants as well as works by masters and veterans was unveiled during the ceremony.

 

Moreover, the young physically-challenged artist Rahim Azimi who paints with his feet was honored at the ceremony.

 

The exhibit ran from December 8 to 31 at Tehran’s Saba Art and Cultural Institute.

 

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Early films of Bahram Beizaii, Shapur Gharib screened at IAF

January 5, 2015, 11:08 am

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TEHRAN – Three films from the early works of the Iranian directors Bahram Beizaii and Shapur Qarib were screened during a program at the cinematheque of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) Monday.

 

“The Journey” (1969) and “Uncle Mustache” (1970) by Beizaii, and “Wooden Guns” (1975) by Shapur were selected to be screened during the program.

 

“The Journey” tells the story of two poor boys who search for their father by a journey from downtown to uptown. The two hungry boys are forced to move through the events, people and unrealistic and risky places in a nightmarish way. 

 

“Uncle Moustache” is about an emotional relationship developed between an old man who has rested heartsick in his solitude for years, and the children who are joyous by nature. 

 

“Wooden Guns” revolves around the simple life of children who live in a train station, until the family buys a TV set, which leads to several problems.

 

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January 5, 2015, 11:19 am

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Iranian films to compete in Indian festival 

TEHRAN – Several Iranian films will be competing in the 6th Jaipur International Film Festival, which will take place in the northwestern Indian city from February 1 to 5.    

 

“We Have a Guest” directed by Mohammad-Mehdi Asgarpur, “Today” by Reza Mirkarimi and “Bending Rules” by Behnam Behzadi will be screened in the main section of the festival.

 

“Unclean”, a short film by Bahman and Bahram Ark, and “Iranian Ninja”, a documentary film by Marjan Riahi, will also go on screen at the event.

 

 

Iran, Afghanistan to boost media cooperation 

TEHRAN – Iran’s Deputy Culture Minister for Press Affairs Hossein Entezami and Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of Information and Culture Simin Hassanzada have discussed ways to expand bilateral media cooperation.

 

The two met on Sunday and held talks on reinforcing cultural and media ties, and proposed the establishment of a union for Persian-speaking agencies in the future.

 

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Iranian scholars invited to seminar on cultural exchange in New Delhi

January 5, 2015, 11:11 am

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TEHRAN – Iranian scholars have been invited to an international seminar on cultural exchange on antiquity, to be held in the Indian capital of New Delhi from January 7 to 9.

 

Scholars Dariush Akbarzadeh, Fariba Sharifian, Katayun Fekripur and Azadeh Heidarpur are scheduled to attend the three-day seminar, which has been organized by the Center for Community Knowledge and the Ambedkar University Delhi.

 

An international group of archaeologists, historians, linguists, epigraphers, art historians and historians of science and technology are expected to attend the seminar entitled “Cross Cultural Knowledge Exchange in Antiquity: Interactions between Greece, Iran, India and China”.

 

The seminar seeks to offer a unified perspective on the mutual interaction of Greek, Indian, Iranian and Chinese cultures in the wider Indian domain in the period of antiquity, the university has announced on its website. 

 

It also hopes to achieve further collaboration among ancient Indian, Iranian, Chinese and Greek studies.

 

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British-Iranian publisher to establish literary award

January 5, 2015, 11:23 am

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TEHRAN -- Candle & Fog, a British-Iranian publishing house that publishes translations of Persian works, plans to honor translators of Iranian works to other languages.

 

The Candle & Fog World Literary Award will be launched next year, Candle & Fog director Afshin Shahnetabar told the Persian service of ISAN on Monday.

 

A jury composed of five non-Iranian professors from the University of Sydney, the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and the University of Rochester will judge the works, he added.

 

By establishing the award, Candle & Fog aims to find professional translators for rendering Persian books into other languages, Shahnetabar said.

 

Candle & Fog has published foreign translations of many Persian books over the past decade.

 

The English versions of “Democracy or DemoCrazy” by Mehdi Shojaei, “The Water Urn” by Hushang Moradi Kermani and “Redfish” by Katayun Riahi were among the offerings of the company in 2014.

 

All the books were translated into English by U.S. translator Caroline Croskery.

 

The books were put on display at the Frankfurt Book Fair during October.

 

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Alim Qasimov says his concerts promote peace

January 5, 2015, 11:15 am

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TEHRAN -- The renowned Azerbaijani vocalist, Alim Qasimov, said he performs concerts to bring people together to promote friendship and peace.

 

Qasimov made the remarks during a press conference that he held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Monday to brief the media about his concerts with the Tehran Wind Orchestra at the hall on January 11 and 12.

 

“Any musician across the world, whether I know him or not, is my friend, because I believe musicians transfer their thoughts to other people through the language of art,” he said.

 

Referring to the Tehran Wind Orchestra, he continued that the young musicians of the orchestra and its director Sina Zokaii have encouraged him for the concert.

 

He said that the music of his country is very similar to the music of Iran and the only difference might be the language, however, the music of the two countries is so close that more collaboration can be made.

 

He added that his daughter Fargana Qasimova will be beside him in the concert and will accompany him and share in his works. 

 

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Parisian university to host conference on Iranology

January 6, 2015, 11:09 am

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TEHRAN -- The University of Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris will be playing host to an international conference on Iranology during February. 

 

A number of Iranian and French Iranologists and scholars are expected to attend the week-long conference, which will begin on February 27, the Persian service of MNA reported on Tuesday.

 

Entitled “International Conference of Iranology in France, Yesterday’s Experience, Tomorrow’s Panorama”, the conference aims to make French Iranologists familiar with the academic activities of Iranian researchers in history, archaeology, philosophy, art, and Persian language and literature.

 

French Orientalist and Hafez expert Charles-Henri de Fouchecour, French archaeologist Rémy Boucharlat, French geographer Bernard Hourcade, and historian and researcher Sabrina Mervin are among the French members of the academic board of the conference.

 

The Iranian members include Iranian Society of Cultural Works and Luminaries Director Mehdi Mohaqeq, academic member of the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Mostafa Asi, literary figure Jaleh Amuzgar and researcher Nasser Takmil-Homayun.

 

Discussion panels and visiting academic centers have also been arranged on the sidelines of the program.

 

The conference has been organized by Iran’s cultural attaché’s office in France in collaboration with several French institutions.

 

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Intl. Quran Competition for Muslim Students announces winners

January 6, 2015, 11:12 am

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TEHRAN – The winners of the 5th International Quran Competition for Muslim Students were announced during the closing ceremony of the event at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Sunday evening.

 

In the Quran recitation section, Vahid Khazaei from Iran won the first prize. The second prize went to Mahmud Kamal Najjar from Egypt and Abdul Ali Muhammad Qasim al-Sadeqi from Iraq won the third prize.

 

In the Quran memorization section, the first prize went to Muhammad Niazi from Egypt, Mohammad-Javad Mohammadi-Majd from Iran won the second prize and Mahmud al-Kafri from Lebanon was honored with the third prize.

 

Quran reciters from 50 countries, including Iran, Egypt, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Thailand competed in event, which is organized biennially by the Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR).

 

Minister of Science, Research and Technology Mohammad Farhadi, Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani, Tehran City Council member Ahmad Masjed-Jamei and several other Iranian officials attended the ceremony.

 

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January 6, 2015, 11:14 am

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“Life Skills in Imam Reza’s Tradition” appears in English

TEHRAN – An English version of “Life Skills in Imam Reza’s Tradition” was published in Iran.

 

Written by Mohammadreza Sharafi, the book was translated by Shaqayeq Qandehari and published by Astan-e Qods Razavi Publications.

 

 

Another translation of “The Hundred-Year-Old Man” published in Persian

TEHRAN – Another translation of Swedish author Jonas Jonasson’s novel “The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared” has been published in Iran.

 

Shadi Hamedi is the translator of the book, which was published by Behnegar Publications.

 

Nilufar Publication was previously published a Persian version of the book translated by Farzaneh Taheri. 

 

The 2009 debut novel by Jonasson is about Allan Karlsson who is about to celebrate his hundredth birthday in a party. Allan is alert despite his age, but not so interested in the party. Instead he steps out the window and disappears, which leads to some interesting events. 

 

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Painter of Iranian deserts displays new collection in Tehran

January 6, 2015, 11:05 am

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TEHRAN – Veteran artist Jalal Shabahangi, who has spent over two decades of his life creating paintings depicting the beauty and tranquility of Iranian deserts, is currently displaying his latest collection “Plains and Deserts” at Tehran’s Aryana Gallery. 

 

The collection contains 31 works, which focus on the deserts near the towns of Kashan and Natanz in the central province of Isfahan.

 

The works have been created over the past six years, Shabahangi, 80, said during the opening ceremony of the exhibit on Monday.

 

“I have spent a lot of time in these two areas and made many rough sketches. My own experience was achieving peace and calmness, and I tried to reflect that in my paintings,” he added.

 

He continued, “I believe if I have been able to reflect the peace of the deserts to visitors, I have been able to portray the real spirit and identity of a desert.

 

“In addition, I have tried to make use of peaceful colors without seeing the figure of a man in any paintings. Since I think when one is experiencing absolute silence, even a blade of grass can play the role of a man in the painting,” he explained.

 

Art expert and former director of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Alireza Sami-Azar, who visited the exhibit, called the paintings by Shabahangi metaphors for his love of the homeland.

 

“Shabahangi has been working on his series of deserts over the past 20 years. He portrays his outlook towards life in the deserts with the help of curves usually observed in the desert area of Iran,” he explained.

 

“The colors, which may not seem to be realistic, reflect the peace in nature,” he added.

 

Born in 1935, Jalal Shabahangi is a graduate of graphic design from San José State University in California and has been teaching visual arts for the past thirty years in Iran.

 

His exhibit “Plains and Deserts” will run until February 5 in the gallery located at 9 East Maryam St., in the Elahieh neighborhood. 

 

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New version of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam published

January 6, 2015, 11:19 am

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TEHRAN -- A new version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam has recently been published in Iran.

 

This version has been inscribed by veteran calligrapher Abbas Akhavein based on a collection of Khayyam’s quatrains, which have been compiled by Persian literature expert Mazaher Mosaffa.

 

The collection was unveiled during a ceremony at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Sunday.

 

“The calligraphy for the book was completed about ten years ago, but its publication was postponed until today,” Akhavein said during the ceremony.

 

Master calligrapher Ali Marzi, Bokhara literary magazine chief editor Ali Dehbashi, publisher Mohammad-Ali Sahranavard, and a number of artists and literati attended the ceremony.

 

“After the Bible and the works of Shakespeare, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the bestselling English book,” Dehbashi said.

 

“The calligraphy of Abbas Akhavein and a preface that Mazaher Mosaffa wrote for the book have added more value to it,” he added.  

 

Marzi also delivered a short speech at the meeting.

 

“As the verbal history of the contemporary Persian calligraphy, Akhavein began his career in calligraphy in his youth and has matured into a prominent calligrapher over time,” he said.

 

“He began calligraphy in a period of time during which calligraphers like Hassan Zarrinkhat and Hossein Mirkhani were shining,” he added.

 

“We and the future generation should be proud of Akhavein for the efforts he has made to inscribe Persian works like Rumi’s Masnavi-ye Manavi and the Divan of Hafez,” he stated.

 

Sahranavard said, “We were suffering from the lack of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in the book market, because the book is the most popular work in Persian classical literature after the Divan of Hafez.” 

 

Akhavein autographed some copies of the book for readers at the end of the ceremony.

 

According to Amazon, Edward FitzGerald’s English translation of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is the bestselling English poetry anthology of all time.

 

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What’s in art galleries

January 7, 2015, 12:39 pm

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Painting 

 

* Tarrahan-e Azad Gallery will host an exhibition of paintings by Mohamamd Khalili from January 9 to 19.

 

The gallery is located at 41 Salmas Square, off Fatemi St.

 

* The Persian Idea Gallery will host a group painting exhibition from January 9 to 13.

 

The gallery can be found at 28 Allahverdi Azar Alley, Kolahduz Street, off Shariati Ave.

 

* Paintings by Estabragh Mousavifard will go on display during an exhibition at the Aun Gallery from January 9 to 19.

 

The gallery is located at 40 Seoul St., off Vanak Ave.

 

* The Gallery 26 will playing host to an exhibition of painting by Hossein Khoshraftar and Shahriar Ariafar from January 9 to 19.

 

The gallery is located at 26 Salmanpur-Zahir St., in the Farmanieh Sharqi district.

 

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Fajr Film Festival to open with “Muhammad (S)”

January 7, 2015, 12:11 pm

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TEHRAN -- The 33rd Fajr Film Festival will open on February 1 in Tehran with Majid Majidi’s “Muhammad (S)”, which is about the childhood of the Prophet of Islam, Cinema Organization of Iran Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi said on Wednesday.

 

He announced the news as he accompanied a large group of journalists, critics and correspondents of some TV channels in a visit to the set of “Muhammad (S)” on location near the city of Qom.

 

The visit was organized by Nurtaban Film Industry, an Iranian film company, which is the producer of the blockbuster that Majidi completed in 2014.

 

The set, which was built in an area of 100 hectares in 2011, is composed of places in Mecca and Medina during the early years of the life of the Prophet of Islam.

 

Majidi, Nurtaban director Mohammadreza Saberi and a number of actors also attended a press conference as part of the visiting program.

 

A logotype designed by veteran calligrapher Jalil Rasuli for the film was also unveiled.

 

“Muhammad (S)” is the most expensive film project to date produced in Iran. 

 

A number of the world’s professionals, including Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor and filmmaker Scott E. Anderson, three-time Academy Award winning Italian director of photography Vittorio Storaro and world-renowned Croat production designer Miljen Kreka Kljakovic, collaborated in this project.
 

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Persian language means of Iran’s authority: Zarif

January 7, 2015, 12:19 pm

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TEHRAN -- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that the Persian language is a means of Iran’s authority in the current changing world.

 

“One of our basic principles of power is our culture. The study of this culture can restore our joint cultural and historical interests with India, and the countries located in Central Asia, and east and north Africa,” he stated in a visit to the Sadi Foundation in Tehran on Wednesday.

 

“Not only for religion but also for the influence of the Persian language, we have shared interest with people of these countries,” noted Zarif, who is a member of the board of the trustees for the Sadi Foundation.

 

Zarif also met Sadi Foundation Director Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, who is the director of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature.

 

Issues concerning the expansion of the Persian language abroad were discussed during the meeting.

 

“Zarif is a successful diplomat who enjoys a profound cultural attitude, and this aspect of his personality makes those of us in this foundation hopeful,” Haddad-Adel said.

 

“The main focus of Sadi Foundation’s activities is outside of Iran, so the Ministry of Foreign Affairs can help the foundation accomplish its mission,” he added.

 

The Sadi Foundation was established by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature in 2013 to preserve and promote Persian language in Iran and other countries.

 

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Iran and Iraq to host intl. seminar on common heritage

January 7, 2015, 12:21 pm

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TEHRAN – The Iranian cities of Tehran and Qom and the Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala will be hosting an international seminar on the common heritage of both countries in early March.

 

The seminar will focus on the common heritage of the two countries with the central approach on culture, history, literature, art, science, religion and philosophy, director of the Research Department of Khorasan Razavi Islamic Ideology Dissemination Office said on Tuesday.

 

Alireza Vasei added that studies on archaeology, architecture, linguistics, medicine, science and technology will also be reviewed during the seminar.

 

Articles are to be presented in four languages: Persian, English, Arabic, and Kurdish, he stated.

 

Iran enjoys a significant role in Islamic civilization and identity, and this seminar will help reveal art and cultural possessions of Iran, Vasei said.

 

He also added that the seminar, which will be running from March 5 to 7, will help to preserve Islamic-cultural heritage.

 

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Tehran to host exhibition of motion graphic designs

January 7, 2015, 12:22 pm

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TEHRAN – An exhibition of motion graphic designs is scheduled to be held on the sidelines of the Tehran Graphic Design Week, which will open on April 27.

 

Motion graphic design is a subset of graphic design that uses graphic design principles in a filmmaking or video production context by use of animation or filmic techniques.

 

The exhibit will be in a location where the best selected motion graphic designs will be put on display in different sections including infographic, videographic, and typographic, secretary of the programs Mehdi Mehdian told the Persian service of ISNA on Wednesday.

 

Organized by the Iranian Graphic Designers Society, interested applicants are asked to submit their works to the secretariat of the exhibit before February 3, Mehdian said.

 

Members of the board of selection include animator Bahram Azimi, film critic Akbar Aalami, and graphic designer Mehrdad Sheikhan.

 

A number of meetings, lectures, workshops and exhibits have been arranged during the week.

 

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Tehran institute to host meeting on Dostoevsky

TEHRAN – The Porsesh Institute in Tehran will host a colloquium entitled A Seminar on the Humanity of Dostoevsky this evening.

 

Hamidreza Atashbarab, an Iranian translator of Russian literature, will speak on Dostoevsky’s Inquisition. 

 

Ali Abdollahi, an Iranian translator German literature, will deliver a speech on the connections between Dostoevsky and Nietzsche.

 

The institute is located at 3 Shabnam Alley, off Qaem Maqam Ave.

 

 

IAF to hold meeting on comparative literature 

TEHRAN – The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) will host a seminar on Comparative Literature and World Literature on January 11.

 

Scholar Alireza Anushiravani and translator Saeid Firuz Abadi will deliver speeches during the event.

 

Egyptian author Muhammad Ghanimi Hilal’s book “Dirasat adabiyah muqaranah: Majnun Laylá, Antuniyu wa-Kiliyubatrah, Hibatiya” will be introduced during the event.

 

Published by Ney Publications, the book was translated into Persian by Hadi Nazari-Monazzam and Reihaneh Manusri.

 

 

Seven female-fronted bands to perform at Fajr festival

TEHRAN – Seven female-fronted Iranian ensembles are scheduled to perform at the 30th Fajr International Music Festival, which will be held in Tehran from February 12 to 20.

 

Only women will be allowed to attend the concerts to be performed by these bands, most of which are led by their singers.

 

Bahareh Ilchi’s Setareh-ye Qotbi, Parvin Soltani’s Dadmehr and Fahimeh Nurfardi’s Persia are among the bands.

 

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