Serbian students to learn Persian language at school

January 21, 2015, 12:54 pm

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TEHRAN – The Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Development of Serbia has announced that Persian language courses will be held at schools across Belgrade in the coming school year of 2015-2016.

 

The report was announced by the senior advisor of the ministry, Jasminka Perunicic Allen, during a meeting with Iranian cultural attaché Mahmud Shaluii in Belgrade, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Wednesday.

 

Perunicic Allen said that the ministry has given its approbation for the coming school year and Persian language will be the ninth foreign language to be taught to students across the capital Belgrade.

 

She asked for more meetings with experts to develop new curricula for the four-year term of high school for the new school year beginning in September.

 

Shaluii also gave a brief explanation about Persian language courses held in Serbia over the past years.

 

According to Shaluii, several Serbian universities including University of Belgrade and the University of Novi Sad, are currently hosting Persian language courses which have been warmly welcomed by Serbian students.

 

He added that his office is ready to provide the schools with educational materials and Persian language teachers.

 

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“Second Revolution” to explore 1979 Iran hostage crisis

January 21, 2015, 12:57 pm

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TEHRAN -- Former director of the Cinema Organization of Iran, Javad Shamaqdari is making preproduction arrangements for producing a docudrama entitled “The Second Revolution”, which will chronicle the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.

 

Writing the screenplay for the series has recently been completed, Shamaqdari told the Persian service of the Mehr News Agency on Tuesday.

 

“Since the subject of the series is a matter of great political sensitivity, I am constantly reading through the script,” he added.

 

He said that he has read about 90 books on the subject to complete the screenplay. The memoires of Iranian opposition groups, Iranian officials, some relevant U.S. officials and diplomats, and some members of the former royals of Iran are the main sources for docudrama.

 

Shamaqdari is the director of “The Sand Storm” (1996), which is about “Operation Eagle Claw” in which a number of American servicemen tried to rescue their compatriots who were taken hostage at the U.S. embassy in Tehran in November 1979.

 

In 2012, when Ben Affleck’s Iran hostage drama “Argo” was released in North America, some Iranian producers announced plans to make movies in response to the film, which was officially viewed in Iran as an “anti-Iranian”.

 

In January 2013, Iran’s Art Bureau announced its plan to make “The General Staff” about this issue. In September 2013, Iranian producer Jamal Sadatian also said that he was gathering information for making a film on this subject. And in July 2014, producer Iraj Taqipur announced that he was seeking investors to make “Meeting at Sheremetyevo”.

 

However, none of these plans have been implemented yet.

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January 23, 2015, 2:14 am

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Iranian provinces to host Imam Reza Intl. Festival 

TEHRAN – The 13th Imam Reza International Festival will be held in Tehran and other provincial capitals from July 23 to August 26.

 

The Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) will also hold the festival in 75 countries, including Turkey, Russia, Georgia, Germany and France.

 

During a meeting with the organizers of the festival on Tuesday, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati proposed establishing a satellite channel for Imam Reza (AS).

 

 

IAA censures Charlie Hebdo’s cartoon insulting Prophet Muhammad (S) 

TEHRAN – The Iranian Academy of Arts strongly condemned French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s recent action to publish another vile cartoon insulting Prophet Muhammad (S) in a statement, which was published on Wednesday.

 

The first edition of Charlie Hebdo published last Tuesday since nine of its contributors were murdered has a cover showing the Prophet Mohammad and the slogan, “Tout est pardonné,” French for “All is forgiven”.

 

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Book on Leader’s vision of Islamic theology, global peace published in U.S.

January 23, 2015, 2:06 am

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TEHRAN – A book containing a number of discourse, articles and writings of Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Islamic philosophical theology and praxis of global peace has been published in English in the United States.

 

Entitled “Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s Vision of Islamic Philosophical Theology and Praxis of Global Peace”, the book was translated by the Leader’s office in Tehran.

 

Parviz Morewedge, a U.S.-based Iranian professor and senior scholar in residence at the State University of New York at Old Westbury, New York, edited the book, which will be released by Global Scholarly Publications in February 2015 in the U.S.

 

The book is composed of two parts. The first part includes Ayatollah Khamenei’s viewpoints on morality, human being, art and women.

 

His views on international and political issues, including democracy and religion, Islam and Christianity, and Islamic civilization have been discussed in the second part. 

 

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Afghan immigrants watch “A Few Cubic Meters of Love” in Tehran

January 21, 2015, 1:00 pm

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TEHRAN – Over 100 Afghan immigrants living in Tehran sat to watch “A Few Cubic Meters of Love”, a drama on migration and love, at Tehran’s Sepideh Cinema on Tuesday.

 

The film has been directed and produced by Afghan brothers Jamshid Mahmudi and Navid Mahmudi who have lived in Iran for the past 30 years.

 

The story of the film is set somewhere in the outskirts of Tehran, where a small factory illegally employs Afghan asylum seekers who live with their families in old containers or modest shacks in nearby shanty towns. Saber, a young Iranian worker, secretly meets Marona, daughter of Abdolsalam, an Afghan worker. A love story unfolds.

 

This was the first time a large number of Afghan nationals sat together to watch a film in a charity screening of the film arranged by the producers, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Wednesday.

 

Addressing the audience before the film screening, Navid Mahmudi said, “I am happy you are watching this film because you are those who should watch the film.

 

“This film was made based on the joint concern of me and you, and I hope we can be kinder to one another after watching the film,” he added.

 

He said that the film has not been popular among the Afghan nationals and asked the audience to recommend to others to watch the film.

 

Pointing to the issue of immigration, he continued, “This film says that all those who have migrated to other countries have their problems, so we should not add to their pains by our words and looks.”

 

The young boys and girls did not believe the producers of the film are Afghan nationals but were convinced when they met producer Navid Mahmudi and spoke with him after the film screening. 

 

Most of the audience left their messages and comments on notes handed to the Managing director of the theater Hall Hossein Keshari.

 

They were thankful for the respect they had received in the theater because they have experienced many acts of disrespect in many other locations across the city.

 

“In the film the Afghans and the conditions overwhelming the immigrants have been portrayed. These types of films help alter peoples’ opinions about the immigrants and the Afghans have better feelings to see themselves in a film that does not intend to mock their accent,” reads one of the notes.

 

An Afghan boy also explained that he himself had experienced most of the events happening in the film and it is good if the film helps change the opinion of the Iranian nationals towards Afghan immigrants.

 

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Iranian translator Keikavus Jahandari dies

TEHRAN – Iranian translator of the German language Keikavus Jahandari, famous for his translation of “Steppenwolf” by German-Swiss author Hermann Hesse (1877-1962), has died. He was 89.

 

 

Jahandari was a scholar of German literature and was a researcher at the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia.

 

Exhibition of theater posters underway in IAF 

TEHRAN – An exhibition of theater posters by Iranian and international designers have been put on show in the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF).

 

Works by Finnish graphic designer Kari Piippo are among the highlight of the exhibit.

 

The exhibit has been set up on the sidelines of the ongoing 33rd Fajr International Theater Festival. 

 

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January 23, 2015, 11:11 am

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TEHRAN -- Iranian illustrator Hassan Amekan has received the Green Island Award of the 2nd edition of Nami Concours 2015, for his illustration of “Zal and Phoenix”.

 

The Green Island award is a 2,000 U.S dollar cash prize plus a certificate given to the winners by the organizers of the biennial contest that is held on Nami Island, South Korea.

 

Julie Bernard from France (Reunion) and Myeong Ae Lee from South Korea were the other winners of the award, the organizers have recently announced on their website.

 

The Grand Prix was given to Marcelo Pimentel from Brazil. Sonja Danowski and Torben Kuhlmann both from Germany received the Golden Island Awards.

 

Nine illustrators from Iran were taking part in this year’s edition of the contest.

 

All the eight other Iranian illustrators including Ali Dalvand, Reza Dalvand, Yekta Jebeli, Zahra Mohammadnejad, Melika Saeida, Narges Mohammadi, Azar Teimuri and Ali Amekan received the certificate of encouragement.

 

A total of 94 illustrators from 71 countries were competing in the contest. 
 

Works of the illustrators will be put on display at an exhibition during the Nami Island International Children’s Book Festival in March 2015.

 

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Scholars review “Travelogue” in Shiraz

January 23, 2015, 11:21 am

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TEHRAN -- Scholars reviewed and discussed “Travelogue” written by Iran’s Deputy for Handicrafts of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization Bahman Namvar-Motlaq during a session at Fars National Library and Archives in Shiraz on Thursday.

 

The book contains Namvar-Motlaq’s memories during his travels to Badab-e Surt natural site in the Iranian northern city Sari, Yakh-Morad Cave in Azadbar village near Karaj city, and Kuhrang County in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in 2011 and 2012.

 

“The book introduces three tourist attractions of Iran. However, it is not only a travelogue but also it is a philosophical novel,” the Comparative Literature Professor at Shiraz University Alireza Anushiravani said during the meeting.

 

He called Namvar-Motlaq a social critic who pays attention to the problem of residents in these regions as well.

 

“If we connect experiences and memories with history, the future generations do not repeat our experiences,” Namvar-Motlaq said during the event.

 

He previously said that he used the intertextuality approach in the Badab-Surt travelogue section of the book. 

 

His writing on Yakh-Moradi Cave was inspired by myths and he wrote the Kuhrang County travelogue using geographical criticism.

 

The book has recently been released by Sokhan Publications.

 

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Afghan photographers hang works at ECO Cultural Institute

January 23, 2015, 11:18 am

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TEHRAN – An exhibition of photos by Afghan photographers featuring the daily lives of Afghan immigrants in Iran has opened at the ECO (Economic Cooperation Organization) Cultural Institute (ECI) in Tehran.

 

Entitled “Afghanistan My Country, The World My Home”, fifty photos by 36 Afghan photographers have been put on display, ECO has announced on its website.

 

The photos are selected from the sixth and seventh photo exhibition of Afghan photographers previously held across the country.

 

The ECI Director Iftikhar Hussain Arif, Afghanistan cultural attaché in Tehran Mohammad Afsar Rahbin and a number of ambassadors of ECO member countries attended the opening ceremony on Thursday.

 

“The exhibition will also be held in Kabul in March 2015, and a book of photography on Afghanistan will be unveiled during the exhibition,” Rahbin said during the ceremony.

 

The book contains 250 photos taken by 80 Afghan photographers, he added.

 

Mojtaba Jalali, Ahmadreza Qolami, Hadi Mohseni, Morteza Heidari, Reza Shahbidak, Tahereh Ahmadi, Roqieh Rasuli and Ali Layeqi are among the photographers.

 

The exhibition has been organized by the Innovators Photography Society of Afghanistan (IPSA).

 

The exhibition runs until January 27 at the center located at No. 10, Naz Alley, Movahhed Danesh Ave, in the Aqdasieh District.

 

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Another Persian translation of “Yerma” published 

TEHRAN – A new Persian version of Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca’s “Yerma” has recently been published by Afraz Publications in Tehran.  

 

 

The book was translated into Persian by Paris-based Iranian poet Yadollah Royayee.

 

“Yerma” tells the story of a childless woman living in rural Spain.

 

The play was previously translated into Persian by director and dramatist Pari Saberi and poet Ahmad Shamlu.

 

 

“Aspects of Puppet Theater” appears in Persian

TEHRAN – A Persian version of Dutch theater scholar Henryk Jurkowski’s book “Aspects of Puppet Theater” has been published in Iran.

 

The book was translated by Zohreh Behruzinia and published by Qatreh Publications.

 

Henryk Jurkowski’s seminal 1988 text, “Aspects of Puppet Theater”, was groundbreaking in its analysis of puppetry as an important performing art. The book contains this text and four additional essays by him.

 

 

Photos of Iranian wind towers to go on display in Kuwait

TEHRAN -- Photos of Iranian wind towers, traditional structures used for passive air-conditioning in historical Iranian architecture, will go on display in an exhibition in Kuwait during February.

 

Organized by the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Kuwait, the exhibition will be held from February 16 to 21.

 

The photos have been taken by Afshin Bakhtiar.

 

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Kerman folklore musician Yusef Salimi dies at 56

January 24, 2015, 10:59 am

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TEHRAN -- Kerman folklore musician and singer Yusef Salimi died of a lung disorder at the Imam Khomeini Hospital in the southern Iranian town of Jirof. He was 56.

 

Salimi was one of 36 masters of Iranian regional music.

 

“A large part of the oral culture of music in the Kerman region was buried with him upon his death,” Iranian regional music expert Foad Tohidi told the Persian service of the Mehr News Agency on Saturday.

 

He performed many songs, some of which were recorded in two albums “For Desert” and “The Amazement of Music”.

 

Based on a composition by Mohammadreza Darvishi, he also sang for the opening credits of “The Lady of Red Rose”, a documentary that Mojtaba Mirtahmasbi directed about Shahidokht Sarlati, a woman who turned a poppy field in Kerman into a rose garden to extract rosewater.

 

“Unfortunately, we should say again that there will be no substitute for Yusef Salimi in this region,” Tohidi stated.

 

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Iranian institutions to hold cartoon contest on The Holocaust

January 24, 2015, 11:06 am

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TEHRAN -- Iran’s House of Cartoon and the Sarcheshmeh Cultural Complex plan to hold another international contest on the theme of Holocaust denial in the near future. 

 

The 2nd International Holocaust Cartoons Contest has been organized in protest against French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s recent publication of the cartoons insulting Prophet Muhammad (S), the secretary of the contest, Masud Shojaei-Tabatabaii, said in a press conference on Saturday.

 

Shojaei-Tabatabaii, who is also the director of Iran’s House of Cartoon, added that world cartoonists are asked to submit their works before the first day of April.

 

The first place winners will receive a cash prize of $12,000, the second place will have $8000 and the third $5000.

 

The top selected works will mainly go on show at the Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art in Tehran and several other locations across the city.

 

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Serbian city to host Iranian Cultural Week

January 24, 2015, 11:00 am

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TEHRAN – Nis, the largest city in southern Serbia, will be hosting the Iranian Cultural Week during February.

 

The decision to hold the cultural week, which will open on February 17, was announced during a meeting between Iranian cultural attaché in Belgrade Mahmdu Shaluii and Nis Mayor Zoran Perisic on Friday, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Saturday. 

 

Perisic called Iran “an ancient land with an original culture that requires serious efforts to be introduced” and warmly welcomed the plan to host the event in Nis.

 

He added that his country respects the civilization, culture and language of Iran, and also is interested in cooperating with the cities of Iran in various art and cultural fields.

 

Shaluii briefed the mayor about the cultural, tourism and historical background of Iran during the meeting.

 

He said that several programs including film screening, exhibitions of Persian handicrafts, and cultural and literary meetings have been arranged for the weeklong program.

 

Serbian film critic Dejan Dabic also attended the meeting and said that the cultural week is expected to be warmly welcomed by the people of Nis.

 

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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam published in five languages

January 26, 2015, 11:21 am

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TEHRAN -- The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the masterpiece of the Persian mathematician, astronomer and poet, Omar Khayyam Neyshaburi, has recently been published in the five languages of Persian, English, French, German and Arabic.

 

Persian language scholar Hossein Elahi Qomsheii has placed an interpretation of 40 poems from the book published by Farhangsaraye Mirdashti, the director of the publishing center, Hamid Mirdashti, told the Persian service of the Mehr News Agency on Monday.

 

The book carries the translation of a collection of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam by the English writer Edward Fitzgerald.

 

Abolqasem Etesamzadeh, Amir-Hushang Kavusi, Kamran Jamali, Ebrahim Ariz, Mohammad Sabaei, and several other scholars collaborated in the translation of the book into other languages.

 

The Persian part of the book was calligraphed by Amir-Ahmad Falsafi.

 

Alireza Aqamiri, Amir Tahmasbi and Selina Puria created miniature paintings for the book, which was illuminated by Mohammadreza Honarvar.

 

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Iranian Biennial of Photography kicks off in Tehran museum

January 26, 2015, 11:23 am

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TEHRAN -- The 13th Iranian Biennial of Photography was inaugurated at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) on Sunday.

 

The biennial has been organized by the National Iranian Photographers’ Society, TMCA Director Majid Mollanoruzi said at the opening ceremony.

 

He added, “It is time to say goodbye to all the biennials and look forward to holding a huge biennial under the title of Tehran Biennial, which will include all the visual arts like the Venice Biennial.”

 

He expressed his hope that all the art societies will have the opportunity to display their creative works.

 

Esmaeil Abbasi, the secretary of the non-competitive biennial, next explained that the biennial has been held on the themes of art photography and creative photography.

 

Nineteen collections are on show in the art photography section, and in the productive section, which contains portraits and creative photos, about 40 works are on display.

 

Director of the society Masud Zendehrud Kermani was next and talked about the biennial, which is the society’s first professional experience.

 

“All the photos have been developed on art photo papers by the photographers themselves,” he added.

 

Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Ali Moradkhani, also attending the opening ceremony, said that the private sector can help the government to achieve its goals through holding different art and cultural events.

 

Meetings on art photography and creativity in photography are scheduled to be held on the sidelines of the event.

 

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Children’s Book Festival announces nominees

January 27, 2015, 11:06 am

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TEHRAN -- The 17th Children’s Book Festival has announced the nominees for the Story Section and the Translated Story Section.

 

The Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults, which is the organizer of the festival, nominated eight books in the Story Section for children six years old or less.

 

“This Letter Is yours?” by Frazaneh Ahmadi, “The Tenth Rabbit” by Zohreh Parirokh, “The Stories of Mushmushi” by Tehran-based French writer Claire Joubert and “The Stories of Sar-o-Tah” by Mohammadreza Shams are among the nominees from this category.

 

Other nominees for this section are “I Get Green” by Nasser Yusefi, “The Little Misino” by Nushin Shabani, “One Name, Few Stories” by a group of writers and “The Stories of Goat with Bell on Its Foot” by Ali-Asghar Seyyedabadi.

 

Six books are also nominated for children above six. These works are “This Weblog for Sale” by Farhad Hassanzadeh, “Monster Conserve” by Mehdi Rajabi, “The Children of Karun” by Ahmad Deqan, “The Stone of Greeting” by Mohammadreza Bairami, “The Hunter of the Deaf Shark” by Abbas Abdi and “Nobody Dare to Do That” by Hamidreza Shahabadi.

 

Nominees in the Translated Story Section are Austrian writer Christine Nöstlinger’s “Stories of Franz” translated into Persian by Katayun Soltani, American writer Jennifer L. Holm’s “Penny from Heaven” translated by Shahla Entezarian, and English author Michael Morpurgo’s “War Horse” translated by Parvin Alipur .

 

The festival will be held in Tehran from February 7 to 13. Winners will be announced during a ceremony on February 9.

 

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Tehran museum to host Urban Sculpture Biennial

January 27, 2015, 11:10 am

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TEHRAN – Tehran’s Qasr Garden Museum will be hosting the 4th Urban Sculpture Biennial, which will open on February 1.

 

A collection of 221 sculptures will go on display at the biennial, which has been organized by Tehran Municipality’s Beautification Organization.

 

A number of sculptors, artists and managers are expected to attend the opening ceremony, director of the organization Jamal Kamyab said in a press release on Tuesday.

 

Top works will be selected and awarded during a ceremony on February 8, Kamyab added.

 

The exhibit will run until March 11, he said, adding that a team of experts will select sculptures from among the displayed works to embellish the capital Tehran for the coming New Year, he explained.

 

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Painting

 

* Miniature paintings by a group of artists will be put on display in an exhibition at Persian Idea Gallery from January 30 to February 4.

 

The artists are Elnaz Sabbaqpur, Homeira Abdi, Mona Mallahi, Yasaman Yusefi, Azadeh Gaminian, Ozra Kiani, Elnaz Saharkhiz and Hossein Shams-Nosrati.

 

The gallery can be found at 28 Allhverdi Azar Alley, off Kolahduz St., and Shariati Ave.

 

* Paintings by Maryam Aminian will be showcased in an exhibition at Honar-e Iran Gallery from January 30 to February 5.

 

The gallery located at 19 Khark St. near the Vahdat Hall.

 

 

Calligraphic painting

 

* Panjareh Gallery will play host to an exhibition of calligraphic paintings by Payman Payrovi from January 30 to February 4.

 

The gallery is located 29 Babak Alley, East Babak St., off Farid Afshar St. and Zafar Ave.

 

 

Calligraphy

 

* An exhibition of calligraphy works by Javad Sadeqi will be held at Sareban Gallery from January 30 to February 9.

 

The gallery is located at 8 Mehmandust St., off Shahid Beheshti Ave.

 

 

Latticework

 

* Mess Negar Gallery will host an exhibition of latticework by Ludwig Barzegar Nazari from January 30 to February 3.

 

The gallery can be found at No. 5 in the Park Prince Building on Molla Sadra Highway.

 

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University of Tubingen, Iranian institute sign MOU

January 27, 2015, 11:18 am

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TEHRAN – A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between Germany’s University of Tubingen and Iran’s Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT).

 

The MOU was signed by University of Tubingen Vice-Chancellor Bernd Engler and RICHT Director Seyyed Mohammad Beheshti during a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday.

 

Based on the MOU, the university and the institute will collaborate in the fields of archaeological research projects and the preservation and restoration of historical sites.

 

The university and the institute will cooperate in the fields of linguistics, literature, anthropology, museology and epigraphy.

 

Joint conferences, meetings, workshops and exhibitions will be also organized based on the MOU.

 

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Iran, Portugal sign cultural agreement

January 27, 2015, 11:13 am

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TEHRAN – Iran and Portugal have signed a cultural agreement to boost and reinforce bilateral cultural relations.

 

The agreement has been signed by Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati and Portuguese Minister of State and Foreign Affairs Rui Machete in Tehran, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Tuesday.

 

Pointing to the 500-year-old relationship between Iran and Portugal, the Iranian culture minister said, “This relation is unique and needs to be reinforced, and this cultural agreement helps promote the ties.”

 

Jannati added that Iran is ready to develop ties in different fields, such as holding cultural exhibits and academic exchange. 

 

“In my recent trip to Portugal, I visited several cultural exhibits, including the National Library of Portugal, which is home to a collection of very old books, and we have this ability to exchange experience between the national libraries of the two countries,” he added.

 

The minister also invited Portuguese filmmakers to attend Iran’s Fajr Film Festival, which is held annually in February. 

 

 

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