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Tehran gallery to display artworks by Abbas Kiarostami and his students

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TEHRAN – A selection of the artworks filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and his students created in a workshop last year will go on display in an exhibition, which will open at the Mah-e Mehr Gallery on Friday.
 
Entitled “The Wind Will Blow Wherever It Likes”, the selection contains video arts Kiarostami and 40 students created in the workshop last year on the central theme of wind.
 
Art expert Alireza Sami-Azar, who was the former curator of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, also accompanied the group last year.
 
Amir Azar, Katayun Afruz, Hamid Javadi, Hossein Rasti, Nushin Zarnani, Amin Shahmoradi, Sara Sheikhi, Elham Yazdanian, Hamid Elahi and Hossein Yunesi are among the students whose works will be showcased in the exhibit.
 
The exhibit will be running until January 17 at the gallery located at No. 7, Nilufar St., off Africa Ave.
 
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Jamshid Moradian to turn dried trees at Tehran university into sculptures

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TEHRAN -- Jamshid Moradian, an Iranian master of wooden sculpture, has been assigned to make sculptures out of three dried trees situated in the courtyard of Tehran’s Amirkabir University.
 
The project was commissioned by university officials, and Moradian has begun the primary preparations, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Tuesday.
 
“And now one of the trees has been covered by a large plastic, and insecticides and fungicides have been applied to make the wood free from ailments and prepared for a sculpture,” Moradian said.
 
Moradian has plans to create an abstract form out of the three-meter high dried tree.
 
The idea to turn the dried trees into sculptures was first proposed by Moradian to the Tehran Municipality.
 
In summer 2012, three young sculptors and students of Moradian made sculptures out of three dried pine trees situated in the courtyard of Tehran’s Enqelab Sports Club.
 
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“Timeloss” to go on stage at French festival

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TEHRAN -- The Iranian play “Timeloss” will go on stage at the Festival Les Vagamondes in the eastern French city of Mulhouse on January 15 and 16.
 
The play, which will be directed by Amir-Reza Kuhestani, is currently on stage at the Shams Hall in Tehran.
 
Written by Kuhestani, Hassan Majuni and Mahin Sadri will star in the play.
 
“Timeloss”, which is a fiery story about the passage of time, will be performed in Persian with subtitles.
 
The play is another version of “Dance on Glass”, which Kuhestani had staged in 2001. In “Timeloss”, he revises his viewpoints after twelve years.
 
The festival focuses on performing arts in Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and some other countries from the Middle East and North Africa.
 
The festival will be held at the La Filature Hall from January 14 to 21.
 
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Tehran center to showcase works by painter Isabelle Salari

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TEHRAN – Works by the Italy-based Iranian painter Isabelle Salari will be put on display in an exhibition, which will open at Tehran’s Melal Cultural Center today.
 
The 15-year-old Salari is a genius in art as the critics and experts exclaim, pointing to her collection of abstract paintings. She has held several exhibits across Italy over the past years.
 
The exhibit has been organized by the Tahrir-e Khial Institute, an organization which arranges exhibits for Iranian artists residing abroad or foreign artists residing in Iran, Managing Director of the institute Mahnaz Shafiei told the Persian service of ILNA on Wednesday.
 
Salari took part in the First International Festival of the Visual Arts for Children and Young Adults in Isfahan in July 2011. 
 
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IAA to pay tribute to art scholar Habibollah Ayatollahi

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TEHRAN – Veteran author, painter and art scholar Habibollah Ayatollahi will be honored during a ceremony at the Iranian Academy of Arts (IAA) on December 29.
 
In addition, an exhibition of artworks by Ayatollahi who is also a member of the academy will open on the sidelines of the event, IAA reported in a press release on Wednesday.
 
Artists Jalal Shabahangi, Habib Sadeqi, Mohammad-Ebrahim Jafari and Mohammad-Hossein Helmi, and researcher Mohammad-Ali Ranjbar are expected to deliver speeches at the ceremony. 
 
Born in Shiraz in 1934, Ayatollahi is a graduate of painting from the University of Tehran.
 
He traveled to Paris to continue his studies. He received his Ph.D. in the history of art from the Sorbonne University.
 
He then returned home and has taught at different universities, written many books and has established the Art College of Tehran’s Shahed University.
 
“Tangible Dimensions of Artworks”, “History of Iran’s Visual Arts since the Beginning until Now” and “Different Methods of Artistic Critic” are among Ayatollahi’s noteworthy credits.
 
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Fajr festival to honor actor Mehdi Hashemi with lifetime achievement award

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TEHRAN – The 32nd edition of the Fajr International Film Festival will honor the celebrated Iranian actor Mehdi Hashemi with a Golden Simorgh for his lifetime achievements, the organizers announced on Tuesday.
 
Hashemi graduated in the performing arts from the University of Tehran in 1973. He began his theater/cinema career with director/actor Dariush Farhang in 1969.
 
He shot to fame in 1984 when he and his actress wife Golab Adineh appeared in “The Sultan and the Shepherd”, a TV series directed by Farhang.
 
He starred in several movies including “Mr. Yusef” by Ali Rafiei, “Alzheimer” by Ahmadreza Motamedi and “Nothing” by Abdorreza Kahani. 
 
He also played memorable roles in “Gharib’s Story”, a popular TV series directed by Kianush Ayyari in 2007.
 
The 32nd edition of Fajr International Film Festival will be held in Tehran in February.
 
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Iran seeking international premiere of “He Who Said No”

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TEHRAN -- The Iranian minister of culture and Islamic guidance has said he will make the effort to help the producers of “He Who Said No”, an Iranian blockbuster on the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS), to premiere in the world.
 
Speaking at a private screening of the film on Monday night, Ali Jannati said that the film will be shown in countries in the Americas, Europe, and East Asia, as well as in a number of Muslim countries.
 
A number of high-ranking officials including the foreign minister and vice president attended the screening.
 
Jannati said that the story of the film has been approved by many ulema and Muslim leaders.
 
“I hope the people of the world become familiar with the history of Ashura and the oppression of Imam Hussein (AS) by watching this film,” he added.
 
Iranian filmmaker Ahmadreza Darvish spent nine years completing the film. A large crew of Iranian and foreign cineaste have collaborated in the production of the movie.
 
“He Who Said No” tells the story of the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS) in 680 CE against Muawiyah, the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs. The Imam was martyred by Muawiyah’s son and successor, Yazid, after raising the standard of revolt against the Umayyads on Ashura, the tenth of the lunar month Muharram.
 
Producer Taqi Aliqolizadeh announced in November 2012 that the film would be dubbed into English and Arabic.
 
“Ruz-e Rastakhiz” (“The Day of Resurrection”) and “Yawm-ul-Hurriyah” (“The Day of Freedom”) are the Persian and Arabic titles of the film, respectively.
 
The film is scheduled to premiere at the 32nd Fajr International Film Festival, which will be held in Tehran in February.
 
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Children’s book translated into Persian

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TEHRAN – A Persian translation of South African children’s writer Niki Daly’s “Pa’s Poopy Chair” has recently been published in Persian in Iran.
 
The Peydayesh company has published the book, which was translated by Atusa Salehi.

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Masud Kimiaii to raise funds for actor Majid Bahrami’s cancer treatment

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TEHRAN – The veteran Iranian filmmaker Masud Kimiaii plans to stage a reading performance to raise funds to cover part of the cost of treatment for actor Majid Bahrami, who is suffering from a type of blood cancer.
 
He will direct Iranian dramatist Jalal Tehrani’s “Two Clowns and a Half” at the main hall of Tehran’s City Theater Complex on December 28.
 
Bahrami was diagnosed with cancer in 2011. He was dispatched to Germany to receive further treatment for six months and he returned to Tehran last year in good health. However, the disease has recently returned.
 
He is currently in Germany to receive treatment.
 
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Iran, Russian institute sign agreement

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TEHRAN – The Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Moscow signed an agreement with the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.
 
The rector of the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute
Boris Tarasov and the Iranian cultural attaché Seyyed Hossein Tabatabaei signed the agreement, Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization announced in a press release on Tuesday.
 
According to agreement, both sides should organize joint cultural and academic programs in the near future.
 
Holding mutual tours for writers and publishing articles by Iranian and Russian scholars have also been discussed in the agreement.
 
The Maxim Gorky Literature Institute is an institution of higher education in Moscow. Founded in 1933 on the initiative of Maxim Gorky, it received its current name at the time of Gorky’s death in 1936.
 
The institute’s curriculum includes courses in the humanities and social sciences, and seminars on a variety of literary genres, including prose, poetry, drama, children’s literature, literary criticism, writing for the popular press and literary translation. 
 
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Tehran gallery to display artworks by Abbas Kiarostami and his students

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TEHRAN – A selection of the artworks filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami and his students created in a workshop last year will go on display in an exhibition, which will open at the Mah-e Mehr Gallery on Friday.
 
Entitled “The Wind Will Blow Wherever It Likes”, the selection contains video arts Kiarostami and 40 students created in the workshop last year on the central theme of wind.
 
Art expert Alireza Sami-Azar, who was the former curator of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, also accompanied the group last year.
 
Amir Azar, Katayun Afruz, Hamid Javadi, Hossein Rasti, Nushin Zarnani, Amin Shahmoradi, Sara Sheikhi, Elham Yazdanian, Hamid Elahi and Hossein Yunesi are among the students whose works will be showcased in the exhibit.
 
The exhibit will be running until January 17 at the gallery located at No. 7, Nilufar St., off Africa Ave.
 
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Jamshid Moradian to turn dried trees at Tehran university into sculptures

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TEHRAN -- Jamshid Moradian, an Iranian master of wooden sculpture, has been assigned to make sculptures out of three dried trees situated in the courtyard of Tehran’s Amirkabir University.
 
The project was commissioned by university officials, and Moradian has begun the primary preparations, the Persian service of ISNA reported on Tuesday.
 
“And now one of the trees has been covered by a large plastic, and insecticides and fungicides have been applied to make the wood free from ailments and prepared for a sculpture,” Moradian said.
 
Moradian has plans to create an abstract form out of the three-meter high dried tree.
 
The idea to turn the dried trees into sculptures was first proposed by Moradian to the Tehran Municipality.
 
In summer 2012, three young sculptors and students of Moradian made sculptures out of three dried pine trees situated in the courtyard of Tehran’s Enqelab Sports Club.
 
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“Timeloss” to go on stage at French festival

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TEHRAN -- The Iranian play “Timeloss” will go on stage at the Festival Les Vagamondes in the eastern French city of Mulhouse on January 15 and 16.
 
The play, which will be directed by Amir-Reza Kuhestani, is currently on stage at the Shams Hall in Tehran.
 
Written by Kuhestani, Hassan Majuni and Mahin Sadri will star in the play.
 
“Timeloss”, which is a fiery story about the passage of time, will be performed in Persian with subtitles.
 
The play is another version of “Dance on Glass”, which Kuhestani had staged in 2001. In “Timeloss”, he revises his viewpoints after twelve years.
 
The festival focuses on performing arts in Iran, Lebanon, Palestine, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and some other countries from the Middle East and North Africa.
 
The festival will be held at the La Filature Hall from January 14 to 21.
 
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Tehran center to showcase works by painter Isabelle Salari

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TEHRAN – Works by the Italy-based Iranian painter Isabelle Salari will be put on display in an exhibition, which will open at Tehran’s Melal Cultural Center today.
 
The 15-year-old Salari is a genius in art as the critics and experts exclaim, pointing to her collection of abstract paintings. She has held several exhibits across Italy over the past years.
 
The exhibit has been organized by the Tahrir-e Khial Institute, an organization which arranges exhibits for Iranian artists residing abroad or foreign artists residing in Iran, Managing Director of the institute Mahnaz Shafiei told the Persian service of ILNA on Wednesday.
 
Salari took part in the First International Festival of the Visual Arts for Children and Young Adults in Isfahan in July 2011. 
 
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IAA to pay tribute to art scholar Habibollah Ayatollahi

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TEHRAN – Veteran author, painter and art scholar Habibollah Ayatollahi will be honored during a ceremony at the Iranian Academy of Arts (IAA) on December 29.
 
In addition, an exhibition of artworks by Ayatollahi who is also a member of the academy will open on the sidelines of the event, IAA reported in a press release on Wednesday.
 
Artists Jalal Shabahangi, Habib Sadeqi, Mohammad-Ebrahim Jafari and Mohammad-Hossein Helmi, and researcher Mohammad-Ali Ranjbar are expected to deliver speeches at the ceremony. 
 
Born in Shiraz in 1934, Ayatollahi is a graduate of painting from the University of Tehran.
 
He traveled to Paris to continue his studies. He received his Ph.D. in the history of art from the Sorbonne University.
 
He then returned home and has taught at different universities, written many books and has established the Art College of Tehran’s Shahed University.
 
“Tangible Dimensions of Artworks”, “History of Iran’s Visual Arts since the Beginning until Now” and “Different Methods of Artistic Critic” are among Ayatollahi’s noteworthy credits.
 
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Fajr festival to honor actor Mehdi Hashemi with lifetime achievement award

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TEHRAN – The 32nd edition of the Fajr International Film Festival will honor the celebrated Iranian actor Mehdi Hashemi with a Golden Simorgh for his lifetime achievements, the organizers announced on Tuesday.
 
Hashemi graduated in the performing arts from the University of Tehran in 1973. He began his theater/cinema career with director/actor Dariush Farhang in 1969.
 
He shot to fame in 1984 when he and his actress wife Golab Adineh appeared in “The Sultan and the Shepherd”, a TV series directed by Farhang.
 
He starred in several movies including “Mr. Yusef” by Ali Rafiei, “Alzheimer” by Ahmadreza Motamedi and “Nothing” by Abdorreza Kahani. 
 
He also played memorable roles in “Gharib’s Story”, a popular TV series directed by Kianush Ayyari in 2007.
 
The 32nd edition of Fajr International Film Festival will be held in Tehran in February.
 
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Iran seeking international premiere of “He Who Said No”

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TEHRAN -- The Iranian minister of culture and Islamic guidance has said he will make the effort to help the producers of “He Who Said No”, an Iranian blockbuster on the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS), to premiere in the world.
 
Speaking at a private screening of the film on Monday night, Ali Jannati said that the film will be shown in countries in the Americas, Europe, and East Asia, as well as in a number of Muslim countries.
 
A number of high-ranking officials including the foreign minister and vice president attended the screening.
 
Jannati said that the story of the film has been approved by many ulema and Muslim leaders.
 
“I hope the people of the world become familiar with the history of Ashura and the oppression of Imam Hussein (AS) by watching this film,” he added.
 
Iranian filmmaker Ahmadreza Darvish spent nine years completing the film. A large crew of Iranian and foreign cineaste have collaborated in the production of the movie.
 
“He Who Said No” tells the story of the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS) in 680 CE against Muawiyah, the founder of the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs. The Imam was martyred by Muawiyah’s son and successor, Yazid, after raising the standard of revolt against the Umayyads on Ashura, the tenth of the lunar month Muharram.
 
Producer Taqi Aliqolizadeh announced in November 2012 that the film would be dubbed into English and Arabic.
 
“Ruz-e Rastakhiz” (“The Day of Resurrection”) and “Yawm-ul-Hurriyah” (“The Day of Freedom”) are the Persian and Arabic titles of the film, respectively.
 
The film is scheduled to premiere at the 32nd Fajr International Film Festival, which will be held in Tehran in February.
 
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“A Spanish Play” premieres in Tehran

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TEHRAN – “A Spanish Play” written by French dramatist Yasmina Reza premiered at Tehran’s Mashayekhi Hall on Thursday.
 
Anahita Mohebali, Yalda Abbasi, Roja Jafari, Ehsan Bayatfar and Burjin Abdorrazaqi star in the play that is directed by Abdorrazaqi.
 
The play will be on stage until January 25 at the theater located on Ghobadian St. near Mirdamad Ave.

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Iranian movie to compete in Indian festival

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TEHRAN -- The Iranian movie “Glimmer” by Omid Abdollahi will go on screen at the 12th Third Eye Asian Film Festival in Mumabi, India.
 
Directed by Omid Abdollahi, “Glimmer” tells the story of an old optician who is going to close his optometry shop due to his weak eyesight. But there is still a client who has not come to pick up her spectacles yet.
 
The 12th Third Eye Asian Film Festival will be held from January 3 to 9, 2014.

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“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” translated into Persian again

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TEHRAN -- Mohammadreza Parsayar has recently completed the translation of another Persian version of Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”.
 
The novel is scheduled to be published by the Negah-e Moaser Company.
 
There are twelve other Persian versions the French Gothic novel, which was originally published in 1831.
 
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