Serbian university to offer Persian language course
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TEHRAN – Persian language and literature will be offered as an elective course at Megatrend University in Belgrade, Serbia.
The decision to offer the course was made according to an agreement, which has recently been signed between Iran’s cultural attaché in Belgrade Mahmud Shaluii and the vice-rector for internationalization at Megatrend University, Ana Jovancai.
The course, which is scheduled to begin in December, will be organized by Iran’s cultural attaché’s office.
Contrabassist Alireza Khorshidfar dies at 67
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TEHRAN – Veteran contrabassist virtuoso Alireza Khorshidfar died of heart attack on Wednesday. He was 67.
He was the principal of the contrabass group at Iran’s National Orchestra since 1998 and was in this position at the Tehran Symphony Orchestra from 1969 to 2004.
He also played the tin whistle in Majid Entezami’s popular soundtrack for Ebrahim Hatamikia’s movie “From Karkheh to Rhein” and Piruz Arjomand’s soundtrack for “A Journey to Chazabeh” directed by Rasul Mollaqolipur.
Warsaw hosting Iranian film festival
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TEHRAN – The 4th edition of Iranian film festival is currently underway in Warsaw.
Organized by Iran’s Visual Media Institute and the Embassy of Iran in Poland, the festival runs until November 29.
The films are “A Separation” by Asghar Farhadi, “Here without Me” by Bahram Tavakkoli, “I Am His Wife” by Mostafa Shayesteh, “Mr. Yusef” by Ali Rafiei, “The Sinners” by Faramarz Qaribian and “So Close, So Far” by Seyyed Reza Mirkarimi.
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