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Baroque ensemble performs debut concert at Rudaki Hall
TEHRAN – A recently-established ensemble named Baroque will give its debut performance at Tehran’s Rudaki Hall on Thursday. A repertoire of pieces by Dario Castello, Marco Uccellini and several...
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Honolulu museum to screen “A Cube of Sugar”
TEHRAN – The Honolulu Museum of Art will screen Iranian director Seyyed Reza Mirkarimi’s family drama “A Cube of Sugar” on September 6, 9 and 11. In “A Cube of Sugar”, members of a large family come...
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Qazvin intl. calligraphy biennial receives over 800 submissions
TEHRAN – Over 800 works have been submitted to the 3rd International Biennial of Calligraphy, which will be held in Qazvin from August 28 to September 2. A total of 400 works in nastaliq,...
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Iranian pop singer Behnam Safavi to give concert in Toronto
TEHRAN – The Iranian pop singer Behnam Safavi will give a concert in Toronto on September 26. He is scheduled to perform songs from his latest album “Extraordinary” during the concert. SB/YAW END
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Tajik scholar Shakuri commemorated in Tehran
TEHRAN – Tajik Persian language scholar Mohammad-Jan Shakuri Bokharaii (1925-2012) was commemorated during a ceremony in Tehran on Monday. A large number of scholars and literati attended the...
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Tehran exhibit highlights Persian carpets
TEHRAN – An exhibition of unique hand-woven carpets by Iranian carpet designer and weaver Razi Miri opened at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on Monday. The Japanese ambassador to Tehran, Koji...
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Art news in brief
IAF holding Krzysztof Kieslowski retrospective TEHRAN – A retrospective of Polish director and screenwriter Krzysztof Kieslowski will open at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) today. Entitled “Cinema...
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Graphic design * The Etemad Gallery 2 is hosting an exhibition of graphic designs by Ali Zaeim. The exhibition runs until September 9 at the gallery located at 4 Bukan St., off Sadeqi Qomi Ave.,...
View ArticleIranian expert restoring rare paintings at Majlis museum
TEHRAN – Iranian expert Hossein Najjarzadegan has begun the restoration of a large collection of rare paintings preserved in Iran’s Majlis Library, Museum and Documentation Center. “The tableaus are...
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Rakhshan Bani-Etemad criticizes West’s sanctions on Iran at Venice filmfest
TEHRAN -- Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Rakhshan Bani-Etemad criticized the U.S. and EU sanctions against Iran during a press conference for her latest film “Tales” at the 71st International Venice Film...
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“Sarajevo” wins awards at Jasmine Intl. Video Film Festival
TEHRAN – Austrian filmmaker Andreas Prochaska’s “Sarajevo”, a TV movie about the assassination of archduke of Austria Franz Ferdinand that led to the outbreak of World War I, has won three awards in...
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Iranian voice actors of Akkad’s “Message” honored
TEHRAN – A large number of Iranian voice actors who had lent their voices to the major characters of “The Message”, Moustapha Akkad’s epic about the birth of Islam, were honored during a ceremony at...
View ArticleTableaux based on Akbar Radi’s plays to go on stage at City Theater Complex
TEHRAN – Stage director Mikaeil Shahrestani plans to stage seven tableaux based on seven works by acclaimed Iranian playwright Akbar Radi at the Chaharsu Hall of Tehran’s City Theater Complex from...
View ArticleIran to establish college for Iranian Islamic arts
TEHRAN – Iran plans to establish a college for Iranian Islamic arts, the director of the Art and Architecture Committee of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution said on Saturday. The Supreme...
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Iran to be guest of honor at Moscow Intl. Book Fair in 2016
TEHRAN – Iran will be the guest of honor at the Moscow International Book Fair in 2016, the director of Iran’s Cultural Fairs Institute, Amir-Masud Shahramnia, announced in a press conference in...
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Iranian cinema is recovering: official
TEHRAN -- The director of the Cinema Organization of Iran has said that Iranian cinema is recovering from the setback it experienced under the former cultural administration. “The vibrancy in the...
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Iranian voice actors of Akkad’s “Message” honored
TEHRAN – A large number of Iranian voice actors who had lent their voices to the major characters of “The Message”, Moustapha Akkad’s epic about the birth of Islam, were honored during a ceremony at...
View ArticleTableaux based on Akbar Radi’s plays to go on stage at City Theater Complex
TEHRAN – Stage director Mikaeil Shahrestani plans to stage seven tableaux based on seven works by acclaimed Iranian playwright Akbar Radi at the Chaharsu Hall of Tehran’s City Theater Complex from...
View ArticleIran to establish college for Iranian Islamic arts
TEHRAN – Iran plans to establish a college for Iranian Islamic arts, the director of the Art and Architecture Committee of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution said on Saturday. The Supreme...
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Iran to be guest of honor at Moscow Intl. Book Fair in 2016
TEHRAN – Iran will be the guest of honor at the Moscow International Book Fair in 2016, the director of Iran’s Cultural Fairs Institute, Amir-Masud Shahramnia, announced in a press conference in...
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