Deputy culture minister visits Tehran Times co-founder Irfan Parviz
TEHRAN – Deputy Culture Minister for Press Affairs Hossein Entezami visited Tehran Times co-founder Irfan Parviz at his home in Tehran on Sunday. Irfan Parviz, 84, is suffering from various...
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“Da” translated into Spanish TEHRAN – The Iranian bestselling war novel “Da” has been translated into Spanish. Najmeh Shobeiri, who is the director the Spanish Language Department of the...
View ArticleRichter 83 posters on display in Tehran
TEHRAN – A group exhibition of posters by world famous designers Richter 83 opened at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Saturday. The exhibit has been organized by Tehran’s Ideh School in...
View ArticlePatrick Modiano’s books soar to Tehran bestsellers list
TEHRAN -- Persian versions of French writer Patrick Modiano’s books have joined the top five bestsellers of Tehran’s major bookstores since October 9 after he won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature....
View ArticleVeteran journalist Yunes Shokrkhah honored
TEHRAN – The veteran journalist and expert on communication sciences, Yunes Shokrkhah, was honored during the opening ceremony of the 11th International Conference on Public Relations at Tehran’s...
View ArticleDeputy culture minister visits Tehran Times co-founder Irfan Parviz
TEHRAN – Deputy Culture Minister for Press Affairs Hossein Entezami visited Tehran Times co-founder Irfan Parviz at his home in Tehran on Sunday. Irfan Parviz, 84, is suffering from various...
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“Da” translated into Spanish TEHRAN – The Iranian bestselling war novel “Da” has been translated into Spanish. Najmeh Shobeiri, who is the director the Spanish Language Department of the...
View ArticleRichter 83 posters on display in Tehran
TEHRAN – A group exhibition of posters by world famous designers Richter 83 opened at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Saturday. The exhibit has been organized by Tehran’s Ideh School in...
View ArticlePatrick Modiano’s books soar to Tehran bestsellers list
TEHRAN -- Persian versions of French writer Patrick Modiano’s books have joined the top five bestsellers of Tehran’s major bookstores since October 9 after he won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature....
View ArticleIran receives seven nominations at ALMA 2015
TEHRAN -- Iran has received seven nominations for the 2015 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), the world’s largest prize for children’s and young adults’ literature. Authors Ahmadreza Ahmadi and...
View ArticleTehran literary meeting achieves reconciliation between Indian and Pakistani...
TEHRAN – A meeting on Urdu language and literature, which was organized by the Persian literary monthly Bokhara in Tehran on Sunday evening, brought reconciliation, on the surface at least, between...
View ArticleIranian films win top prizes at Baghdad festival
TEHRAN – The Iranian film “The Fourth Child” and the documentary “Iranian Ninja” won top prizes at the 6th Baghdad International Film Festival on Sunday. “The Fourth Child” directed by Vahid Musaian...
View Article“13” receives NETPAC Prize at Warsaw filmfest
TEHRAN – The Iranian family drama “13” won the NETPAC Award at the 30th Warsaw Film Festival, which was held from October 10 to 19. The film was honored for “its daring approach in representing the...
View Article“Digital Native”, “Discipline” share Grand Prix at Tehran short filmfest
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Mahbubeh Mohammad-Zaki’s “Digital Native” and Swiss filmmaker Christopher M. Saber’s “Discipline” have shared the Grand Prix at the 31st Tehran International Short Film...
View ArticleCulture Minister Ali Jannati visits Kuwait
TEHRAN -- Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati heading a cultural delegation arrived in Kuwait yesterday to visit a number of Kuwaiti officials. Jannati is scheduled to visit...
View ArticleIranian artist awarded at World Press Cartoon
TEHRAN – Iranian cartoonist Yaser Khanbaraii won third prize at the World Press Cartoon, which was held in Sintra, Portugal mid October. He won the prize in the caricature section for his work...
View ArticleParvin Etesami Film Festival kicks off
TEHRAN – The 8th edition of the Parvin Etesami Film Festival, which highlights films on the theme of women, opened at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran on Monday. Two actresses, Negar Javaherian...
View ArticleIranian group to perform “Justice Oratorio” based on Nahj-ul-Balagha
TEHRAN -- An Iranian group plans to stage a solo performance entitled “Justice Oratorio” based on the Nahj-ul-Balagha of Imam Ali (AS) in Tehran. Oratorio is an extended musical composition with a...
View ArticlePakistani Qawwali singers captivate audience in Tehran
TEHRAN – The Badr Ali Khan & Brothers Qawwali group from Pakistan captivated the audience during a concert at Tehran’s Milad Tower on Monday night. The musical extravaganza was organized jointly...
View ArticleIran’s “ParVaNeh” receives nomination at Paris Game Connection awards
TEHRAN – Iranian computer game “ParVaNeh: Legacy of the Light’s Guardians” received a nomination for the Development Awards at the Game Connection, which will be held from October 29 to 31 in Paris,...
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