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“Fish and I” grabs award at American festival TEHRAN – Iranian film “The Fish and I” by Babak Habibifar won the audience award of the 8th Short Short Story Film Festival in Providence, Rhode Island,...
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TEHRAN -- Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance spokesman Hossein Nushabadi has said that the 10th Islamic Conference of Information Ministers (ICIM) in Tehran achieved positive results. The...
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Tehran galleries to host festival of video, sound, and performances
TEHRAN – Several galleries in Tehran will be hosting a non-competitive festival of video, sound, and performances by Iranian and foreign artists. The fifth edition of the festival entitled “Limited...
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Tehran galleries to host festival of video, sound, and performances
TEHRAN – Several galleries in Tehran will be hosting a non-competitive festival of video, sound, and performances by Iranian and foreign artists. The fifth edition of the festival entitled “Limited...
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National library plans to publish rare copy of Holy Quran
TEHRAN – The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) plans to publish a rare copy the Holy Quran, which was calligraphed and illustrated during the nineteenth century. A publisher from the...
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Vocalist Hengameh Akhavan to give concert in Tehran TEHRAN – Iranian vocalist Hengameh Akhavan will give a concert at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on December 26. Only women will be allowed to attend the...
View ArticleIranian artist to display intaglio prints in Dubai
TEHRAN – The established Iranian artist Parvaneh Etemadi will offer her latest collection, a suite of 10 original intaglio prints, in a solo exhibit in Dubai’s Jamm Gallery on December 15. Entitled...
View ArticleLeader’s commendation for “Thirsty Windows” unveiled
TEHRAN -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s commendation for “Thirsty Windows”, a book written by Mehdi Qezeli, was unveiled during a ceremony on Tuesday. “It...
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Culture minister meets representative of UNESCO office in Tehran
TEHRAN –Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati met with Director and Representative of UNESCO’s cluster office in Tehran Esther Kuisch Laroche in his office on Tuesday....
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Iranian university to host Intl. Conference on Quran Translation
TEHRAN – Iran’s Allameh Tabatabai University will host the first International Conference on Quran Translation on December 16 and 17. Translators from China, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey,...
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Vocalist Hengameh Akhavan to give concert in Tehran TEHRAN – Iranian vocalist Hengameh Akhavan will give a concert at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on December 26. Only women will be allowed to attend the...
View ArticleIranian artist to display intaglio prints in Dubai
TEHRAN – The established Iranian artist Parvaneh Etemadi will offer her latest collection, a suite of 10 original intaglio prints, in a solo exhibit in Dubai’s Jamm Gallery on December 15. Entitled...
View ArticleLeader’s commendation for “Thirsty Windows” unveiled
TEHRAN -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s commendation for “Thirsty Windows”, a book written by Mehdi Qezeli, was unveiled during a ceremony on Tuesday. “It...
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Culture minister meets representative of UNESCO office in Tehran
TEHRAN –Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati met with Director and Representative of UNESCO’s cluster office in Tehran Esther Kuisch Laroche in his office on Tuesday....
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Iranian university to host Intl. Conference on Quran Translation
TEHRAN – Iran’s Allameh Tabatabai University will host the first International Conference on Quran Translation on December 16 and 17. Translators from China, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey,...
View ArticleWhat’s in art galleries
Photo * A collection of photos of the Arbaeen mourning rituals are on display at an exhibition, which is underway at the pedestrian underpass located at the Vali-e Asr and Enqelab intersection....
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Painter Parviz Kalantari hospitalized following stroke TEHRAN – Painter and children’s book illustrator Parviz Kalantari, known for his works on Iranian desert villages, was admitted to Tehran’s...
View ArticleICRO to hold Arbaeen world photo contest
TEHRAN – Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organizations (ICRO) plans to organize an international photo contest with the central theme of Arbaeen. Arbaeen marks the end of a 40-day mourning...
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Tehran gallery hangs works by U.S. painters
TEHRAN -- An exhibition displaying works by three U.S. abstract painters are currently underway at Tehran’s Ovissi Gallery. Thirteen works by Sheila Rice, Fernando DeOliviera and Brian Xavier will...
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“Tales” director wins APSA jury grand prize
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Rakhshan Bani-Etemad has won one of the two jury grand prizes at the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Award for her acclaimed social drama “Tales”. Another jury grand prize was...
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