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Actor Anushirvan Arjmand dies at 73
TEHRAN – Iranian actor Anushirvan Arjmand, mostly famous for his roles in religious and historical TV series, died at Tehran’s Parsian Hospital on Sunday. He was 73. Arjmand was admitted to Tehran’s...
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Kiarostami visits Tehran Peace Museum at invitation of war veteran
TEHRAN -- Celebrated filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has visited the Tehran Peace Museum at the invitation of Hassan Hassani-Sadi, a war veteran who is a curator of the museum, some Persian news agencies...
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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...
View ArticleNLAI director expresses concern over poor condition of rare Iranian...
TEHRAN – The director of the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI), Reza Salehi-Amiri, has expressed his concerns over the poor preservation conditions of a large number of rare Iranian...
View ArticleBook of Andrea Bellini’s interviews with gallery owners published in Tehran
TEHRAN – A Persian version of the book “Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Gallerists but Were Afraid to Ask”, Italian curator Andrea Bellini’s book that contains interviews with the owners of...
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“Little Prince” to appear on stage at Tehran theater TEHRAN – An Iranian troupe will perform a play based on French author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s renowned novella “The Little Prince” in Tehran....
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Actor Anushirvan Arjmand dies at 73
TEHRAN – Iranian actor Anushirvan Arjmand, mostly famous for his roles in religious and historical TV series, died at Tehran’s Parsian Hospital on Sunday. He was 73. Arjmand was admitted to Tehran’s...
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Kiarostami visits Tehran Peace Museum at invitation of war veteran
TEHRAN -- Celebrated filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has visited the Tehran Peace Museum at the invitation of Hassan Hassani-Sadi, a war veteran who is a curator of the museum, some Persian news agencies...
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Top Quran translators honored in Tehran
TEHRAN – Three prominent translators of the Holy Quran were honored during a ceremony at the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization in Tehran on Monday. Seyyed Aliqoli Qarai from Iran, Raúl...
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Using soft power best way to fight against Iranophobia: Culture minister
TEHRAN -- Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati says that the best way to fight against Iranophobia and Shiaphobia is the clever usage of Iran’s soft power. He made the comments in...
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Five Iranian films to compete in Indian festival TEHRAN – Five Iranian films will be screened at the 19th International Film Festival of Kerala in Trivandrum, India from December 12 to 20. “Track...
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Iran to downsize Farabi Cinema Foundation
TEHRAN -- The Cinema Organization of Iran (COI) plans to slim down the departments working at the Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF), whose main mission is to coordinate the screening of Iranian films at...
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Kiarostami visits Tehran Peace Museum at invitation of war veteran
TEHRAN -- Celebrated filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has visited the Tehran Peace Museum at the invitation of Hassan Hassani-Sadi, a war veteran who is a curator of the museum, some Persian news agencies...
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Art news in brief
Five Iranian films to compete in Indian festival TEHRAN – Five Iranian films will be screened at the 19th International Film Festival of Kerala in Trivandrum, India from December 12 to 20. “Track...
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Iran to downsize Farabi Cinema Foundation
TEHRAN -- The Cinema Organization of Iran (COI) plans to slim down the departments working at the Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF), whose main mission is to coordinate the screening of Iranian films at...
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Using soft power best way to fight against Iranophobia: Culture minister
TEHRAN -- Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati says that the best way to fight against Iranophobia and Shiaphobia is the clever usage of Iran’s soft power. He made the comments in...
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Top Quran translators honored in Tehran
TEHRAN – Three prominent translators of the Holy Quran were honored during a ceremony at the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization in Tehran on Monday. Seyyed Aliqoli Qarai from Iran, Raúl...
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“Golnar” to raise funds for child laborers TEHRAN – The cinematheque of the Qolhak Cinemat Complex will screen “Golnar” (1988) today to raise funds for child laborers. All the revenue raised by the...
View ArticleCOI selects acting director for Farabi Cinema Foundation
TEHRAN – Cinema Organization of Iran Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi has appointed Ramezan-Ali Heidari-Khalili as the acting director of the Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF) on Tuesday. Heidari-Khalili...
View ArticleBook on contemporary oral history of Iran unveiled in Tehran
TEHRAN – The first four volumes of “Oral History of Iran during the Reign of Pahlavi II” was unveiled at the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) in Tehran on Tuesday. The books are a part...
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