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Culture minister outraged over “the obstinate” denial of music
TEHRAN -- Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati has strongly criticized certain groups for their opposition to holding concerts and musical events, and called them “the...
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Ahvaz named Iran’s Book Capital
TEHRAN – The southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz has been designated Iran’s Book Capital from among ten nominations competing for the position. The city was selected by a jury of seven experts...
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“Adolf Hitler” surfaces at Iranian bookstores TEHRAN – A Persian translation of Brenda Haugen’s “Adolf Hitler, Dictator of Nazi Germany” has recently been published by the Qoqnus Company in Iran....
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Calligrapher Keikhosrow Khorush returns with painting exhibition
TEHRAN – Veteran Iranian artist Keikhosrow Khorush, who is mostly known for calligraphy works on Persian classical literature, has returned after a 30-year hiatus with a painting exhibition. A...
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German cellist Anja Lechner to perform in Tehran
TEHRAN -- German cellist Anja Lechner is scheduled to give performances at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center on April 17 and 18. She will perform pieces by Bach, Ukrainian composer Valentyn...
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Hossein Alizadeh to tour Europe
TEHRAN – Iranian tar virtuoso Hossein Alizadeh is scheduled to tour Europe to perform a series of concerts entitled “The Art of Improvisation”. Kamancheh player Saba, who is Alizadeh’s son, and...
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Iranian girl honored at Japanese drawing competition
TEHRAN -- Ten-year-old Iranian girl Fatemeh Mahallati has won one of 45 first prizes in the international section of the 14th International Environmental Children’s Drawing Contest in Japan. Her...
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“Rainbow Island” goes on screen in Poznan TEHRAN – Iranian director Khosro Sinaei’s latest film, “The Rainbow Island”, is scheduled to be screened at the Imperial Palace Cultural Center in Poznan,...
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Aidin Aghdashlu to write memoirs in Toronto
TEHRAN – Veteran artist Aidin Aghdashlu plans to write and publish his memoirs in Toronto, Canada. Aghdashlu will be leaving Iran to see his son, who is living in Toronto for Noruz, the Iranian New...
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Russian animator Aleksandr Petrov to hold workshops at Tehran festival
TEHRAN – Russian animator Aleksandr Petrov, who won the Academy Award for Animated Short Film in 1999 for his “The Old Man and the Sea”, has been invited to hold workshops at the 9th Tehran...
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German artists to visit Shiraz
TEHRAN -- A group of young musicians, architecture students, painters and sculptors from the German city of Weimar is scheduled to travel to Iran during April to visit Shiraz, which is home to the...
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“Melbourne” to compete in Luxembourg filmfest TEHRAN – Iranian director Nima Javidi’s acclaimed drama “Melbourne” is scheduled to be screened at the 5th Luxembourg City Film Festival, which will be...
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Iran’s publications soar: official
TEHRAN - Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance for Cultural Affairs Seyyed Abbas Salehi said on Monday that there has been an increase in the number of book titles published in the country...
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Mime artist Bahram Reihani dies at 34
TEHRAN – Mime artist Bahram Reihani died of liver cancer at Tehran’s Firuzgar Hospital on Tuesday morning. He was 34. Reihani learned of his illness last year just before Noruz, the Iranian New Year...
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“Rainbow” of Otto Piene appears in Tehran
TEHRAN – A collection from the “Rainbow” series by German artist Otto Piene (1928–2014), one of the leading figures in technology-based art, pours light into the capital Tehran, offering joy and a...
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“Hussein, Who Said No” screened in Tehran
TEHRAN – “Hussein, Who Said No”, Iranian director Ahmadreza Darvish’s controversial drama on the uprising of Imam Hussein (AS) in 680 CE, was finally screened in Tehran on Tuesday with some minor...
View ArticleExperts discuss Persian literature at Erzurum conference
TEHRAN – Eastern Turkish city of Erzurum hosted a conference on contemporary Persian literature, highlighting the role of Iranian literary figures who emerged after the Constitutional Revolution in...
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Artist accuses Oscars of plagiarizing set design
TEHRAN -- Iranian filmmaker and architect Ataollah Omidvar has accused the 87th Academy Awards of plagiarizing Abbas Kiarostami’s idea for “Forest without Leaves” in the part of the set design for the...
View ArticleIranian research center retranslates 70 Urartian inscriptions
TEHRAN -- Seventy Urartian inscriptions have recently been retranslated in a study project at Iran’s Research Institute for Cultural Heritage and Tourism, an expert at the institute, Maryam Dara,...
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Piclavier to perform in Tehran Tehran -- The newly established pop-rock band Piclavier will give a concert at Tehran’s Azadi Tower on Friday evening. Mehran Mokhtarpur is the singer of the band,...
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