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Indian festival screens three Iranian films
TEHRAN – Three Iranian films were screened at the 10th Chennai International Film Festival in India. “No Entry for Men” by Rambod Javan, “Here without Me” by Bahram Tavakkoli, and “Mr. Yusef” by Ali...
View ArticleTintin to appear on stage in Tehran
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Arvand Dashtarai plans to stage an adaptation of Georges Remi’s “The Adventures of Tintin” in Tehran in February. The play entitled “Tintin and the Secret of Moundas...
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“Alzheimer’s” wins award at Asia-Pacific Film Festival
TEHRAN -- The Iranian drama “Alzheimer’s” by director/writer Ahmadreza Motamedi won the award for best screenplay at the 55th Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Macau. The award presentation ceremony was...
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Iran delegate appointed chairman of UNECSO ASPAC group
TEHRAN -- Ambassador and permanent delegate of the Islamic Republic of Iran to UNESCO Mohammadreza Majidi was appointed the chairperson of Group ASPAC - Asia and the Pacific for 2013. Majidi was...
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Book on Ashura uprising published in English
TEHRAN -- Iran’s Al-Huda Publications has recently released a book, which explores the uprising of Ashura, the tenth day of Muharram upon which Imam Hussein (AS) and 72 of his companions were martyred,...
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Statues of 17 Islamic figures unveiled at Tehran center
TEHRAN -- Statues of 17 Islamic figures were unveiled at Tehran’s Eshraq Cultural Center on Thursday. The statues, 12 of which are busts, have been crafted from bronze by Sivash Salimi. He spent 15...
View ArticleFajr festival to review NAM cinema
TEHRAN -- The cinema of the Non-Aligned Movement member countries is scheduled to be reviewed during the 31st Fajr International Film Festival. A collection of movies by filmmakers from NAM member...
View ArticleTehran to host conference on philosophy of religion
TEHRAN – The International Conference on Contemporary Philosophy of Religion opens at Iran’s Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies in Tehran today. Reasoning for the existence of God in the...
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Russian translation of Rumi’s Masnavi unveiled at Moscow library
TEHRAN -- The Russian State Library hosted a ceremony on Thursday evening, during which a Russian translation of six books of the Masnavi-ye Manavi, the immortal masterpiece of the Persian mystic and...
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Rare Georgian translation of “Kalilah and Dimnah” on display at Tbilisi exhibit
TEHRAN -- A rare Georgian translation of “Kalilah and Dimnah”, a book of animal fables from classical Persian literature, has been put on display in an exhibition of manuscripts at the National...
View ArticleLiterary tour organized for Tehran citizens
TEHRAN -- Café Tehroon, a Persian website which organizes cultural tours in Tehran, has arranged a half-day tour for December 27 to familiarize visitors with some literary figures of the city. The...
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Tehran to host Korean film festival
TEHRAN -- The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran will be playing host to a South Korean film festival from December 26 to 29. “This is the first time South Korea is organizing a film festival in...
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Saba producing animations based on bestseller “Good Stories”
TEHRAN -- The Saba Art and Cultural Institute is producing a 3-D animation series based on “Good Stories for Good Children”, a bestseller by the Iranian children’s writer Mehdi Azar Yazdi. The...
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Iran’s House of Music asks CHTHO to submit tar for UNESCO registration
TEHRAN -- The chairman of Iran’s House of Music board of directors has asked the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) to submit the Iranian tar to be registered on the UNESCO...
View ArticleIranian cartoonists honored at Romanian contest
TEHRAN -- Two Iranian cartoonists have been honored with special diplomas at the 6th Urziceni International Cartoon Contest in Romania. Iranian artists Ali Miraii and Mojtaba Heidarpanah received...
View ArticleStudents to stage Vaclav Havel’s “Leaving” in Tehran
TEHRAN -- A group of Iranian students is scheduled to perform a reading of “Leaving”, Vaclav Havel’s tragicomedy play, at the Molavi Theater on December 29. Sadeq Vafaii will direct the play, which...
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Painter brushes “Shoes” for Tehran art show
TEHRAN -- Painter Mojtaba Tajik, who is famous for his alternative approaches to everyday objects around him, has focused this time on footwear. He plans to put his latest collection “Shoes” on...
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Russian Iranologist Yuri Rubinchik dies at 90
TEHRAN -- Celebrated Russian Iranologist Yuri Rubinchik died last week at the age of 90. Rubinchik had carried out many profound studies on the Persian language for over a half a century and was the...
View ArticleGerman pianist Frank Rohe to hold master class in Tehran
TEHRAN -- The German pianist Frank Rohe will hold a master class at Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural Center on January 2. Rohe, 50, has previously held several workshops in different parts of the world...
View ArticleKhonya to try Greek melodies in Tehran concerts
TEHRAN -- The Iranian ensemble Khonya is planning to perform some Greek melodies during two concerts in Tehran in January. The melodies will be performed in the first part of the concerts, which...
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