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Chinese festival to screen Iranian animations
TEHRAN -- Two Iranian animations will compete in the 9th China International Cartoon and Animation Festival (CICAF), which will be held in Hangzhou from April 26 to May 1. “Mammy Crow and the Fox”...
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Wrong policies pushed new generation to Western music: pop singer
TEHRAN -- Iranian pop singer Khashayar Etemadi has said that the official macro policy making in music has pushed new generation of singers to Western music. New conditions imposed restrictions on...
View ArticleTIBF to host publishers from 77 countries
TEHRAN -- Over 1600 foreign publishers are slated to participate in the 26th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), which will be held from May 1 to 12. Publishers from 77 countries will take part...
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Ehsaii’s artworks shine at Sotheby’s in Doha
TEHRAN – Works by prominent calligrapher and painter Mohammad Ehsaii shined at Sotheby’s Contemporary Art auction in Doha held on April 22, 2013. His work “Love”, an acrylic and silver leaf on canvas...
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Iranian Artists Forum to host pottery festival
TEHRAN -- The Iranian Artists Forum will be hosting a festival opening on May 5 highlighting pottery and earthenware from Kalpurgan, a region in Sistan-Baluchestan Province famous for its old...
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Author Amir-Hossein Fardi dies at 65
TEHRAN -- The Iranian novelist and author Amir-Hossein Fardi died of Respiratory complications on Thursday. He was 65. His funeral procession will be held on Saturday morning and he will be buried at...
View ArticleLeader offers condolences over death of author Amir-Hossein Fardi
TEHRAN -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered his condolences over the death of children’s book writer Amir-Hossein Fardi. Following is the text of the...
View ArticleTranslator Parviz Marzban dies at 96
TEHRAN – Iranian scholar Parviz Marzban, famous for his translation of books on visual arts, died of natural causes on Thursday in Tehran. He was 96. Born in 1917 in Tehran, Marzban was known as the...
View ArticleFrench designer François Casper discusses economy of graphic art
TEHRAN – The president of the French Designers Alliance (AFD) François Caspar discussed the economic status of graphic designers and their rights and duties in meetings he had with the director and...
View Article“Crime and Silence” director honored at Sulaymaniyah festival
TEHRAN -- Iranian filmmaker Behruz Nuranipur has been honored at the 1st Sulaymaniyah Film Festival in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He received the award for best director for his “Crime and...
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Homayun Shajarian to compete in Moroccan festival
TEHRAN -- The celebrated Iranian vocalist Homayun Shajarian will perform a concert at the Festival Mawazine in Rabat, Morocco, in May and June. Musician brothers Sohrab and Tahmures Purnazeri and...
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Historical maps of Persian Gulf on display at Tehran exhibit
TEHRAN -- A collection of historical maps of the Persian Gulf is currently on display in an exhibition at the Sahab Geography and Cartography Institute in Tehran. The institute has organized the...
View ArticleTranslator Parviz Marzban dies at 96
TEHRAN – Iranian scholar Parviz Marzban, famous for his translation of books on visual arts, died of natural causes on Thursday in Tehran. He was 96. Born in 1917 in Tehran, Marzban was known as the...
View ArticleFrench designer François Casper discusses economy of graphic art
TEHRAN – The president of the French Designers Alliance (AFD) François Caspar discussed the economic status of graphic designers and their rights and duties in meetings he had with the director and...
View Article“Crime and Silence” director honored at Sulaymaniyah festival
TEHRAN -- Iranian filmmaker Behruz Nuranipur has been honored at the 1st Sulaymaniyah Film Festival in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He received the award for best director for his “Crime and...
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Homayun Shajarian to compete in Moroccan festival
TEHRAN -- The celebrated Iranian vocalist Homayun Shajarian will perform a concert at the Festival Mawazine in Rabat, Morocco, in May and June. Musician brothers Sohrab and Tahmures Purnazeri and...
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Historical maps of Persian Gulf on display at Tehran exhibit
TEHRAN -- A collection of historical maps of the Persian Gulf is currently on display in an exhibition at the Sahab Geography and Cartography Institute in Tehran. The institute has organized the...
View Article“A Heart Bigger than the World” appears in Iran
TEHRAN -- “A Heart Bigger than the World” by the Iranian author Erfan Nazar-Ahari, which previously was published in South Korea, will be published in Iran in the near future. The book is one of 22...
View ArticleFilmmaker tracing German spies in Iran during World War II
Iranian filmmaker Mehdi Naderi, who split from “Welcome to Tehran” last week over Iranian cultural officials’ refusal to approve foreign actors for the film project, is making a docudrama on German...
View ArticleUCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema held
TEHRAN -- The UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema was held with screenings of a collection of movies by renowned Iranian filmmakers from April 13 to 28. Among the films were “The Last Step” directed...
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