UIAS calls on NAM to organize meeting on students’ issues
TEHRAN -- Iran’s Union of Islamic Associations of Schoolchildren (UIAS) has called on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) members to organize a meeting to discuss their students’ issues. The appeal was...
View ArticleQuake-stricken children receive drama therapy
TEHRAN -- Over 2000 quake-stricken children in East Azarbaijan Province received drama therapy through performances arranged by Iran’s Portable Theater Center (PTC). Surprisingly, the children have...
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Peace statue adorns Tehran for NAM summit
TEHRAN – A statue promoting peace was set up in Tehran on Monday to adorn the metropolis, which is currently playing host to the 16th Non-Aligned Movement summit. Tehran Municipality’s Beautification...
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Culture Ministry to commemorate Islamic scholar Jafar Shahidi
TEHRAN -- The Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance plans to pay tribute to Persian language and literature scholar and prominent Islamic historian Jafar Shahidi (1918-2008) during a meeting in his...
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500 Iranian books to go on display at Moscow International Book Fair 2012
TEHRAN – Iran will be participating in the 25th Moscow International Book Fair running from September 5 to 10, displaying books by 50 Iranian publishers, the Iranian Cultural Fair Institute (ICFI)...
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Persian literature scholar Jafar Shahidi commemorated
TEHRAN -- Persian language and literature scholar and prominent Islamic historian Jafar Shahidi (1918-2008) was commemorated during a two-day meeting, which opened in his birthplace Borujerd on...
View ArticleInternational Visual Arts Festival for Youth kicks off in Gorgan
TEHRAN – The 19th International Visual Arts Festival for Youth opened Tuesday in the northern Iranian city of Gorgan where 38 foreign artists from over 20 countries will be competing with Iranian...
View ArticleForeign short films line up for Tehran festival
TEHRAN -- Ninety-eight films from 48 countries will be screened at the 29th Tehran International Short Film Festival, which is scheduled to be held from October 1 to 7. French directors with 13...
View ArticlePalestine museum to hang old photos of Beit-ul-Muqaddas
TEHRAN -- Tehran’s Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art will be playing host to an exhibition of some of the oldest photos of Beit-ul-Muqaddas (Jerusalem) opening on September 8. Entitled...
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“A Cube of Sugar” is Iran’s best choice for Oscars: expert
TEHRAN -- A cinema expert said that Reza Mirkarim’s “A Cube of Sugar” is the best choice to represent Iran at the 85th Annual Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Films category in 2013. “Due...
View ArticleAwards established to honor Hafez experts
TEHRAN – Tehran’s Book City has established awards to annually honor experts on the Persian poet Hafez. The awards, which have been named after the deceased Iranian expert on Hafez Manuchehr...
View Article“Ziba and I” to compete in Russian filmfest
TEHRAN -- Iranian movie “Ziba and I” has found its way into the 8th edition of the Kazan International Muslim Film Festival running from September 5 to 11 in the Republic of Tatarstan. Directed by...
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Play about repercussions of war on stage in Tehran
TEHRAN -- A Tehran theater is currently hosting a play, which its director says is a warning against the repercussions of war. Veteran director/actor Qotbeddin Sadeqi has begun staging “I Would Not...
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Gorgan festival to hold Qabus Tower painting workshop
TEHRAN -- The 19th International Visual Arts Festival for Youth plans to hold a painting workshop on Iran’s 1000-year-old Qabus Tower on Friday. Fifty Iranian and foreign artists of the festival have...
View ArticleIran, Palestine sign cultural MOU
TEHRAN -- Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Palestinian elected government’s culture minister, Muhammad Al-Madhoun,...
View Article14 films to compete in intl. section of resistance filmfest
TEHRAN – Fourteen films will be competing in the international section of the 12th Resistance, Revolution and Sacred Defense International Film Festival, organizers announced in a press release on...
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“Days of Life” named best film at New Horizon
TEHRAN -- “Days of Life”, an Iranian film war drama, was crowned the best feature at the closing ceremony of the first edition of the Iranian international festival of independent filmmakers, New...
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Mohammad Esfahani sings for “Kissing the Moon-Like Face”
TEHRAN -- Pop singer Mohammad Esfahani has performed a song, for a trailer for “Kissing the Moon-Like Face”, a family drama which is scheduled to premiere on September 26. This is first time a song...
View ArticlePaintings by Ukrainian artists on display at Tehran exhibit
TEHRAN – A collection of paintings by three Ukrainian artists are currently on display in an exhibition at Tehran’s Milad Tower. The collection comprises 60 paintings by Igor Prokofiev, Marina...
View ArticleIran’s “Flower” to bloom at Turkish theater festival
TEHRAN -- “The Flower”, a children’s play by the Iranian director Jafar Mahyari, will go on stage at the International Bursa Theater Festival for Children and Young People in Turkey. Saeid Abak,...
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