CHTHO venues to offer free admission on Intl. Museum Day
TEHRAN – The museums of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (CHTHO) will be offering free admission on May 18 and 19 to commemorate International Museum Day, which is May...
View ArticleIranian ensemble tops at Tajik music festival
TEHRAN -- An Iranian music ensemble led by Vadud Moazzen has won the first prize at Tajikistan’s Shashmaqam Music Festival. The winners were honored during the closing ceremony of the festival on...
View ArticleTehran to host 30th Intl. Quran Competition in June
TEHRAN -- The 30th International Quran Competition will be held at the Summit Conference Hall in Tehran from June 1 to 7. Hashem Soltan-Nejad and Vahid Vakili from Iran will compete in the...
View Article10th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial kicks off
TEHRAN – The 10th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial, displaying over 500 works by Iranian and foreign cartoonists, was inaugurated during a ceremony at Tehran’s Saba Art and Cultural Institute on...
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Art Bureau officials meet Supreme Leader
TEHRAN -- A group of officials of Iran’s Art Bureau met Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Monday. The Art Bureau was established by the Islamic...
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Indie Iranian animation studio to offer Prophet Muhammad (S) biopic at Cannes...
TEHRAN -- The Aria Animation Studio, a major private Iranian animation company, plans to offer “Muhammad, the Last Messenger of God”, a 3D animation series on the life story of the Prophet of Islam, at...
View Article“How Can I Be a Bird” to help quake victims in southern Iran
TEHRAN -- The Iranian theater troupe Giti plans to read “How Can I Be a Bird” to raise funds for earthquake victims in the southern Iranian province of Bushehr. The play reading will be directed by...
View ArticleBook on Iranian victims of chemical warfare unveiled
TEHRAN – A book on Iranian soldiers wounded by Iraqi chemical weapons during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war was unveiled at a ceremony in the Tehran Peace Museum on Tuesday. Entitled “Travelogue as...
View ArticleCarnegie International exhibit to screen docs by Kamran Shirdel
TEHRAN -- Nine documentaries by the Iranian filmmaker Kamran Shirdel will go on screen at the Carnegie International, an exhibition which has been organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh...
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IAF hosting second graffiti biennial
TEHRAN -- The 2nd Tehran Graffiti Biennial opened at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on Monday. A group of famous artists and graphic designers attended the opening ceremony of the biennial, which is...
View ArticleAcclaimed Austrian film screened at Iranian theaters
TEHRAN – The acclaimed romance drama “Amour” directed by Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke has been screened at Iranian theaters. There has been a delay in the Farabi Cinema Foundation’s schedule to...
View ArticleMoldovan painting biennial picks work by Iranian artist
TEHRAN -- A painting by Iranian artist Pari Malekzadeh will be competing with other entries in the 3rd edition of Chisinau International Painting Biennial, which will be running from May 30 to June 16...
View ArticleIran, Norway to expand cultural ties
TEHRAN – Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini and Norwegian Ambassador Jens-Petter Kjemprud discussed the expansion of art and cultural relations during a meeting in...
View ArticleTehran center to review Polanski’s “Carnage”
TEHRAN – Roman Polanski’s comedy drama “Carnage” will be screened at Tehran’s Andisheh Cultural Center at 6 p.m. today. Islamic seminary teacher Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Barmaii and a number of...
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More Iranian films to go on screen at Cannes Film Market
TEHRAN -- Three more Iranian films have been added to the lineup for screening at the Cannes Film Market. “Fourth Child” by Vahid Musaian, “Mr. A” by Ali Atshani and “The Resident of the Wooden...
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Iran gives green light to Asghar Farhadi’s “Past”
TEHRAN -- Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has granted a screening license to “The Past”, Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi’s first movie that was shot outside of his homeland. The...
View ArticleGoethe Institute honors Iranian translator for his contributions to German...
TEHRAN -- The Iranian author and translator Mahmud Hosseinizad was selected by the Goethe Institute as one of the three winners of this year’s Goethe Medal for his outstanding contributions to German...
View ArticlePoet Iqbal commemorated in Tehran
TEHRAN -- Pakistani poet Muhammad Iqbal (1877–1938) was commemorated during a ceremony organized by the Embassy of Pakistan in Tehran on Wednesday. Several Iranian officials and literati attended...
View ArticleLebanese cast to dub “Earth and Coral” into Arabic
TEHRAN -- Iranian filmmaker Masud Atyabi’s “Earth and Coral” is due to be dubbed into Arabic by a team of leading Lebanese actors at the Boudi Naoum Studio in Beirut next week. Diana Ibrahim will...
View ArticleForeign artists awarded at Tehran Intl. Sculpture Symposium
TEHRAN -- Six foreign sculptors were honored during the closing ceremony of the Fifth Tehran International Sculpture Symposium at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on Wednesday. Rumen Mihov Dimitrov,...
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