Germans enjoy poems by Shams Langerudi
TEHRAN -- A collection of love poems entitled “I Walk on Your Feet”, which have been composed by the celebrated Iranian poet Shams Langerudi, has been published in Germany. Leila Nuri Naini...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg hears Iran’s “Untold Stories”
TEHRAN -- The British Book Center in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg hosted Iranian documentarian and scholar Komeil Soheili on July 5 for “Persia - Untold Stories”, his independent program...
View ArticleCenter established in Tehran to promote the oud
TEHRAN -- Oud virtuoso Majid Nazempur has recently established a center to promote the musical instrument. The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in Middle Eastern music, which...
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Iran Cinema Organization asks film museum to remove Mohsen Makhmalbaf...
TEHRAN -- Iran Cinema Organization Director Javad Shamaqdari has demanded that the Film Museum of Iran (FMI) eliminate its section dedicated to London-based Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. He...
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Large collection of Quranic artworks to be offered at Tehran auction
TEHRAN -- A large collection of Quranic artworks by giants of Persian calligraphy will be offered at an auction, which will be held in Tehran in early August. This is the second large auction of...
View ArticleGermans enjoy poems by Shams Langerudi
TEHRAN -- A collection of love poems entitled “I Walk on Your Feet”, which have been composed by the celebrated Iranian poet Shams Langerudi, has been published in Germany. Leila Nuri Naini...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg hears Iran’s “Untold Stories”
TEHRAN -- The British Book Center in the Russian city of Saint Petersburg hosted Iranian documentarian and scholar Komeil Soheili on July 5 for “Persia - Untold Stories”, his independent program...
View ArticleCenter established in Tehran to promote the oud
TEHRAN -- Oud virtuoso Majid Nazempur has recently established a center to promote the musical instrument. The oud is a pear-shaped stringed instrument commonly used in Middle Eastern music, which...
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Iran Cinema Organization asks film museum to remove Mohsen Makhmalbaf...
TEHRAN -- Iran Cinema Organization Director Javad Shamaqdari has demanded that the Film Museum of Iran (FMI) eliminate its section dedicated to London-based Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf. He...
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Large collection of Quranic artworks to be offered at Tehran auction
TEHRAN -- A large collection of Quranic artworks by giants of Persian calligraphy will be offered at an auction, which will be held in Tehran in early August. This is the second large auction of...
View ArticleIranian vocalist Fazel Jamshidi plans to perform in Turkey
TEHRAN -- Iranian vocalist Fazel Jamshidi plans to perform in Turkey in late August. Also accompanying Jamshidi will be a group that will perform the Torbat-e Jam traditional dance during his...
View ArticleAfghanistan to give digital copies of historical documents, rare manuscripts...
TEHRAN -- Afghanistan’s National Archives plans to give digital copies of a large number of historical documents about Iran and an enormous collection of rare manuscripts to Iran in the near future....
View ArticleSpanish university holding course on Iranian cinema
TEHRAN -- The Complutense University in Madrid is holding a course on Iranian cinema this week. Entitled “Iranian cinema: A Narrative Proposal for Universal Dialogue”, the event started on July 15...
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Qajar era monument converted into museum for works of Kamalolmolk and students
TEHRAN -- The Negarestan Garden, a Qajar era monument in Tehran, has been converted into a museum to display works of Qajar era painter Mohammad Qaffari (1847-1940), known as Kamalolmolk, and his...
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Rare copies of Holy Quran registered on Iran’s National Memory List
TEHRAN -- Thirty rare manuscript copies of the Holy Quran were registered on Iran’s National Memory List during a ceremony at Tehran’s Niavaran Historical Cultural Complex on Monday. The books, which...
View ArticleIranian Quran memorizer Milad Asheqi competing in Dubai contest
TEHRAN – Iranian Quran memorizer Milad Asheqi is currently competing in the 17th Dubai International Holy Quran Awards (DIHQA), which commenced on Tuesday. Quran reciters and memorizers from 88...
View ArticleIranologist Manuchehr Sotudeh to be honored
TEHRAN – Scholars will come together at Tehran’s Negarestan Garden tomorrow in a ceremony to celebrate veteran Iranologist Manuchehr Sotudeh’s 100th birthday. The ceremony has been arranged by the...
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What’s in art galleries
Photo * The Homa Gallery is currently hosting an exhibition of photos by Sahar Mokhtari. The exhibit will run until July 23 at the gallery located at 58 Chehrazi St., near the intersection of...
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Literary journal Bokhara fetes actor Davud Rashidi on his 80th birthday
TEHRAN -- The Persian literary monthly Bokhara celebrated actor/director Davud Rashidi’s 80th birthday on Tuesday. A large number of literati, Rashidi’s friends and colleagues attended the...
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Large collection of Quranic artworks to be offered at Tehran auction
TEHRAN -- A large collection of Quranic artworks by giants of Persian calligraphy will be offered at an auction, which will be held in Tehran in early August. This is the second large auction of...
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