Iranian scholar writing review of Encyclopaedia of Islam
TEHRAN -- Iranian scholar Shahriar Shojaeipur is writing a review of the Encyclopaedia of Islam, the Persian service of FNA announced on Tuesday. It is being published in four volumes plus a...
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Iranian short film to go on screen at Locarno festival
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Reza Gamini’s short film “Endorphin” will compete in the 66th Locarno International Film Festival, which will be held in Switzerland from August 7 to 17. The film will go...
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Play comparing Crucifixion and modern Iranian story coming to Tehran theater
TEHRAN -- A play, which provides a comparison of the Crucifixion and a modern story set in Iran during the 1940s, will be staged at a Tehran theater this evening. An all-star cast has been...
View ArticlePortuguese festival to show “Private” to the public
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Mehdi Rahmani’s “Private” will go on screen at the Avanca Film Festival, which will be held from July 24 to 28 in Portugal. “Our city has grown to the extent that all...
View Article“The Past” to compete in Toronto filmfest
TEHRAN -- “The Past”, Asghar Farhadi’s acclaimed movie, will compete in the Toronto International Film Festival, which will be held from September 5 to 15. The film is about an Iranian man named...
View ArticleTurkish director Engin Uludag Alpat invited to Tehran resistance festival
TEHRAN – Turkish actor and stage director Engin Uludag Alpat has been invited to be the guest of honor at the 14th edition of Iran’s Resistance Theater Festival, organizers announced on Wednesday....
View Article“Games of Colors” underway at Iranian Artists Forum
TEHRAN -- The Iranian Artists Forum is currently playing host to a workshop program entitled “Games of Colors”. The program, which has been underway since July 19, is being held by Iranian painter...
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Iranian video artists to hold exhibit in South Korea
TEHRAN -- A group of Iranian video artists will hold an exhibition at Yatoo -- the South Korean Nature Artists Association in Chungnam from September 3 to August 3. The exhibition, which will be...
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Leader asks literati to focus on resistance against global arrogance
TEHRAN -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on Iranian literati to convey a message of resistance against global arrogance. Speaking at a meeting with...
View ArticleDay named after Saib of Tabriz on Iranian calendar
TEHRAN -- The tenth day of the month of Tir in the Iranian calendar (July 1), has been named after the Persian poet Saib of Tabriz (1601-1677). Iran’s High Council of Public Culture approved a...
View ArticleVenice festival to screen Iran’s “Fish and Cat”
TEHRAN -- The Iranian movie “Fish and Cat” will be shown at the 70th Venice Film Festival, which will be held from August 28 to September 7. Directed by Shahram Mokri, the film will go on screen in...
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Iran opens museum for press
TEHRAN – A museum has been inaugurated for the Iranian press in a building in downtown Tehran adjacent to a religious site named the Tomb of Aqa. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad...
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Playwright Mahmud Ostand-Mohammad dies at 63
TEHRAN -- Veteran playwright, director, and actor Mahmud Ostand-Mohammad died after a three-year battle with liver cancer at Tehran’s Jam Hospital on Thursday morning. He was aged 63. Medical...
View ArticlePresident Ahmadinejad offers condolences over death of playwright Ostad-Mohammad
TEHRAN – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad offered his condolences over the death of veteran playwright, director and actor Mahmud Ostad-Mohammad. “I was saddened to hear the news of the death of the...
View ArticleAzeri musician Alim Qasimov to join Iranian band in Tunisian concert
TEHRAN -- Azeri maqami musician Alim Qasimov will be joining an Iranian band to perform a concert at the 49th International Festival of Carthage in Tunis. Vocalist Mohammad Motamedi will lead the...
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Iran establishes museum for Islamic luminaries
TEHRAN -- A museum has been inaugurated for the Islamic luminaries in the headquarters of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) in the Arg-e Azadi Art and Cultural...
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“Mokhtarnameh” director returns with “The King Eared”
TEHRAN -- Davud Mirbaqeri, the director of the religious historical TV series “Mokhtarnameh” has returned with “The King Eared”, a comedy serial which will be distributed on the home video market in...
View ArticleTranslator creates new Persian renditions of Maugham’s books
TEHRAN – Elaheh Marashi has recently made new Persian translations of American writer Somerset Maugham‘s “The Moon and Sixpence” and “The Painted Veil”. The books are scheduled to be published by...
View ArticleIranian scholar writing book on Russian literary schools
TEHRAN -- The renowned Iranian translator and scholar Abtin Golkar is writing a book about the schools of thought on Russian literature. Entitled “Russian Literary Schools”, the book will be...
View Article“Aa-Seid Kazem” to go on stage in September
TEHRAN – Iranian director Mahmudreza Rahimi plans to stage the outstanding play “Aa-Seid Kazem” by the late playwright Mahmud Ostad-Mohammad in a Tehran theater in September. “The plan was...
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