Iranian scholar introduces Safavid era recipes to English readers
TEHRAN -- The Iranian scholar Mohammadreza Qanunparvar has recently translated a Safavid era cookbook into English. Entitled “Maddat ul-Hayat” (“The Material for Life”), the book was written by...
View ArticleParsian Orchestra to perform Baroque, Rococo music
TEHRAN -- The Parsian Orchestra, an Iranian string ensemble, plans to perform pieces from the Baroque and Rococo periods. A repertoire of pieces by French composer Louis Couperin, German composer...
View ArticleQotbeddin Sadeqi to stage children’s play
TEHRAN -- The celebrated Iranian stage director Qotbeddin Sadeqi plans to stage a play for children at Tehran’s Honar Hall. Entitled “The Sound of One Hand”, the play will premiere on September 23....
View ArticleArt exhibit to explore motorbike-riding thieves in Tehran
TEHRAN – A collection of paintings by Hooman Bayat, part of which focuses on the motorcycle-riding thieves in Tehran, will go on display in an exhibition at the Shokuh Gallery on August 30. The...
View ArticleNotebooks promoting “Shekarestan” unveiled
TEHRAN – A series of notebooks bearing images of major characters of “Shekarestan”, the acclaimed Iranian animation series on Persian proverbs and anecdotes, was introduced during a ceremony here in...
View ArticleHojjatollah Ayyubi to helm Iran Cinema Organization
TEHRAN -- Hojjatollah Ayyubi, former director of the Economic Cooperation Organization’s Cultural Institute, has been appointed the director of the Iran Cinema Organization. The appointment was...
View Article75 foreign films line up for Isfahan children’s festival
TEHRAN – Seventy-five films from 40 countries are scheduled to be screened in various sections of the 27th edition of the International Film Festival for Children and Young Adults, which will take...
View ArticleQom to host international conference on Indo-Iranian common heritage
TEHRAN – The city of Qom will be hosting an international conference on Indo-Iranian common heritage opening on September 26. The event has been organized by the Islamic Treasures Association and...
View ArticleNovel on atomic bombing of Hiroshima translated into Persian
TEHRAN -- The Japanese novel “Black Rain”, which is about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has been translated into Persian. Qodratollah Zakeri has translated the book, which will be released by...
View ArticlePersian translation of “Inheritance of Loss” ready for publication
TEHRAN -- A Persian translation of the Indian Man Booker Prize-winning novel “The Inheritance of Loss” will be published in the near future. Written by the Indian author Kiran Desai, the book has...
View ArticleOfficial asks for cineastes’ help to put Iranian cinema in rightful place
TEHRAN -- The new director of the Iran Cinema Organization asked cineastes to help him put Iranian cinema in its rightful place in the country and the world. Speaking to the Persian service of MNA on...
View ArticleUNESCO to celebrate 3 Iranian occasions in 2014 and 2015
TEHRAN -- The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has initially agreed to register three Iranian occasions on its celebration list of anniversaries for 2014 and...
View ArticleIranian and South Korean scholars discuss religion at Tehran seminar
TEHRAN – A group of Iranian and South Korean religious scholars discussed the role of religion in promoting ethical and human values during a seminar held at Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations...
View ArticleSpanish festival honors Iranian movie
TEHRAN -- The Iranian film “Broken Border” received honorable mention at the 2nd edition of the Mostremp Festival, which was held from August 23 to 25 in Tremp, Spain. Directed by Keyvan Karimi, the...
View ArticleKazan festival to screen docs on wedding ceremonies in Iran
TEHRAN – Two episodes of a documentary series on various wedding traditions in different regions of Iran will go on screen at the Kazan International Muslim Film Festival, which will be held from...
View ArticleIran’s Rakhshan Bani-Etemad to head Busan filmfest jury
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Rakhshan Bani-Etemad, famous for the depiction of social problems, will preside over the jury for the New Currents section at the 18th edition of the Busan International Film...
View ArticlePoet Seyyed Ali Salehi tries his hand at painting
TEHRAN -- The renowned Iranian poet Seyyed Ali Salehi will hold his first exhibition of paintings at the Mirmiran Gallery of the Iranian Artists Forumin early September. Entitled “All of a Sudden”,...
View ArticleMusic Museum of Iran gets new recording studio
TEHRAN – A newly-established recording studio located in the Music Museum of Iran was inaugurated here on Thursday during a ceremony attended by a group of musicians and cineastes. Minister of...
View ArticleIranian translator receives Goethe Medal
TEHRAN -- The Iranian translator Seyyed Mahmud Hosseinizad received a Goethe Medal for his contributions to German literature in Iran during a ceremony in Berlin on August 28. Hosseinizad, who is...
View Article‘My photos are memories I’ve shared with Iranians’
TEHRAN -- The French photojournalist Michel Setboun said that the photos he has taken during the Islamic Revolution of 1979 are memories he has shared with Iranians. Setboun, who has travelled to...
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