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Khajeh-Amiri’s voice is a touchstone of Persian traditional music: Shajarian
TEHRAN -- The voice of Hossein Khajeh-Amiri is a touchstone of Persian traditional music, the celebrated vocalist Mohammadreza Shajarian said during a ceremony held to commemorate the veteran vocalist....
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IIDCYA produces notebooks bearing images of martyrs and mythical figures
TEHRAN -- The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has recently produced a series of notebooks bearing images of contemporary martyrs who were killed during the...
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...
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Iran’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”,...
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Music 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...
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Iranian 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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Khajeh-Amiri’s voice is a touchstone of Persian traditional music: Shajarian
TEHRAN -- The voice of Hossein Khajeh-Amiri is a touchstone of Persian traditional music, the celebrated vocalist Mohammadreza Shajarian said during a ceremony held to commemorate the veteran vocalist....
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IIDCYA produces notebooks bearing images of martyrs and mythical figures
TEHRAN -- The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has recently produced a series of notebooks bearing images of contemporary martyrs who were killed during the...
View ArticleVoice actor Ali-Asghar Khaje-Afzali dies at 75
TEHRAN -- Iranian voice actor Ali-Asghar Khaje-Afzali, who was best known for the voices he provided for Stan Laurel, Woody Allen, Bud Abbott, and Franco Franchi, died of heart failure at his home in...
View ArticleShades of Shabaviz to shine at Italy’s Colors of the Sacred
TEHRAN – Books put out by the Iranian publishing house Shabaviz will be going on display at Colors of the Sacred, an international exhibit of illustration works that will be held in Padova, Italy from...
View ArticleTranslator plans to invite Umberto Eco to Iran
TEHRAN -- Iranian translator Gholamreza Emami plans to invite Umberto Eco to attend a ceremony in Tehran at which a Persian translation of a collection of the Italian writer’s stories will be...
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Sarajevo society to honor Persian author Mahmud Dowlatabadi today
TEHRAN – Veteran Iranian author Mahmud Dowlatabadi is scheduled to be honored during a ceremony today at the Sixth Biennial Convention of the Association for the Study of Persianate Societies (ASPS) in...
View ArticleRussian translation of “His Ego” to be unveiled in Moscow
TEHRAN – A Russian translation of Iranian writer Reza Amirkhani’s acclaimed novel “His Ego” will be unveiled during a session in Moscow on September 9. Amirkhani is scheduled to attend the session,...
View ArticleMohammadreza Shajarian to hold second exhibit of stringed instruments
TEHRAN -- An exhibition of the stringed instruments, which have been made by veteran vocalist Mohammadreza Shajarian, will open at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on September 13. His two newest...
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Iranian director misses Montreal filmfest over Canada visa denial
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Ruhollah Hejazi missed the Montreal World Film Festival since the Canadian Embassy in Tehran refused to issue a visa to him. He planned to travel to Canada to attend the...
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Goethe Institute to honor Iranian translator Mahmud Hosseinizad
TEHRAN -- The Iranian winner of Goethe Medal 2013, Seyyed Mahmud Hosseinizad, will be honored during a ceremony in the Charlottenburg district of Berlin on September 6. Organized by the Goethe...
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