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Iranian institute and foreign agencies team up to promote Persian literature
TEHRAN – The Ghazaal Literary Agency, an independent institute established in 2012, has signed deals with a number of international agencies to publish translations of some contemporary Persian...
View ArticleTehran centers to host two charity performances
TEHRAN -- Two theater troupes will give benefit reading performances in Tehran on Saturday. Bahareh Moshiri will direct a reading of “Moon on the Water” at the Andisheh Cultural Center to raise...
View ArticleParents to come together at Khuzestan storytelling festival
TEHRAN – The Khuzestan Cultural Heritage Devotees Society (Tariana) plans to gather Iranian parents at a storytelling festival in May 2014. The Festival of Storytelling Fathers and Mothers has been...
View ArticleIranian foundation to participate in Game Connection exhibit in Paris
TEHRAN -- The National Foundation for Computer Games (NFCG) will participate in the 2013 Game Connection of Europe, which will open in Paris tomorrow. A collection of 15 new Iranian computer games...
View ArticleIAF cinematheque to screen “Parviz”
TEHRAN -- The cinematheque of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) will screen “Parviz” in an exclusive screening for its members today. A review session, which director Majid Barzegar will be attending,...
View ArticleGeorgian Iranologist translates Persian plays
TEHRAN -- The Georgian scholar and Iranologist Giorgi Lobjanidze has translated a selection of Persian plays, which were published in a book entitled “Modern Persian Drama”. The book was unveiled...
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Iranian cartoonist finishes first in Italian contest
TEHRAN – The Iranian cartoonist Behruz Firuzi has won the first prize at the 17th edition of the international competition Fax for Peace, Fax for Tolerance in Spilimbergo, Italy. He received the...
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What’s in art galleries
Drawing * A collection of drawings by Arash Golzari-Hosseini will be put on display in an exhibition at the Andisheh Cultural Center today. Thirty-two works depicting some of Iran’s historical...
View ArticleIranian institute receives Russian honorary title
TEHRAN -- Iran’s Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has received the honorary title of Honored Culture Worker of Russia, the institute announced on Monday....
View ArticleSculptures by artists from Saqqakhaneh Movement on display at Tehran show
TEHRAN -- An exhibition displaying sculptures by major artists of the Saqqakhaneh Movement, an artistic movement that began in Iran during the 1960s, is currently underway at Tehran’s Niavaran...
View ArticleJury selected for Cinéma Vérité intl. section
TEHRAN -- The 7th edition of Cinéma Vérité has appointed the members of the jury for the international section of the Iranian international festival of documentary films. Iranian cineastes Rakhshan...
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Iranian director takes “Hotchpotch” to Greek festival
TEHRAN – Iranian director Ebrahim Foruzesh’s “Hotchpotch” is currently competing at the 16th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People in Pyrgos, Greece. The film is based on...
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Dariush Mehrjuii to restore “The Cow” for world screening
TEHRAN -- Iranian director and producer Dariush Mehrjuii plans to restore “The Cow” to screen the acclaimed film in some countries. He has taken the film from the National Film Archive of Iran and...
View Article“Imaginative Hands” to display Iranian handicrafts
TEHRAN -- A large collection of Iranian handicrafts will be put on display in an exhibition entitled “Imaginative Hands” in Tehran late this week. Jewelries, woodworks, metal works, pottery works,...
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Filmmaker Dariush Mehrjuii blames Tehran’s air pollution for his sister’s death
TEHRAN – The celebrated filmmaker Dariush Mehrjuii has blamed Tehran’s air pollution for the death of his set designer sister Jila. Jila Mehrjuii, the set designer of the acclaimed films “Smell of...
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Calligraphy exhibit to highlight quotes from Ali Hatami’s movies
TEHRAN – An exhibition of calligraphy by Sepideh Mobarhan featuring everlasting quotes by various characters from celebrated director Ali Hatami’s movies will be held at the Sarv Gallery. The...
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Bust of poet Qeisar Aminpur unveiled in Tehran
TEHRAN – A bust of contemporary poet Qeisar Aminpur (1958-2007) was unveiled in Tehran’s Saadatabad neighborhood during a ceremony on Monday. The bust was situated at the square which has been named...
View ArticlePersian translation of Kerouac’s “Dharma Bums” published
TEHRAN – The Persian translation of “Dharma Bums” by American author Jack Kerouac (1922-1969) has recently been published by Rozaneh Publications in Tehran. One of the best and most popular of...
View ArticleHemingway’s selected articles to appear in Persian
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of “Selected Articles and Dispatches of Four Decades” written by Ernest Hemingway and collected by William White will soon be published. Translated by Kayhan Bahmani,...
View ArticleIAF to host commemoration of Ali Hatami
TEHRAN – A group of cineastes and scholars will gather for a ceremony at the Iranian Artist Forum (IAF) evening today to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the death of the celebrated director Ali...
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