Badiozzaman Foruzanfar Literary Awards winners announced
TEHRAN – Organizers of the first edition of the Badiozzaman Foruzanfar Literary Awards announced the winners during a ceremony at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) on Tuesday....
View ArticleDanish institute hosts Iranian film weeks
TEHRAN – The Iranian film weeks opened at the Danish Film Studio in Copenhagen on December 3. A collection of six Iranian films are scheduled to be screened during the program, which will run until...
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TMCA to unveil 15th edition of painter Iran Darrudi’s autobiography
TEHRAN – The 15th edition of the Iranian surrealist painter Iran Darrudi’s autobiography “In the Distance between Two Points” will be unveiled during a ceremony at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art...
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Azerbaijan concedes chogan is not an Azeri game: Iranian official
TEHRAN -- An official of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) has said that Azerbaijan has officially accepted the fact that chogan (polo) is not an Azeri game....
View ArticleIran’s first modern theater to be restored
TEHRAN -- Iran’s first modern theater which is located in Dar-ul-Fonun, the Iranian polytechnic institute established in Tehran in 1851, will be restored. In the restoration of the theater, the...
View Article“The Past” crowned best foreign film at National Board of Review awards
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Asghar Farhadi’s acclaimed movie “The Past” won the National Board of Review (NBR) award for 2013 best foreign film of the year on Wednesday, organizers announced. The...
View ArticleIraqi media delegation meets Iran’s culture minister
TEHRAN – An Iraqi media delegation paid visit to Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati on Thursday. Iraqi Journalist Syndicate Secretary General Moayed Al-Lami and National...
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Father of Iran’s communication sciences Kazem Motamednejad dies
TEHRAN – The father of Iran’s communication sciences Kazem Motamednejad passed away on Thursday. He was 79. Motamednejad, a professor of social sciences at Tehran’s Allameh Tabatabaei University, had...
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Persian poet Rumi commemorated in Tehran
TEHRAN – Iranian literati gathered for a ceremony at the Persian Language Center in Tehran on Thursday to pay tribute to Persian poet and mystic Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273). The ceremony...
View ArticleCelebrated European festivals to hold retrospective on Iranian cinema
TEHRAN – The Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) and the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) will hold a joint retrospective on Iranian cinema in spring 2014. Entitled “The History...
View ArticleIranian masterpieces in Hungary to appear in book
TEHRAN -- The Iranian Academy of Arts (IAA) has plans to publish photos of Iranian masterpieces kept in museums or by private collectors across Hungary in a book. “The book will contain pictures of...
View ArticleFrench detective novels to appear in Persian
TEHRAN – Three French detective novels have been translated into Persian by Abbas Agahi. He has translated “Stone Dead” and “The Elevator” by Frédéric Dard and “Maigret and the Burglar’s Wife” by...
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President offers condolences over death of Kazem Motamednejad
TEHRAN -- President Hassan Rouhani has offered his condolences over the death of Kazem Motamednejad, who is the father of Iran’s communication sciences. “I offer my condolences over the death of the...
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Culture Ministry authorizes release of “Parviz”
TEHRAN -- Iran’s ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has authorized limited release of “Parviz”, a dark Iranian comedy drama, which has been acclaimed in several international events. “We...
View ArticleTbilisi exhibit explores Persian art and culture
TEHRAN -- An exhibition of Persian art and culture opened at the St. Andrew University of the Patriarchate of Georgia in Tbilisi on Saturday. Entitled “Manifestations of Today’s Iran”, Persian...
View ArticleGerman novels to appear in Persian
TEHRAN – Persian versions of the German novels “Fame: A Novel in Nine Episodes” and “He’s Back” are scheduled to be released in Tehran in the near future. Morvarid Publications will release the...
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Iranian films to go on screen in Turkey
TEHRAN – An Iranian film festival is scheduled to be held in Izmir and Istanbul, Turkey from December 10 to 13. During the event, a lineup of acclaimed Iranian movies with Turkish subtitles will be...
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Sebastian Fitzek’s “Eye Collector” to hit Iranian bookstores soon
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of “The Eye Collector” by Sebastian Fitzek, a German thriller author, will be published soon in Tehran. The book has been translated by Zohreh Sabuhi and will be...
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Book City to link Hafez poetry to psychiatry
TEHRAN -- Connections between the poetry of Hafez and psychiatry will be discussed during a session at the Book City Institute on Wednesday. University professor and psychiatrist Farbod Fadaii will...
View ArticleIIDCYA publishes religious bilingual books for children
TEHRAN -- Iran’s Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has recently published two religious books for children in Persian and English. “My God” and “The...
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