Iran’s deputy culture minister, publishers visiting Afghanistan
TEHRAN -- Iran’s Deputy Culture Minister for Cultural Affairs Seyyed Abbas Salehi along with a group of Iranian publishers arrived in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Saturday to become familiar with the...
View ArticleVisual Media Institute to release collection of top movies by female Iranian...
TEHRAN -- Iran’s Visual Media Institute plans to release a package of top movies by three Iranian female filmmakers in the near future. The package will contain several movies by Rakhshan...
View ArticleIndian festival to screen Iranian animations
TEHRAN – Five Iranian animations will go on screen at the 1st edition of the Chennai International Short Film Festival, which is currently underway in India. “The Borderline” directed by Mohammad...
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Work of contemporary Iranian poet published in Cyrillic script
TEHRAN – A selection of works by the contemporary Iranian poet Hassan Qaribi have been published in Cyrillic in a book in Tajikistan. The poems have been selected by the Tajik scholar Nur-Ali Nurzad...
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Persian literati to review works of Iranian Kurdish translators Qazi, Yunesi
TEHRAN – Iranian scholars will come together for a seminar on February 25 in Sanandaj, the capital of the northwestern Iranian province of Kordestan, to discuss works rendered into Persian by the two...
View ArticleTehran museum to display Persian historical calendars
TEHRAN -- Tehran’s Malek Museum and Library will be displaying a collection of Persian historical calendars in an exhibition, which will open tomorrow. Different types of historical calendars...
View ArticleTheater named after veteran actor Jamshid Mashayekhi
TEHRAN – A number of theatrical figures attended the Saturday opening ceremony of a theater, which has been named after veteran actor Jamshid Mashayekhi. The hall belongs to the Maan Artistic...
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Milani making “Ceasefire 2”
TEHRAN – The Iranian director Tahmineh Milani has began making a sequel to “Ceasefire”, her acclaimed film that broke box office records in Iran in 2006. “Ceasefire 2” is about the encounter of a...
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Filmmaker to chronicle 1998 Iranian diplomats’ murder in Mazar-i-Sharif
TEHRAN -- The Iranian director Abdolhassan Barzideh, mostly known for his movies on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, has focused on the infamous story of the murder of Iranian diplomats and a journalist in...
View Article“Cat and Fish” wins awards at Istanbul filmfest
TEHRAN – The acclaimed Iranian psychodrama “Cat and Fish” won the best film and critics’ awards at the 13th !f Istanbul International Independent Film Festival, Persian news agencies reported on...
View ArticleItalian scholar writes book on vestiges of Persian culture in Rome
TEHRAN – The Italian scholar Angelo M. Piemontese has authored a book on the vestiges of Persian artworks and culture in the history of Rome. Entitled “La Persia Istoriata in Roma” (The Persian...
View ArticleTehran art show displays works by French photographer Jean Gaumy
TEHRAN – A Collection of photos and films by Jean Gaumy, the French photographer and filmmaker, is being shown at the Image of the Year Exhibition underway at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF). The...
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Japanese, Iranian writers meet at Tehran Peace Museum
TEHRAN -- Naoki Hyakuta, the Japanese author of “The Man Who Was Called a Pirate”, and Habib Ahmadzadeh, the Iranian author of “Chess with the Doomsday Machine”, met at The Tehran Peace Museum on...
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Spanish cartoonist wins Golden Tooba at Fajr Intl. Festival of Visual Arts
TEHRAN – Spanish cartoonist David Vera Cervera won the Golden Tooba (Tree of Heaven) in the cartoon section at the 6th Fajr International Festival of Visual Arts, the organizers announced during the...
View ArticleLarge Iranian choir to perform Carmina Burana in Tehran
TEHRAN – The Tehran Choir and the Bahman Cultural Center’s Choir and a children’s choir of 20 singers have teamed up to perform Carmina Burana, a scenic cantata composed by Carl Orff, at Tehran’s...
View ArticleQasr Garden Museum to host Tehran painting symposium
TEHRAN – The Qasr Garden Museum will hold the First Tehran Painting Symposium on the theme of “Freedom and My City Tehran” from March 1 to 6. Twelve works have been selected from submissions by 94...
View ArticleTehran hosting Dehkhoda commemoration ceremony
TEHRAN – Tribute will be paid to the prominent Iranian lexicographer Allameh Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda (1879–1956) in a meeting to be held today at the Dehkhoda Lexicon Institute in Tehran. Dehkhoda was an...
View ArticleShanghai Mass Art Center to hang works by Iranian painters
TEHRAN -- Works by Iranian miniaturist Zahra Namvar and painter Khadijeh Hajilu will be put on display in an exhibition at the Shanghai Mass Art Center from March 5 to 10. The exhibition, which will...
View ArticleForeign musicians collaborate for “Neither Angel nor Devil Am I”
TEHRAN – Four international musicians have collaborated with the Iranian vocalist Homayun Shajarian and composer and string instrumentalist Tahmures Purnazari in their new album, “Neither Angel nor...
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Teachings of Holy Quran on food published in book
TEHRAN – A Persian book containing the Holy Quran’s guidelines on food, its usage and value has recently been released in Mashhad by Ahang-e Qalam Publications. Written by Mostafa Bayan, “Food in...
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