IRIB director meets South Korean media officials
TEHRAN -- The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Director Ezzatollah Zarghami has met with some officials of South Korean media in Seoul. Zarghami has traveled to the country to attend the...
View ArticleICCROM director-general visits Tehran
TEHRAN -- Stefano De Caro, the director-general of the International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) has traveled to Iran to visit a number of...
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Album of Lebanese bouzouki virtuoso Matar Mohammad released in Tehran
TEHRAN -- A selection of music the Lebanese bouzouki player Matar Mohammad (1939-1995) performed during a concert at the Beirut Theater in 1972 has recently been released in an album entitled “The...
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“Growing in the Wind” competing in Cinekid Festival
TEHRAN -- The Iranian movie “Growing in the Wind” directed by Rahbar Qanbari is competing in the Cinekid Festival, which is currently underway in Amsterdam. Seven other films are also scheduled to be...
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Italian troupe to bring “(a+b)3” to Shiraz
TEHRAN -- Italian troupe Muta Imago is scheduled to perform “(a+b)3” at the Hafez Hall in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz next week. “The decision to stage the play in the city was made after it...
View ArticleNiki Karimi to spotlight UAE-based Iranians in next film
TEHRAN – Iranian actress-cum-director Niki Karimi plans to make her next film about Iranian immigrants who live in the United Arab Emirates. “It’s about Iranian immigrants living there. I got all...
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Iranian pop star Sirvan remixing Enrique’s song
TEHRAN -- The Iranian pop star and music composer Sirvan Khosravi is currently working on a remix of one of the songs by the Latin pop icon Enrique Iglesias. Khosravi, who is known as Sirvan in Iran,...
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Old friends team up for “Seven Nights with an Uninvited Guest”
TEHRAN -- Iranian actors Farhad Aiish and Ali Nasirian have come together again in “Seven Nights with an Uninvited Guest in New York”, which is currently on stage at the Chaharsu Hall of Tehran’s City...
View ArticleIRIB director visits Japan
TEHRAN -- Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) Director Ezzatollah Zarghami traveled to Japan on Friday. He met with Japan’s Internal Affairs and Communication Minister Shinji Tarutoko and...
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“A Respectable Family” honored with Black Pearl at Abu Dhabi festival
TEHRAN -- “A Respectable Family” by Iranian filmmaker Masud Bakshi won the Black Pearl Award at the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival, organizers announced on Saturday. The film won the award in...
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What’s in art galleries
Photo * Photos of the quake-stricken regions in Azarabaijan Province are currently on show in an exhibition at the Tajrish Metro Station. Forty works of 30 photographers have been showcased at the...
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Female painters scoop up awards at Damonfar biennial
TEHRAN – Female artists won all the awards at the closing ceremony of the Fourth Damonfar Painting Biennial at Tehran’s Mellat Cinema Complex on Friday. Zahra Tabatabaii won first prize, which is a...
View ArticleTehran center to host Japanese cultural festival
TEHRAN -- Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural Center will be playing host to a Japanese cultural festival, which will open on October 25. The three-day festival has been organized by the Japanese Embassy in...
View ArticleReligion Today Festival honors “Mashti Esmaeil”
TEHRAN -- The Iranian documentary “Mashti Esmaeil”, which is about the daily life of an Iranian farmer, won the special jury prize at the Religion Today Film Festival. “Mashti Esmaeil” and eight...
View ArticleGeorgian Persian learners visit Iran
TEHRAN – A group of Georgian Persian learners arrived in Tehran on Saturday to improve their skills in the Persian language. The group, which includes 45 students selected from Persian educational...
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Works of young Iranian poet published in France
TEHRAN -- The French publishing company Bruno Doucey has recently printed a book containing a selection of works by the young Iranian poet Garus Abdolmalekian. The book, entitled “Our Fists under...
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Rome filmfest to select “A Separation” star Leila Hatami for jury
TEHRAN -- Leila Hatami, the Iranian star of the Oscar winning film “A Separation”, will be on the jury of the 7th Rome Film Festival. U.S. director Jeff Nichols will preside over the jury, festival...
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“Modest Reception” wins Free Spirit Award at Warsaw filmfest
TEHRAN -- The Iranian filmmaker Mani Haqiqi’s “Modest Reception” won the Free Spirit Award at the Warsaw Film Festival during the closing ceremony of the event on October 21. This award is presented...
View ArticleTehran center to host Japanese cultural festival
TEHRAN -- Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural Center will be playing host to a Japanese cultural festival, which will open on October 25. The three-day festival has been organized by the Japanese Embassy in...
View ArticleReligion Today Festival honors “Mashti Esmaeil”
TEHRAN -- The Iranian documentary “Mashti Esmaeil”, which is about the daily life of an Iranian farmer, won the special jury prize at the Religion Today Film Festival. “Mashti Esmaeil” and eight...
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