TEHRAN -- The Khorshid ensemble is the single representative of Iran scheduled to perform during a ceremony at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris on September 6 to mark the 800th birth anniversary of Rumi.

Head of the ensemble Majid Derakhshani said that several groups from other countries will also be giving performances at the event.
------Bust of Khayyam unveiled at Complutense University of Madrid
TEHRAN -- A bust of the Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet Omar Khayyam has been recently unveiled at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) in Spain.
Ordered by Iran’s Cultural Office in Madrid, the bust was crafted by the team of Pardis Sculptors from the University of Tehran and was transported to Spain