Women bring newborns to gathering in commemoration of Hazrat Ali-Asghar (AS)

TEHRAN -- Iranian women gathered their newborns at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla and the Mahdieh Mosque in Tehran to commemorate Hazrat Ali-Asghar (AS), the newborn son of Imam Hussein (AS), on Friday.
Similar gatherings were held in 30 other countries across the world.
The six-month-old baby Hazrat Ali-Asghar (AS) was killed by an arrow that hit his throat while he was in his father’s arms on Ashura (the tenth of Muharram), which was the day Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions were martyred.
Iran to hold meeting on ceramic art in Turkey
TEHRAN -- The Iranian Academy of Arts will hold a meeting on “Art of Ceramics in Turkey: Past and Present” on December 11.
The meeting on this Turkish traditional art form will be attended by Turkish artist and scholar Sevim Çizer at the venue of the academy located on Mozaffar St., Taleqani Avenue, near Felestin Square.
Movie on post-election unrest named “Golden Leashes”
TEHRAN -- Iranian director Abolqasem Talebi named his film on post-election unrest “Golden Leashes”.
He previously announced the name of the movie would be “Here is the Sunny Dust”, but has decided to change it.
The unrest erupted after Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner of the June 12 election in 2009, which is disputed by his reformist rival Mir-Hossein Mousavi.
“Please Don’t Disturb” opens Intl. Film Festival of Kerala
TEHRAN -- Iranian film “Please Don’t Disturb” was the opening film of the International Film Festival of Kerala currently underway in India. The festival will run until December 17.
The Hindu newspaper described the film as a “documentary style” movie which “focuses on the problems being faced by ordinary men and women in Iran’s capital Tehran”.
Babak Shirinsefat with “Walking on the Rail” is another Iranian participant. Abbas Kiarostami’s “Certified Copy” will go on screen in the World Cinema Section.
Niavaran holding tazieh plays in Muharram
TEHRAN -- The Niavaran Cultural Center is holding eight performances of tazieh, an Iranian passion play, beginning Friday.
The performances will continue until December 17 at the venue located at the northern end of Pasdaran St..