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2021-02-23 18:46
Green puppet show warns about global garbage crisis
TEHRAN – Iranian playwright and director Nasrin Khanjari plans to stage a puppet show warning about the garbage crisis around the world.
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2021-02-22 18:54
“Brooklyn Girl” surfaces in Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – “Brooklyn Girl”, a novel by Guillaume Musso, one of the most popular authors in France today, has recently been published in Persian.
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2021-02-22 18:50
“Hayek on Liberty” by John Gray comes into Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of John Gray’s “Hayek on Liberty” has recently been published by Now Publications in Tehran.
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2021-02-22 18:49
Mowj Intl. Short Film Festival honors winners
TEHRAN – Winners of the 4th edition of the Mowj International Short Film Festival were honored during a closing ceremony held on the island on Sunday.
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2021-02-22 18:48
Woody Allen’s “Death” at Tehran theater
TEHRAN – Woody Allen’s 1975 comedy play “Death” is on stage at Jamshid Mashyekhi Theater in Tehran.
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2021-02-22 18:46
Movies from Iran line up for Taos Shortz Film Fest
TEHRAN – Nineteen movies by Iranian filmmakers will be screened at the Taos Shortz Film Fest in the United States.
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2021-02-22 18:42
Complutense University of Madrid to review Majidi’s films
TEHRAN – The Complutense University of Madrid will be hosting an international webinar on Iranian cinema opening today with a focus on three films by filmmaker Majid Majidi.
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2021-02-22 18:40
Al-Kawthar making sequel to series on victim of Saudi sectarianism Zakaria al-Jaber
TEHRAN – Al-Kawthar TV, the Tehran-based Arabic-language television channel, is making a sequel to “Zakaria Jaber”, an animation series on Zakaria al-Jaber, a six-year-old Shia boy who became a victim of sectarianism in Saudi Arabia in 2019.
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2021-02-21 19:18
“The Information Revolution” by Tamra B. Orr appears in Persian
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of Tamra B. Orr’s book “The Information Revolution: Transforming the World through Technology” has recently been published by Qoqnus Publications in Tehran.
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2021-02-21 19:17
Iranian veterans share happy memories in doc series “Lovely War”
TEHRAN – “Lovely War”, a documentary series centering on happy memoirs of the Iranian soldiers who fought during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is known as Sacred Defense in Iran, has recently been streamed online on Filimo and Namava, the Iranian platforms providing video on demand.
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2021-02-21 19:15
“Sniper”, “Yadoo”, “Mansur”, “Expediency” honored at Qoqnus Screen Awards
TEHRAN – The 10th edition of the Qoqnus Screen Awards selected “The Sniper”, “Yadoo”, “Mansur” and “Expediency” as the top movies of the year on Saturday.
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2021-02-21 19:05
Hafez Studies Center launches story writing festival
TEHRAN – The Hafez Studies Center in Shiraz has organized a festival of story writing with the central theme of the great Persian poet Hafez.
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2021-02-21 19:03
Stories from Shahnameh simplified for children
TEHRAN – Stories from the Shahnameh, the epic magnum opus of Persian poet Ferdowsi, have been simplified for children in a collection by litterateur Zeinab Yazdani.
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2021-02-21 18:58
Doc depicts Iranian environmentalist’s attempts to save Caspian seal from extinction
TEHRAN – Iran’s Experimental and Documentary Film Center (EDFC) is producing a documentary depicting Iranian veterinarian and environmental activist Amir Shirazi’s attempts to save the Caspian seal from extinction.
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2021-02-21 18:53
First volume of unabridged Azerbaijani dictionary published in Ardebil
TEHRAN – The first volume of an unabridged Azerbaijani dictionary bearing words beginning with the letter “A” was unveiled on Saturday during a ceremony in Ardebil, one of the Iranian cities with Azerbaijani-speaking people.
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2021-02-20 18:39
Ahmet Altan’s “Dying is Easier than Loving” appears in Persian
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of Turkish author Ahmet Altan’s “Dying is Easier than Loving” has recently been published by Now Publications in Tehran.
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2021-02-20 18:38
IRGC commander praises play “Borunesi”
TEHRAN – Saeid Mohammad, commander of the Khatam-al Anbiya Construction Headquarters, an Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) construction unit, praised “Borunesi” after watching the play at the Sayeh Hall of Tehran’s City Theater Complex on Friday.
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2021-02-20 18:35
15 Iranian organizations to present productions at European Film Market
TEHRAN – Fifteen Iranian organizations and companies will be presenting their latest productions at the European Film Market, one of the top three meeting places of the international film and media industries.
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2021-02-20 18:24
Book City to review Cyrus Ghani’s “Shakespeare, Persia, and the East”
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of Cyrus Ghani’s book “Shakespeare, Persia, and the East” will be reviewed in an online session by the Book City Institute in Tehran.
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2021-02-20 18:19
International Art Festival of Resistance honors winners
TEHRAN – Winners of the Sixth International Art Festival of Resistance were honored during a ceremony on Friday at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran.
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2021-02-20 18:16
“Holodomor” reveals how Stalin starved millions in Ukrainian famine
TEHRAN – An Iranian play named “Holodomor” premiered at Tehran’s Neauphle-le-Chateau Theater on Friday, recapitulating the Holodomor, a famine planned by Joseph Stalin in Soviet Ukraine from 1932 to 1933 that killed millions of Ukrainians.
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2021-02-20 18:13
Iran’s Book of the Year Awards announces winners
TEHRAN – Winners in different categories of the 38th Iran’s Book of the Year Awards were honored as they received their awards from President Hassan Rouhani during a special ceremony at his office on Saturday.
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2021-02-19 19:07
Hilary Mantel’s “Mirror and the Light” comes into Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of Hilary Mantel’s “The Mirror and the Light” has recently been published by Tandis Publications in Tehran.
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2021-02-19 18:41
Book on modern Persian children’s poetry published in Turkey
TEHRAN – A book on modern Persian children’s poetry has recently been published in Istanbul, Turkey.
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2021-02-19 18:37
Anton Chekhov’s “Cherry Orchard”, “Bear” on stage at Tehran theaters
TEHRAN – Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov’s plays “The Cherry Orchard” and “The Bear” are on stage at the Mehregan Theater in Tehran.
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2021-02-19 18:32
Pandemic postpones Tehran International Sculpture Symposium
TEHRAN – The 10th edition of the Tehran International Sculpture Symposium, which was due to open on Friday with sculptors competing in national, international and student sections, has been postponed due to the pandemic.
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2021-02-19 18:30
Iran returns COVID-19 restrictions on cultural events with fear of new wave
TEHRAN – Iranian Health Ministry has announced the return of all coronavirus restrictions on the concerts and cultural meetings in the fear of a new wave of the disease.
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2021-02-19 18:26
What’s in Tehran art galleries
* An exhibition underway at Aria Gallery displaying sculptor Azar Sheikh Bahaeddin’s latest collection named “Masks”.
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2021-02-19 18:21
Persian Gulf Arab states seek to usurp Iranian illumination: artist
TEHRAN – Iranian illuminator Zeinab Shahi, whose works have been showcased in several international events across the world, has said that the Persian Gulf Arab states are seeking to usurp Iranian illumination art.
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2021-02-17 19:14
Chris Priestley series “Tales of Terror” comes into Iranian bookstores
TEHRAN – A Persian translation of English writer Chris Priestley’s series “Tales of Terror” has recently been published by Peydayesh Publications in Tehran.
