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2021-03-08 18:40
Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival honors winners
TEHRAN -- Iran’s 18th Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival was brought to an end on Sunday honoring the winners in an award-winning ceremony held at the Vahdat Hall in Tehran.
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2021-03-07 18:33
Alireza Qorbani, Le Trio Joubran release single “Ascent”
TEHRAN – Iranian vocalist Alireza Qorbani and Le Trio Joubran from Palestine have recently released the single “Ascent”.
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2021-03-07 18:25
Animation “Wet Mirror” produced based on Attar’s story of Sheikh Sanan
TEHRAN – Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) has produced an animation entitled “Wet Mirror” based on the Sheikh Sanan story from Persian poet Attar Neyshaburi’s “The Conference of the Birds”.
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2021-03-07 18:18
“50+One” depicts how Gen. Soleimani saved Erbil from ISIS
TEHRAN – Director and writer Mahtab Asgari has produced a play named “50+One” that depicts how Lieutenant-General Qassem Soleimani, commander of Iran’s Quds Force, saved Erbil from ISIS in 2014 when their fighters were closing in around the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
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2021-03-06 19:13
“The Tempest” to hit Tehran theater with modern look
TEHRAN – Iranian director Mostafa Kushki plans to stage William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” with a modern view on the tragicomedy in Tehran.
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2021-03-06 19:02
Ukrainian envoy invites Iranian troupe to perform “Holodomor” in Kiev
TEHRAN – Serhii Burdyliak, Ukraine’s ambassador to Iran, has invited Iran’s Seganeh Troupe to perform their play “Holodomor” in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.
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2021-03-06 18:57
17 Iranian books picked for Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava 2021
TEHRAN – Seventeen books by Iranian illustrators have been selected for the Biennial of Illustrations Bratislava (BIB), which will be held in the capital of Slovakia from October 15, 2021 to January 9, 2022.
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2021-03-05 18:44
Mobarak puppet festival picks Brazil’s “Babysitter Curtain”, Slovenia’s “Somewhere Else”
TEHRAN – Iran’s 18th Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival has picked “Babysitter Curtain” from Brazil and “Somewhere Else” from Slovenia.
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2021-03-05 18:42
Masumeh Abad’s “I’m Alive” published in German
TEHRAN – “I’m Alive”, the memories of the young Iranian woman Masumeh Abad during her long captivity in Iraq in the 1980s, has been published in German in Austria.
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2021-03-05 18:38
IRGC Muhammad Rasulullah Division releases documents on Iran-Iraq war operations
TEHRAN – The 27th Mohammad Rasulullah Division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has declassified a large number of documents on the operations carried out during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war in a book.
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2021-03-03 18:56
Qorban Mohammadpur to make Iranian-Indian joint series “Salam Mumbai”
TEHRAN – Iranian director Qorban Mohammadpur plans to make “Salam Mumbai”, an Iranian-Indian joint series to be produced at the home video network.
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2021-03-03 18:48
Iranian collections shortlisted for Sony World Photography Awards 2021
TEHRAN – Two collections by Iranian photographers have been shortlisted for the Sony World Photography Awards 2021.
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2021-03-03 18:34
Paintings by Iranian-Armenian artists on view at Tehran gallery
TEHRAN – Javid Gallery in Tehran is currently playing host to an exhibition of paintings by a group of Iranian-Armenian artists.
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2021-03-03 18:32
Leader’s book on political life of Imam Sajjad (AS) published
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei’s book on the cultural and political life of Imam Sajjad (AS), the fourth Imam of the Shia, has been published.
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2021-03-02 18:28
By Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Sabet
“Saffron Land” by Hadi Dehqanpur wins FIAP Gold Medal at Pamir photography salon
TEHRAN – Iranian photographer Hadi Dehqanpur’s “Saffron Land” has been honored with the FIAP Gold Medal at the 2nd Pamir International Salon of Photography in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
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2021-03-02 18:23
Iranian doc “Maze of Progress” examines resistance economy in Russia, China, Turkey
TEHRAN – Iranian documentary “Maze of Progress” scrutinizing the resistance economy in Russia, China and Turkey has been produced at Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
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2021-03-02 18:19
Lebanese scholar writes “Vanquisher of America” on Commander Qassem Soleimani
TEHRAN – Mohsen Saleh, a Lebanese associate professor of modern and contemporary Arab history, has authored “Vanquisher of America” on Commander Qassem Soleimani.
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2021-03-01 18:47
Book of 1st Shahnameh National Photo Festival published
TEHRAN – A selection of photos from the 1st Shahnameh National Photo Festival has been published in a book.
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2021-03-01 18:34
Pandemic forces Iran’s Intl. Quran Competition to go online
TEHRAN – Iran’s International Quran Competition, which is organized every year before the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, will hold its 37th edition online this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2021-03-01 18:27
Owj makes doc about top anti-secular cleric Ayatollah Nureddin Hosseini
TEHRAN – The Owj Arts and Media Organization has recently produced a documentary that chronicles the political and religious life of Ayatollah Seyyed Nureddin Hosseini al-Hashemi, a top anti-secular clerics who lived from 1896 to 1957.
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2021-02-28 19:11
Rendition of “Journey in Blue” tribute to Hans Christian Andersen: Persian translator
TEHRAN – Shaqayeq Qandehari has said that her Persian translation of Stig Dalager’s “Journey in Blue: A Novel about Hans Christian Andersen” is a tribute to the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, “a hard-working man who had a wonderful life.”
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2021-02-28 19:08
“The Snow Calls” crowned best at Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Marjan Khosravi’s “The Snow Calls” has been selected as best feature at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula in the northwestern U.S. state of Montana.
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2021-02-28 18:47
Mobarak festival opens with message calling puppets representations of ancient myths, future dreams
TEHRAN – The 18th Mobarak Puppet Theater Festival opened on Sunday with a message from Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini calling puppets the representations of the myths of the past and a visualization of the dreams of the future.
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2021-02-27 18:24
Busts of Khayyam, Nikola Tesla to be set up in Belgrade, Tehran
TEHRAN – Busts of the Persian poet and mathematician Omar Khayyam Neshaburi and Serbian inventor Nikola Tesla will be set up in Belgrade and Tehran in the near future based on a mutual agreement negotiated between the mayors of the cities.
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2021-02-27 18:20
Violent modern world suffers from lack of common humane language: filmmaker Majidi
TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi said that the violent modern world is suffering from a dearth of a common humane language and a disregard of human nature more than ever.
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2021-02-27 18:16
Baghdad billboard showing “Shias of Abu Turab”
TEHRAN – A huge copy of Iranian painter Hassan Ruholamin’s “Shias of Abu Turab” has been set up on a billboard in the heart of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
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2021-02-26 18:55
Fajr Festival of Visual Arts honors winners
TEHRAN – Winners of the 13th Fajr Festival of Visual Arts were honored during the closing ceremony of the event at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Thursday.
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2021-02-26 18:50
“Sun Children” star Ruhollah Zamani cast in war drama “The Bakeri Martyrs”
TEHRAN – Ruhollah Zamani, the lead actor of Majid Majidi’s acclaimed drama “Sun Children”, has been cast in the war docudrama series “The Bakeri Martyrs”.
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2021-02-26 18:48
“Book of Defense” studying Imam Khomeini’s leadership role in Iran-Iraq war released
TEHRAN – The Sacred Defense Research and Archives Center has released a book entitled “Book of Defense” that surveys the leadership role of the founder of the Islamic Republic, Imam Khomeini, during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, which is known as Sacred Defense in Iran.
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2021-02-23 18:56
Czech envoy awards Iranian winners of ICEFA Lidice
TEHRAN – The Iranian children who won awards at the 48th International Children’s Exhibition of Fine Arts Lidice received their prizes at the Embassy of Czech in Tehran on Monday from Ambassador Josef Rychtar.
