-
2021-02-23 18:52
36th Fajr Music Festival honors winners
TEHRAN – The 36th Fajr Music Festival was brought to an end by honoring winners in various categories at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Monday with a limited number of participants.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
2021-02-17 19:01
Fifteen children’s books shortlisted for Flying Turtle Awards
TEHRAN – Fifteen books have been selected as finalists to compete during the 9th edition of the Flying Turtle Awards, which are presented annually to top children’s books in Iran.
-
2021-02-17 18:55
IRIB making sequel to controversial docudrama on Jason Rezaian spy case
TEHRAN – Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) is making a sequel to “Gando”, a controversial docudrama that revolves around the spy case of Iranian-American journalist Jason Rezaian.
-
2021-02-17 18:42
“Cocoon and Butterfly” named best at Roshd Intl. Film Festival
TEHRAN – “The Cocoon and Butterfly” was crowned best at the 50th Roshd International Film Festival, receiving the gold award of the Iranian festival, which promotes films on educational topics for children.
-
2021-02-16 18:42
Inscribed testament of Commander Soleimani unveiled at Tehran art show
TEHRAN – A copy of the testament of Commander Qassem Soleimani inscribed by calligrapher Bahman Heidari was unveiled Tuesday during the Song of Sabalan Persian Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition at the Art Bureau in Tehran.
-
2021-02-16 18:37
Iranian troupe to perform play on World War II in Stuttgart
TEHRAN – Iranian director Arman Shirali plans to stage a play on World War II at the Stuttgart Theater House in Germany in early spring.
-
2021-02-16 18:27
ICRO music video airs Leader’s views for Japanese people
TEHRAN – Iran’s Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) has produced a music video airing the views of Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei with Japanese subtitles.
-
2021-02-15 18:44
Iran history book publishers to showcase latest offerings in virtual fair
TEHRAN – Top Iranian history book publishers will put on view their latest offerings about contemporary history in a weeklong virtual fair opening on March 20.
-
2021-02-15 18:38
36th Fajr Music Festival launches online tomorrow
TEHRAN – The 36th Fajr Music Festival will kick off tomorrow with streaming performances on fajrmusicfestival.com, nay.ir, and tiwall.com after canceling the in-person edition in Tehran due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
-
2021-02-15 18:31
Iran’s Book of the Year Awards unveils nominees in art section
TEHRAN – The 38th Iran’s Book of the Year Awards unveiled the nominees in the art category.
-
2021-02-14 18:48
Kish Island to host intl. neyanban festival in March
TEHRAN – Kish Island on the Persian Gulf will be hosting an international neyanban festival to promote the Persian instrument, which is most common in southern Iran.
-
2021-02-14 18:24
French publisher Gallimard releases anthology of short Persian love stories
TEHRAN – Gallimard, a leading French book publisher in Paris, has released an anthology of contemporary Persian short love stories in a book entitled “Amours Persanes”.
-
2021-02-14 18:22
Iran’s Book of the Year Awards announces nominees in literature category
TEHRAN – The organizers of the 38th Iran’s Book of the Year Awards have announced the nominees in the literature category.
-
2021-02-13 18:42
Movies from Iran line up for Providence Children’s Film Festival
TEHRAN – Eight movies by Iranian filmmakers are competing in the Providence Children’s Film Festival (PCFF) currently underway in the capital city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island.
-
2021-02-13 18:37
English translation of “Lean against This Late Hour” shortlisted for PEN America Literary Award
TEHRAN – An English translation of young Iranian writer Garous Abdolmalekian’s collection “Lean against This Late Hour” is among the finalists of the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards.
-
2021-02-13 18:31
Prints by Iranian, international artists on view at Fajr Festival of Visual Arts
TEHRAN – The 13th Fajr Festival of Visual Arts, underway in the Saba Art and Cultural Institute, is hanging a collection of prints by a number of Iranian and international artists in a special section.
-
2021-02-12 18:05
“Bab Bara” crowned best at Fajr Theater Festival
TEHRAN – “Bab Bara”, a play by Nima Imanzadeh from the northwestern Iranian city of Sanandaj, won the grand prix of the official competition of the 39th Fajr Theater Festival, while Imanzadeh was named the best director for his play.
