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2019-05-29 18:33
Iranian official visits Moscow Museum of Great Patriotic War
TEHRAN – Iranian Poetry and Fiction Foundation director Mehdi Qezeli visited the Museum of the Great Patriotic War in his recent trip to Moscow, the foundation announced on Wednesday.
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2019-05-28 18:40
Tehran cartoon exhibition to mark Quds Day
TEHRAN – Tehran’s Palestine Museum of Contemporary Art will be hosting a cartoon exhibition to mark International Quds Day, which falls on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.
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2019-05-28 18:39
Owj welcomes Quds Day with banner opposing U.S. military presence in Persian Gulf
TEHRAN – The Owj Arts and Media Organization, a Tehran-based institution producing revolutionary works in art and cinema, has welcomed International Quds Day by draping a huge banner in Tehran’s Vali-e Asr Square that opposes the U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf.
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2019-05-28 18:33
Tokyo library exhibits Iranian children's books
TEHRAN – The International Library of Children’s Literature (ILCL) in Tokyo is playing host to an exhibition of Iranian children’s books.
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2019-05-27 18:44
Paris Literature Night reviews Afshin Yadollahi’s “La Clepsydre de L’amour”
TEHRAN – A French version of late Iranian songwriter Afshin Yadollahi’s collection “La Clepsydre de L’amour” was reviewed on Saturday during the 7th edition of Literature Night, a book reading session organized by the Forum of Foreign Cultural Institutes – FICEP in Paris.
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2019-05-27 18:43
Iranian dubber Parviz Bahram dies at 86
TEHRAN – Iranian dubber Parviz Bahram who lent his voice to many leading actors of the world cinema such as Orson Welles, Robert Taylor and Laurence Olivier died of blood cancer at his home on Monday morning. He was 86, his wife Iran Shadab confirmed.
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2019-05-27 18:42
IRIB dismisses managers for program insulting Sunni personalities
TEHRAN – The manager of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting’s Channel 5, Javad Ramezannejad, and a program manager have been dismissed over a live broadcast of a celebration, during which a eulogist cursed a number of the early Islam personalities who are respected in Sunni Islam.
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2019-05-25 18:20
1st Hormoz Art Expo underway on Persian Gulf island
TEHRAN – The 13/60 Foundation is organizing an art expo on the southern Iranian island of Hormoz in the Persian Gulf.
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2019-05-25 18:15
“Foruzan”, “Slaughter” win awards at Fredonia Film Festival
TEHRAN – Iranian shorts “Foruzan” and “Slaughter” have won awards at the 2nd edition of the Fredonia Film Festival, an international festival of short films that was held in Dunkirk, New York in the U.S.
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2019-05-25 18:13
Ammar festival launches #Brotherhood to support Afghan migrants in Iran
TEHRAN – The organizers of the Ammar Popular Film Festival have launched a campaign titled #Brotherhood to support Afghan migrants in Iran in response to Iran’s claim that it can’t afford to keep hosting Afghan refugees in a warning to Europe.
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2019-05-24 18:21
Anthology of Arabic poetry published in Persian
TEHRAN – A selection of Arabic poetry by writers from Egypt, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Tunisia, Algeria and Syria has been published in Persian in a single book named “Arab World’s Poetry”.
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2019-05-24 18:18
Journeyman takes intl. distribution on “Women with Gunpowder Earrings”
TEHRAN – The ArtHouse Cinematheque, an international sales agent, announced on Thursday that Journeyman Pictures, one of the world’s leading distributors of captivating and original documentary films, has acquired international rights to Iranian filmmaker Reza Farahmand’s acclaimed “Women with Gunpowder Earrings”.
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2019-05-24 18:14
Art exhibit on Khorramshahr underway at Tehran gallery
TEHRAN – A multimedia exhibition featuring a historical and abstract account of what has happened in the southwestern Iranian city of Khorramshahr over the past 38 years is underway at Tehran’s Farmanfarma Gallery.
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2019-05-22 18:52
Radio Iran honors storyteller Maryam Nashiba
TEHRAN – Radio Iran honored Maryam Nashiba, the veteran storyteller who has been telling bedtime stories for kids on the radio program “Good Night Kids” since 1990, for her lifetime achievements during a special ceremony in Tehran on Tuesday.
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2019-05-22 18:49
Book on history of dentistry in Iran published
TEHRAN – A book that chronicles the history of the field of dentistry in Iran has recently been published by Dandaneh Publications in Tehran.
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2019-05-22 18:45
Animated movie to unfold tragedy of Sardasht chemical attack
TEHRAN – Iranian director Pejman Alipur is making an animated movie that is about Iraq’s chemical attack on the Iranian town of Sardasht in 1987.
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2019-05-21 18:47
Iranian companies offer productions at Cannes Film Market
TEHRAN – A number of Iranian companies are offering their latest products at the Cannes Film Market – Marché du Film, Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation announced on Tuesday.
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2019-05-21 18:45
Photos to bring Iran’s recent flood into spotlight at Cannes
TEHRAN – An exhibition of photos of Iran’s recent flood under the title “Everywhere for Everyone” will open at the Cannes Film Market tomorrow.
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2019-05-21 18:41
Leader warns of Persian language decay
TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned poets and literati of the decay of the Persian language.
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2019-05-20 18:28
Owj turns spotlight on Jangali Movement in new docudrama
TEHRAN – The Owj Arts and Media Organization, a Tehran-based institution producing revolutionary works in art and cinema, is producing a docudrama on the Jangali Movement and its leader, Mirza Kuchak Khan Jangali.
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2019-05-20 18:26
IRCICA honors Iranian winners of Intl. Calligraphy Competition in Tehran
TEHRAN – The Iranian winners at the 11th International Calligraphy Competition organized by the Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA) were honored during a ceremony in Tehran on Sunday.
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2019-05-20 18:22
Movie ratings system seeks to foster people’s culture of cinema: official
TEHRAN – The director of the Cinema Organization of Iran said on Monday that the age-based movie ratings system has been set up to raise the culture of cinema among people.
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2019-05-19 18:22
Canadian center to review movies by Iranian director Masud Kimiai
TEHRAN – The Parya Trillium Foundation in the Canadian city of Toronto plans to review films by veteran Iranian filmmaker Masud Kimiai during a meeting on May 25.
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2019-05-19 18:20
Iranian Quran reciter Karim Mansuri visits Ghana
TEHRAN – World-renowned Iranian Quran reciter Karim Mansuri is currently in Ghana to recite at several meetings in the West African country, in which Islam is one of the major religions practiced widely.
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2019-05-19 18:18
Art Bureau to display new productions at Cannes Film Market
TEHRAN – The Art Bureau of the Islamic Ideology Dissemination Organization is displaying a lineup of its latest movie productions at the Cannes Film Market.
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2019-05-18 18:27
Troupe to give reading of Ibsen’s “Catiline” at Tehran theater
TEHRAN – A group of actors will perform a reading of Norwegian writer Henrik Ibsen’s first play “Catiline” or “Catilina” at Tehran’s City Theater Complex today.
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2019-05-18 18:24
Iranian musician to perform with Parisian orchestra
TEHRAN – Iranian musicians will accompany the Paris-Est Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of conductor Arash Fuladvand during concerts in Paris and London, the orchestra has announced.
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2019-05-18 18:18
Iranian cinema shines at Argentine labor film festival
TEHRAN – Several movies from Iran have won awards at the Construir Cine International Labor Film Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the organizers have announced.
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2019-05-17 18:10
Official says Iran welcomes psychiatrists’ assistance in movie ratings
TEHRAN – Cinema Organization of Iran (COI) deputy director Ebrahim Darughezadeh said on Friday that his organization welcomes any assistance from the Iranian Psychiatric Association in rating movies.
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2019-05-17 18:08
Iran seeks to screen films from Varesh festival in ECO member states
TEHRAN – Iran is seeking to screen a selection of films acclaimed at the Varesh International Film Festival in all member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).
