TEHRAN – The Cinema Organization of Iran (COI) has launched an English website providing information related to Iranian movies.

The website, entitled “Chronology of Iranian Cinema (CIC)”, was introduced on the sidelines of the 36th Fajr International Film Festival at Tehran’s Charsu Cineplex on Saturday.

“Iranian cinema is well known in the world, but a reliable source with information on the history of Iranian cinema in English was missing,” the manager of the project, Iraj Taqipur, said at the launching ceremony of the site that can be found at cicinema.com.

“This is the first phase of the project and we hope to improve the site in the near future,” he added.

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi and COI director Mohammad-Mehdi Heidarian, and the secretary of Fajr festival, Reza Mirkarimi attended the ceremony.

The Fajr International Film Festival will run at Tehran’s Charsu Cineplex until April 27.

Photo: The manager of the CIC project, Iraj Taqipur, and his colleagues attend a press conference at Tehran’s Charsu Cineplex on April 21, 2018.

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