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Mural honoring Ismail Haniyeh unveiled in Tehran
TEHRAN- On the second anniversary of the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, the former chief of the political bureau of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, a new mural was unveiled at the intersection of Jomhouri and Valiasr avenues in Tehran on Friday with the support of the Art Bureau.
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12 nominations for Iran at 2026 Love International Film Festival
TEHRAN – Iranian films participating in the 2026 Love International Film Festival (LIFF) have received several nominations.
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Ben Macintyre’s “The Spy and the Traitor” available in Persian
TEHRAN – The Persian translation of the book “The Spy and the Traitor” written by Ben Macintyre, about the most significant British agent of the Cold War, has been released in bookstores across the country.
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Mural honoring Ismail Haniyeh unveiled in Tehran
TEHRAN- On the second anniversary of the martyrdom of Ismail Haniyeh, the former chief of the political bureau of the Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas, a new mural was unveiled at the intersection of Jomhouri and Valiasr avenues in Tehran on Friday with the support of the Art Bureau.
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Ben Macintyre’s “The Spy and the Traitor” available in Persian
TEHRAN – The Persian translation of the book “The Spy and the Traitor” written by Ben Macintyre, about the most significant British agent of the Cold War, has been released in bookstores across the country.
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12 nominations for Iran at 2026 Love International Film Festival
TEHRAN – Iranian films participating in the 2026 Love International Film Festival (LIFF) have received several nominations.
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13th Hiroshima-Iran Love & Peace Film Festival launched in Japan
TEHRAN – The 13th edition of the Hiroshima-Iran Love & Peace Film Festival was launched in Hiroshima, Japan, on Saturday.
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What’s in Tehran art galleries
Ech Gallery is playing host to an exhibition of paintings by Masih Ghasemian. The exhibit named “The Silent Frame” runs until August 14 at the gallery that can be found at 10 Mirza Taraj opposite Dowlat St., Shariati Ave.
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“The Cherry Tree” puppet play brings lessons of Ashura to young audiences
TEHRAN- The puppet-live performance "The Cherry Tree", directed by Sharareh Tayyar, is currently on stage at the Mehr Theater of Tehran’s Art Bureau.
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9th Iranian Film Festival in Tokyo honors martyred children of Minab
TEHRAN – The 9th Iranian Film Festival in Tokyo was launched on Friday at the Libra Hall of the Minato City Gender Equality Center in Tokyo, Japan.
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By Kurosh Alyani
Entertainment against alternatives
“Steal”, the Epstein Class, and the Caricaturing of Resistance Leaders
TEHRAN- On the surface, “Steal” is a crime-thriller miniseries about the “heist of the century” and financial corruption—a seemingly anti-capitalist text alert to inequality. Yet the ultimate layer of its message shores up the same war-driven capitalist order: it hides the Epstein class behind a sacrificial body and absolves that class by killing him; normalizes the war broker; caricatures the resistance’s intellectuals and defense leaders in the figure of Darren Yoshida; and leaves individual theft as the only rational horizon.
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Antony Loewenstein’s “The Palestine Laboratory” published in Persian
TEHRAN – The Persian translation of the book “The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World,” written by Antony Loewenstein, has been released in bookstores across the country.
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Iranian animation “Legend of Sepehr” to be released in Russian cinemas
TEHRAN – The Iranian animated feature film “Legend of Sepehr,” directed by Emad Rahmani and Mehrdad Mehrabi, is set for a wide theatrical release in Russia following its run in Iran.
