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2020-06-14 18:27
Culture minister laments lack of funds for public libraries
TEHRAN – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi has lamented the lack of necessary funds budgeted to pay the staff working in public libraries.
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2020-05-17 18:25
Iranian culture minister offers congratulations on Khayyam Day
TEHRAN – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi commemorated the Persian poet Omar Khayyam Neyshaburi on Sunday by extending congratulations on Khayyam Day.
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2020-03-17 18:56
Qader Ashena appointed new director of Iran’s Dramatic Arts Center
TEHRAN – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi has appointed Qader Ashena the new director of Iran’s Dramatic Arts Center.
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2020-01-12 18:38
Iranian cultural figures, organizations condole death of Ukrainian jetliner passengers
TEHRAN – Iranian cultural organizations and figures have expressed condolences over the deaths of the passengers of a Ukrainian jetliner, which was unintentionally shot down by Iran last week.
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2020-01-07 18:08
Culture minister responds to Trump’s threat to destroy Iran’s cultural sites
TEHRAN – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi has commented on President Donald Trump’s threat to target Iranian cultural sites in case Iran’s retaliation for the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani.
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2019-12-01 18:21
Culture minister asks for continuation of artists’ tax exemption
TEHRAN – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi has asked the government not to eliminate the tax exemption for artists and cultural activities.
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2019-11-13 18:03
Iran Book Week kicks off in Yazd
TEHRAN – The 27th Iran Book Week opened on Wednesday in Yazd, the central Iranian city that is Iran’s 2019 Book Capital.
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2019-08-20 18:40
Isfahan children’s film festival kicks off
TEHRAN -- The 32nd International Film Festival for Children and Youth opened at Ghadir Park in the central Iranian city of Isfahan on Monday evening.
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2019-08-07 18:41
Rouhani says journalists should criticize without fear
Iranian officials mark National Journalist Day
TEHRAN – President Hassan Rouhani as well as other senior officials underlined the importance of press freedom in remarks ahead of National Journalist Day.
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2019-07-14 18:18
Imam Reza (AS) Intl. Festival honors cultural figures
TEHRAN – Several Iranian writers who have authored books on Imam Reza (AS) and cultural figures were honored during the closing ceremony of the 17th Imam Reza (AS) International Festival on Saturday.
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2019-06-18 14:42
Iran’s flood-hit regions in photos
Tehran City Council member Ahmad Masjed-Jamei (L) and Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi (C) visit an exhibition of photos of Iran’s flood-stricken regions at Eyvane Entezar, a display space in Tehran’s Vali-e Asr Square, on June 15, 2019. Over 80 works by 51 photographers will be on view at the exhibition until June 25.
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2019-02-17 18:36
Culture minister Salehi attends street performance of “The Immortal” in Tehran
TEHRAN – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi sat to watch an open-air performance of “The Immortal” in the courtyard of Tehran’s City Theater Complex on Saturday night.