What’s in Tehran art galleries

* Mahsa Mahdizadeh is displaying her latest watercolors in an exhibition at Atashzad Gallery. 

$948m taxi fleet renovation plan on agenda

TEHRAN – The administration has put a plan worth $948 million on the agenda for renovating the old domestic taxi fleet, aimed at replacing 129,000 clunker cars with natural gas vehicles, hybrid, and electric cars.

Niavaran Cultural Center to host Iran-Austria Music Event 

TEHRAN – Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center next week will be playing host to a music festival named the “Iran-Austria Music Event”. 

Tehran to host major carpet exhibit in Sept. despite coronavirus concerns

TEHRAN – Tehran will host an international carpet exhibition in September as the event had been postponed for some three months over coronavirus concerns.

Courtyard of Vahdat Hall to host play based on novel “Too Loud a Solitude” 

TEHRAN – Director Peyman Qadimi plans to stage a play based on Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal’s novella “Too Loud a Solitude” in the courtyard of Tehran’s Vahdat Hall during late July.

What’s in Tehran art galleries

* An exhibition showcasing a collection of paintings by Mahta Moeini is currently underway at Asr Gallery. 

33 killed, injured in explosion at clinic in Tehran

TEHRAN – Thirty three people were killed and injured in an explosion caused by a gas leak at a clinic in northern Tehran on Tuesday night.

Iran’s flag carrier to launch Bojnurd-Ashgabat service

TEHRAN – Iran’s flag carrier, IranAir, is going to operate round flights connecting Bojnurd, the capital of northeastern North Khorasan province to Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan, IRNA reported on Monday.

flydubai to resume Iran flights

TEHRAN – The “flydubai”, legally named Dubai Aviation Corporation, is scheduled to resume its Iran services as coronavirus-related restrictions are being eased across the globe.  

The Bahamas to lift travel restrictions for Iran

TEHRAN - The Bahamas is scheduled to lift travel restrictions from Iran and other previously excluded countries such as China, the Republic of Korea, and some European states, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday.

What’s in Tehran art galleries

* Paintings by Marjan Mohammadi and Salumeh Darabian are on display in an exhibition at Chahardah Gallery. 

Explosion at gas-storage tank in Parchin had no casualties: Defense Ministry

TEHRAN – A massive explosion in a gas storage tanker near the Parchin complex in east of Tehran early on Friday had no casualties, the Defense Ministry reported.

What’s in Tehran art galleries

* Mahvash Dowlatabadi is displaying her latest paintings in an exhibition named “Distressed Order” at Haft Samar Gallery. 

Iran likely to resume flights to Turkey on June 20 after 3-month suspension

TEHRAN – Flights to Turkey will likely be resumed on June 20 after nearly three months of suspension over the COVID-19 pandemic, a senior Iranian aviation official was quoted as saying by Press TV on Sunday.

New handicrafts school opens in Tehran 

TEHRAN – The third handicraft school in Tehran was inaugurated on Monday at Sarv Cultural Center.

What’s in Tehran art galleries

* Paintings by Mostafa Sarabi are currently on view in an exhibition at Delgosha Gallery. 

14 properties in Tehran added to National Heritage List

TEHRAN – A total of 14 historical and natural sites in the Iranian capital have recently been inscribed on the National Heritage List, IRNA reported.

What’s in Tehran art galleries

* Paintings by Elahyar Najafi are currently on view in an exhibition at Aran Gallery.

By Afshin Majlesi

Iran’s trump cards to kick-start tourism in post-COVID-19 world

TEHRAN – As you are well aware, the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus has plunged the travel and tourism industry in the global scene, disrupting life in ways that were unimaginable just a few months ago.

Book fairs commemorate death anniversary of Imam Khomeini

TEHRAN – The Art and Cultural Organization of the Tehran Municipality has organized 25 book fairs across the capital to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the passing of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic.

Magnitude 4 quake hits Tehran province

TEHRAN – An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale shook Tehran province on Wednesday.

Seven-thousand-year-old clay vessels unearthed in Iran

TEHRAN – A total of six clay vessels, which believed to date back to the fifth millennium BC, have recently been unearned in Moushelan Tepe, a significant archaeological site 65 km west of Tehran. 

Human life in Iran’s Rey is as old as 8,000 years: archaeologist

TEHRAN – Rey is considered to be the oldest city in the central Iranian plateau with a history of human settlement that stretches back in time for over 8,000 years, a senior Iranian archaeologist Qadir Afrovand has said.

By Mehdi Zare

Damavand quake: A trigger of risk panic in Tehran

On 8 May 2020, 48 minutes after the midnight (local time), a moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale shocked citizens of Tehran province. Most of the people were already in sleep.

Ancient fortress in Tehran to be demarcated

TEHRAN – The historical Iraj fortress in Pishva, southeast of Tehran, is scheduled to be demarcated by the end of the current Iranian calendar year 1399 (started March 21).

Quake causes cracks in Tehran’s Sahebqaraniyeh Palace

TEHRAN – Some minor cracks have appeared in the historical Sahebqaraniyeh Palace, which is located in northern Tehran, due to an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale that occurred early on Friday 56 km northeast of the city.

What’s in Tehran art galleries

Note: Some of the following art exhibitions are being organized online in order to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus.

Cheshmeh-Ali spring awaiting national heritage status

TEHRAN – Cheshmeh-Ali historical spring in the city of Rey, southern Tehran, is planned to be inscribed on the national heritage list, a provincial tourism official has said.

By Afshin Majlesi

Normal life not a distant dream as Tehran sees drop in new corona cases

The average death toll from COVID-19 pandemic in Iran has been on the decline, and also in the capital Tehran, over the past couple of weeks, thanks to a temporary lockdown introduced earlier in March.