12th Tehran Auction sells artworks worth $2.4m
Financial Tribune – The 12th Tehran Auction of Iranian artworks on Friday earned 317.17 billion rials ($2.42 million). The auction at Tehran’s…
Culture
Stolen ‘Divan of Hafez’ heading to Germany after discovery in UK
Press TV – A stolen 15th-century book by the famed Persian poet Hafez has been recovered by a Dutch art detective after…
Trump’s threat to Iran’s antiquities sets off global uproar
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: Iran ranks 10th globally on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) list of world heritage…
If Trump knew anything about Iran, he would never have threatened its culture
The Washington Post | Hooman Majd: Since the United States killed Qasem Soleimani in Iraq last week, President Trump has only ramped…
Donald Trump’s belligerent threats to Iran’s cultural sites are grotesque
The Guardian | Simon Jenkins: Donald Trump’s threat to destroy the sites of ancient Persia should send a shiver down the spine…
Forough’s birthday shining sparkle of Iranian female poets
IRNA – Iranian poet Forough-Ozzaman Farrokhzad under the pen name of Forough opened up a new chapter in the book of Persian…
Veteran Iranian actress Shahla Riahi dies at 92
Press TV – Veteran Iranian theater, cinema and television actress, Shahla Riahi, who was also the county’s first female director, has passed…
30 percent rise in number of foreign media applying for FIFF
IRNA – Representatives of 25 foreign media applying for covering news on the 38th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) has increased by…
Iranian woman to receive French Order of Arts and Letters
Iran Front Page – Iranian photographer and gallery manager Anahita Ghabaian Etehadieh has been invited by the French Minister of Culture to…
Welcome ceremony for an ancient Iranian soldier
Press TV – This is a welcome ceremony for an ancient Iranian soldier! This bas-relief of an Achaemenid guard is 2,500 years…
Locals help stork build nest in viral video filmed in Iran
Press TV – A viral video showing local villagers helping a stork build its nest has been widely shared among Iranian social…
Box office earnings rise 25% to $19 million
Financial Tribune – Iran’s box office earnings during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Dec. 21) stood at…
Iran opens 10th national handicraft exhibition
IRNA – Iran opened its 10th Handicrafts and Traditional Arts Exhibition in southern Bushehr Province, on Monday. First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri participated…
Iran to inscribe Yalda Night on UNESCO heritage list in 2021
MNA – The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts of Iran is making efforts to have Yalda Night (Shab-e Yalda) inscribed…
Iran’s dotar instrument wins world heritage status
Tehran Times – Iran’s traditional skills of crafting and playing the dotar won world heritage status on Thursday, joining UNESCO’s culture list…
Yalda Night, or how Iranians celebrate the winter solstice
MNA | Marjohn Sheikhi: Yalda Night (or Shab-e Yalda; also, Shab-e Chelleh) is an ancient Persian festival, which basically celebrates the coming of…
Iranians prepare to celebrate Yalda, longest night of year
Press TV – Iranians are preparing to celebrate Yalda Night, an ancient cultural festival marking the arrival of winter and the longest…
Isfahan, the heartland of art and culture screens Cinema Vérité films
MNA – Films of the13th edition of Iran International Documentary Film Festival, known as Cinema Vérité are still being screened in different…
Ghalam-Kari: Another popular art in Isfahan
Tasnim – Ghalamkari, a kind of traditional print that is applied to textile, is one of many handicrafts of Isfahan. The handicrafts…
Annual forum of Persian language held in Moscow
Press TV – All these attendants have devoted their entire life to the Persian language. Persian language experts including linguists from around…
ِDistinguished maestro says Iranians always pay homage to martyrs
IRNA – Distinguished Iranian-Armenian composer and conductor Loris Tjeknavorian said on Tuesday that the Iranian people are to remember martyrs forever through…
ECO states to celebrate Yalda feast in Iran
IRNA – The member states of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) are to celebrate the Iranian ceremony of Yalda Night (the winter…
‘When the Moon Was Full’ goes to Carcassonne filmfest. in France
MNA – Iranian feature ‘When the Moon Was Full’, directed by Narges Abyar, has been accepted into the competition program of 2nd…
Iran, Italy mark 60 years of collaboration
MNA – The 60th anniversary of Iran-Italy collaboration in cultural heritage and archaeology in a conference, which was held on Sunday at…
Exports of handicraft via suitcase grows 100% from Kerman
MNA – In the first half of the present Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2019), above $2.2 million of handicraft were…
Ancient Kurdish festival offers taste of enduring love, mysticism
Al-Monitor | Sarbas Nazari: Located in Iran’s Kurdistan province, 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the Iraqi border, Hawraman is an ancient village…
Iran-Hollywood production ‘1st Born’ to hit US theaters in Dec.
MNA – Ali Atshani’s comedy ‘1st Born,’ a joint feature film co-production between Iran and Hollywood, will hit the silver screens across…
Remnants of ancient wall identified in Iran
Archaeology – Live Science reports that traces of a poorly preserved stone wall stretching southward 71 miles from the Bamu Mountains has…
Iranian cleric urges Iran-Greece cooperation to promote talks in world
IRNA – Iran and Greece need to cooperate in scientific and religious spheres in a bid to promote cultural negotiations, leaving away…
Dutch tourist impressed by Iran’s hospitality, safety
Iran Front Page – A female tourist from the Netherlands has been filled with admiration for Iran, its attractions, safety, and above…
Actor Ebrahim Abadi dies at 85
Tehran Times – Veteran stage and screen actor Ebrahim Abadi died at a Tehran hospital on Thursday after going into a coma…
3 movies to represent Iran at 2020 Oscar
IRNA – Three Iranian movies, including a short film, documentary as well as animation are to compete at The 92nd Academy Awards.…
Shiraz to host Germany Cultural Week to commemorate Hafez, Goethe
MNA – Iranian city Shiraz, birthplace of highly revered 14th-century Persian poet and mystic Hafez, will be hosting Germany Cultural Week to…
Iran’s Sanandaj joins UNESCO Network of Creative Cities in music
IRNA – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday named 66 urban settlements, including one Iranian city, to join…
Iran’s hard-liners force controversial film off screen
Al-Monitor – Since its completion nearly a decade ago, “The Paternal House” has been surrounded by controversy. The film was directed by…
Iranian artist grabs best actress award in Int’l Street theater fest
IRNA – Iranian actress Nastaran Javad Nia was selected as the best actress in the International Street theater Festival of Darbandikhan. Iranian…
‘My Dream Was to Be Famous’: Iranian TV airs interviews arrested ‘Angelina Jolie Zombie’ lookalike
Sputnik – The detained 22-year old Instagram model admitted that she had not finished high school, apparently focusing her efforts on pursuing…
Iranian renowned musician granted WOMEX Artist Award
FNA – Globally-renowned Iranian traditional music maestro of kamancheh Kayhan Kalhor was awarded on Sunday the prestigious WOMEX artist prize for “bringing…
Have you ever tried a lifetime Persian ancient spa?
MNA – A humble usually brick alcove entrance with a tiled or miniature designed portal leads to an open hall underground with…
Hafez as fresh as flower in public memory: Minister
IRNA – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi said on Friday that Hafez is the most popular poet who is…