Fajr International Film Festival kicks off in Tehran
Tasnim – The 37th edition of Fajr International Film Festival got underway in Tehran, featuring 160 motion pictures from around the world.…
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Hit movie pulled from Iran’s theaters
Al-Monitor – A supervisory body affiliated with Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has imposed a sudden ban on “Rahman 1400,” a…
Italian team to partially restore Persepolis
Tehran Times – A team of Italian archaeologists and restorers is scheduled to partially rehabilitate some ruined monuments and bas-relief carvings in…
Star streets: Tehran to name places after contemporary artists
IRNA – Tehran City Council wants to name the Iranian capital’s streets after the contemporary artists who have won the hearts and…
Iranian great poet, Hafez commemorated in Italy
IRNA – Hafez commemoration conference was held in Rome in the presence of some lovers of Iranian culture and literature. Participants reviewed…
Mehraveh Sharifinia picked as best actress in Italian filmfest.
MNA – Renowned Iranian actress Mehraveh Sharifinia has been awarded as the best actress for ‘On Food’ at Diamond Film Awards in…
Recent floods caused $90mn damage to Iran’s historical sites
MNA – The recent unprecedented rainfalls and devastating floods across the country have caused roughly $90 million worth of damage to cultural…
Parl. to ramp up budget for supporting theater
MNA – A member of Parliament’s Cultural Committee said Sun. that the committee has plans for a more serious financial and spiritual…
Iranian researcher receives Malaysian National Book Award
IRNA – An Iranian researcher was granted the Malaysian National Book Award. The thirteenth Malaysian Book Fair was ended with the introduction…
Iran, Turkmenistan hold joint Nowruz rituals
IRNA – Iran-Turkmenistan first joint Nowruz rituals was held with the attendance of Iranian and Turkmen vice presidents in Bajgiran border crossing.…
On the streets in Iran: Amou Nowruz & Haji Firooz
Press TV – People in Iran are on Friday celebrating the start of the Persian New Year, which has since ancient times…
Iran’s woes briefly go up in smoke during fire festival
AP — Iranians are celebrating the Festival of Fire, a nearly 4,000-year-old Persian tradition that this year offers a brief escape from…
Last Tuesday of Iranian year: Time to welcome bright spring days
IRNA – Written history of the beginning days of the ancient Iranian civilization, dating back at least 7000 years, reveals the pleasant…
Persian New Year rituals: what happens in Hormozgan
IRNA – Persian New Year is fast approaching and cities are bustling with people who are rushing to get the last necessary…
Persian New Year to be celebrated in France
Iran Front Page – A ceremony is to be held on the eve of the Persian New Year, or Nowruz, in the…
Tehran, Tbilisi vow to boost cultural interaction
IRNA – Iranian cultural attaché in Tbilisi Hamid Mostafavi reviewed mutual cultural relations wigh the Director of Giorgi Leonidze State Museum of…
Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi on his new mystery thriller
DAZED | Nick Chen: The always-inventive filmmaker talks casting Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem in his ‘Spanish film with an Iranian soul’…
Why artists are speaking up against ‘dirty money’ in Iranian cinema
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: The phenomenon of “dirty” or suspicious money appears to have increasingly found a new haven: Iran’s cinema and…
The big picture: a surreal scene in the Iranian desert
The Guardian | Tim Adams: The photographer Gohar Dashti was born in 1980 in Ahvaz, a city in south-west Iran, near the…
Achaemenid-era objects discovered in southern Iran
Tehran Times – Iranian authorities have confiscated seven prehistoric objects, which are estimated to date back to Achaemenid times, from smugglers in…
Tehran to host 2nd Intl. ECO Energy Conference
MNA – The 2nd edition of International ECO Energy Conference will be held in Tehran from March 3 to 4, 2019. The…
True stories of terror stun critics at Iranian film festival
Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi: Movies about terrorism and crime raked in awards this year at the Fajr International Film Festival, the oldest…
Iran, Serbia sign agreement on cinematic coop.
MNA – Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation and Film Center Serbia have signed an agreement to expand cooperation in cinematic fields. The agreement…
Abyar’s ‘Night of the Full Moon’ rakes in Iran’s major cinematic awards
MNA – The 37th Fajr Film Festival, Iran’s major cinematic event, named winners during a closing ceremony on Mon. evening, with Narges…
Tehran tourism exhibit to host over 700 Iranian, intl. businesses
Tehran Times – A total of 660 Iranian tourism marketers and businesses along with 57 foreign ones will participate in the 12th…
First Italian translation of Sadi’s ‘Bustan’ published
MNA – An Italian publication has brought out the first Italian edition of ‘Bustan’ by Persian poet Sa’di of Shiraz (1210-1292). The…
Norouz enters Vancouver calendar
IRNA – The City Council of Vancouver, southwestern Canada, added Norouz, the Persian New Year, to its official celebrations and observations calendar…
Iran, Syria sign MoU on cinematic cooperation
IRNA – During a visit of the high-level business and economic delegation of Iran to Damascus, a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on…
Iran’s prestigious film festival kicks off in Tehran
FNA – Iran’s Fajr Film Festival officially started its 37th edition with a star-studded opening ceremony in Tehran. The 37th edition of…
Iran’s Fajr Film Festival to kick off Wednesday
Tasnim – The 37th edition of the Fajr Film Festival will get underway in Iran on Wednesday, with the films set to…
10 countries to attend Norouz celebrations in Kish Island
IRNA – Managing Director of Kish Free Trade Zone (KFTZ) Gholam-Hossein Mozaffari says celebrations, marking advent of the new Iranian year (Norouz),…
Iran to introduce ancient history, civilization to Spain
MNA – Vice President and Head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (CHHTO) Ali Asghar Mounesan said on Sat. that his…
Fajr festival sparks criticism with import of Crystal Simorghs from Dubai
Tehran Times – The organizers of the 37th Fajr Film Festival, Iran’s most film event, have come under fierce criticism from several…
1750-year-old Univ. of Jundishapur, Iran’s cultural honor in world
IRNA – The 1750-year-old University of Jundishapur is a sign of Iran’s cultural honor and prestige in the world and this great…
FM spox felicitates birth anniv. of Ferdowsi
MNA – Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Ghasemi congratulated Mon. the birthday anniversary of prominent Iranian poet Ferdowsi. January 21 is the…
Beijing,Tehran have good potentials for cinematic products
IRNA – Iran and China in the field of film and cinema as well as production of joint works have many potentials…
Shah’s last palace, secluded refuge in Iran, is now a museum
AP | AMIR VAHDAT and MOHAMMAD NASIRI: The shah of Iran’s last refuge before fleeing his country in 1979 was a palatial estate…
Iranian actor Moheb Ahari passes away
IRNA – Hossein Moheb Ahari, an Iranian cinema and theater actor, died of cancer early Wednesday. The late Moheb Ahari also worked…
Famous Iranian director to make film in collaboration with Chinese
IRNA – Well-known Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi who received the honorary title of the Beijing Film Academy two months ago and is…
World’s top animations to be screened in Tehran
IRNA – The world’s top animations will be featured in various sections of the 11th International Animation Festival of Tehran. Among the…