Al-Monitor | Rohollah Faghihi; Iranian artists have raised their voices against the reinstatement of US sanctions, claiming that the punitive measures would hurt vulnerable groups such as women, children and the sick. One of the social media campaigns launched by artists, writers and intellectuals goes by the hashtag #SanctionsTargetMe. Iranian ...

IFP- A popular Iranian actor says the only election ever held in Saudi Arabia dates back to 14 centuries ago, when they picked people from their tribes to assassinate Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Famous Iranian actor and singer, Parviz Parastouei, in a post on his Instagram page said, Exactly on the same date (May 19) that Irans presidential ...

TEHRAN, Oct. 19 (MNA) The screening of Iranian feature film Bodyguard will kick off in Munich of Germany, after being displayed in different cities and countries across the world.Directed by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Ebrahim Hatamikia, Bodyguard has so far gone on screen in Iranian cinemas and many other countries, including in Australia, Canada,...

Tehran, May 18, The Iran Project - A group of Iranian artists have launched a grassroots campaign against a ruling by the US Supreme Court to use Tehran's frozen assets to compensate survivors of attacks. Following a US court decision to grant about two billion dollars in frozen Iranian assets to the families of victims of a 1983 bombing in Beirut,...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 17 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. Reactions to an attack on Ali Motahari, a Tehran MP which forced him to call off a planned speech in the southern city of Shiraz, dominated the front pages of Iranian ...

Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker, Reza Mirkarimis latest production, Today, has garnered two awards at the 20th Rabat Auteur Film Festival in Morocco. Mirkarimis social drama received the Audience Best Film award as well as the events Best Actor award which went to the films star, Parviz Parastui. The winners were honored during the closing ceremony,...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- An Iranian Film received three awards from the International Festival of Author's Cinema, Rabat, Capital City of Morocco, as the event celebrated its 20th edition. The film 'Emrouz' (Today) directed by Reza Mir-Karimi has won the best feature film award, popular award and the best actor award for Iranian actor Parviz Parastouei. The ...

Tehran, Aug 3, IRNA - The First Iranian Peace and Friendship Festival will be held in Japan from August 4-10, 2014. Veteran TV and cinema star Parviz Parastouei will be the secretary of the festival which marks the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United States in August 1945, said Sunday?s edition of ?Iran Daily?. The festival ...

TEHRAN --Actor ParvizParastuii has asked people around the world to sign a petition for the release of the five Iranian border guards who were kidnapped by the Pakistani rebel group Jaish al-Adl in early February. We need one million signatures to send the petition to the UN, he told the MNA on Thursday. Sometimes, we need to unify peacefully to ...