Mehr 8 in the Iranian calendar corresponding with September 30 is considered a significant cultural event for Iranians to commemorate the prominent Iranian poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi who is known to everyone. The land of Iran is the cradle of countless famous people and poets; one of the most famous Iranian poets is Jal?l ad-D?n Muhammad Balkh?,...

Tasnim Marking National Mowlavi Day to pay homage to the renowned 13th century Persian poet on his birthday anniversary, Irans foreign minister said the region and world need Mowlanas insight and wisdom more than any time in the past. On R?m?'s 812th birthday, our region and the world need his insight and wisdom more than ever before. ~Jal?l ad-...

MNA The lead cast of Iran-Turkey co-production Drunk on Love, directed by Hasan Fathi, includes Parsa Pirouzfar as 13th-century Persian poet Molana Rumi and Shahab Hosseini as his spiritual instructor and close friend, Shams Tabrizi. According to the films PR department, Iranian actor and stage director Parsa Pirouzfar will play the role of 13th-...

FNA - Iranians across the country on Sunday are commemorating the day of Jalaal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi, also known as Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi, and more popularly in the English-speaking world simply as Rumi, a 13th-century Persian Muslim poet, jurist, theologian, and Sufi mystic. Rumi was born in September 29, 1207 AD, likely in the village of ...

MNA The Iranian Foreign Ministry, in a message, has paid tribute to prominent Iranian poet Rumi, who was one of the worlds most famous literary figures known for his mystic poems. The Foreign Ministry issued a message on Sunday on the occasion of the national day commemorating Rumi. The full text of the message is as following: Rumi is the connecting ...

A Turkey-based film company, Y Productions, recently announced that it is working on an epic movie about the life of Rumi, based on a script written by David Franzoni, the Oscar-nominated writer and Oscar-winning producer of Gladiator. Stephen Joel Brown, the CEO of Turkey-based Y Productions, and Franzoni hope that the new film will feature Leonardo ...

Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA -- A book on the renowned classical Persian poet and mystic Molana Jalaleddin Rumi will be unveiled in a ceremony in Tehran on Thursday. The event will be attended by Rumi researchers including Mohammad Ali Movahhed, Mir Jalaleddin Kazzazi, Gholam Hossein Ebrahimi-Dinani, Tofiq Sobhani and Karim Zamani. According to Iran Daily,...

TEHRAN, July 8 (MNA) Iranian and Turkish producers will join to work on a cinematic project about Rumi and Shams Tabrizi. Mojtaba RaeiTavousi Mast(Persian for Peacock inEcstasy') told Mehr News that international section of Iranian cinema would cooperate with Turkey for a joint production of the movie. He added that cultural similarities between ...

Tehran, Feb 23, IRNA - Sony Classical has announced a March 11 worldwide release for Untold, the much-anticipated major label debut from acclaimed Iranian composer, vocalist and virtuoso instrumentalist, Hafez Nazeri. An innovative synthesis of Middle Eastern and western elements, the album introduces Nazeri as one of modern musics most exciting new ...

Ankara, Dec 16, IRNA Iranian vocalist Abdul-Hossein Mokhtabad performed a piece of Persian traditional music in Konya, Turkey, on Sunday at a commemoration ceremony for great Iranian mystic poet Rumi. Maulana Jalaloddin Mohammad Balkhi known as Rumi, the great Persian language poet of the seventh century AH, was born in 1207 AC and died in 1275 AC ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 7 (MNA) Iranian literati gathered for a ceremony at the Persian Language Center in Tehran on Thursday to pay tribute to Persian poet and mystic Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273). The ceremony was organized by the Persian literary magazine Bokhara on the verge of the 740th death anniversary of Rumi, which falls on December 17. The ...