Art And Culture

To gain a different perspective on the life and thoughts of the great poet Saadi, Behrouz Gharibpour, who is currently working on the ‘Saadi Puppet Opera’ has invited poets and researchers to…

Iran will be present at the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) with three films.

‘Track 143’ by Narges Abyar, ‘Snow’ by Mehdi Rahmani, and ‘Mashti Esmaeil’ by Mahdi Zamanpour…

“The book on the life of Cyrus the Great- the famed sixth century B.C. Persian conqueror and founder of the Achaemenid Empire- is nearing completion,” IRNA quoted the translator Abbas Mokhber as…

The 20th Exhibition of Press & News Agencies will open on November 8 at a ceremony in the presence of Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati.

Deputy Minister of Culture…

Two memorandums of cooperation signed last week between Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) and Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) aim at promoting…

About 50 countries are participating in the International Gaza Cartoon and Caricature Contest 2014 which is underway in Tehran.

Close to 440 artists from around the world have submitted…

Farzaneh Mehri will be launching her sixth solo exhibition on November 7 at Mehrva Art Gallery in Tehran.  Mehri will be presenting her work in the form of an installation titled ‘What I Was…

The 11th International Charity Festival ‘Radiant Angel’ featuring two Iranian movies opened in Moscow on November 1.

Iranian films ‘All Alone’ directed by Ehsan Abdipour and ‘Endless Road’…

A book on the life of Hazrat Abbas (AS) has been published in English by the Peer Ebrahim Trust. The book sketches the epic story of a small loyal group of 72 family members and companions led by…

‘The Evening of Ashura’, a sculpture inspired by Mahmoud Farshchian’s famous miniature painting with the same title was installed and unveiled in Imam Hussein (AS) Square in Tehran on Tasu’a, (…

Four Persian books from Shabaviz publishers will be translated into Portuguese language.

The copyright of the books has been assigned to a Portuguese publisher, said Farideh Khalatbari,…

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak honored Iranian artists participating in the second International Islamic Arts and Cultural Festival (PIIACUF) in Putrajaya.

The 2014 PIIACUF was…

Given the high potential of handicrafts in Lorestan Province, Austria is keen to hold a fair of Lorestan’s brass-bronze products in Vienna, said Austrian Ambassador to Iran Friedrich Stift.

The Iranian film ‘Today’ received three awards at the International Festival of Cinema of the Author.

As the event celebrated its 20th edition in Rabat, capital of Morocco, ‘Today’ won the…

A number of cookbooks written by Samira Jannatdoust, establisher of Tehran’s Paniz Mehr Iranian Institute, were presented at the 66th international Frankfurt Book Fair.  

The Iran Architectural Pride Worthies Foundation organized a ceremony last Wednesday to pay tributes to the celebrated architect Siavash Teimouri.

Professors and students gathered at Qasr…

The Iranian film ‘Borderless’ picked up the Best Asian Future Film Award at the closing ceremony of the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which wound up on October 31.

Four short films produced by the Iranian Youth Cinema Society (IYCS) have been submitted to the 37th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, France.

The four productions have…

The first secretary of the Bulgarian embassy in Iran Jivko Kantchev announced his country’s readiness to hold a cultural week at the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran.

In a meeting with…

A total of 11 Iranian artists showcased their paintings at an exhibition in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, which opened on October 31.

The exhibition is being held with the cooperation…

For his debut film as a director, Shahab Hosseini has taken on a somehow unusual script with a philosophical theme.

One of the best actors in today’s cinema, Hosseini selected a script…

The first Sundial Festival was held two years ago and received acclaim; the works presented were noteworthy. “This year, the presentations will hopefully be of better quality,” Abbas Eftekhari,…

Istanbul University Faculty of Literature held a ceremony to commemorate the famous poet Hafez Shirazi on Monday.

The ceremony was commissioned jointly by the faculty’s Persian Literature…

The last week of October coincided with the start of Muharram - the period of national mourning and commemoration marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (A.S.) and hence a somber and…

Iranian TV series ‘Saint Mary’ will be shown on South Africa’s Islam TV (ITV).

Directed by Shahriar Bahrani almost 14 years ago, the series was handed over to the ITV as a cultural exchange…