TEHRAN (Iran News) – All arts and cultural events have been canceled in Iran for three days (January 3-5) in the aftermath of the Major General Qassem Soleimani’s assassination by the US command. Early Friday morning, Major General Soleimani’s assassination, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), was operated […]
TEHRAN (Iran News) – All arts and cultural events have been canceled in Iran for three days (January 3-5) in the aftermath of the Major General Qassem Soleimani’s assassination by the US command.
Early Friday morning, Major General Soleimani’s assassination, the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), was operated during US airstrikes in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
Following the tragic event, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei announced three days of public mourning.
On Friday, the spokesman and secretary of Film Producers Guild of Iran (FPGI), Mohammadreza Saberi, announced that all movie theaters in Iran would be closed for three days as part of the public mourning on the martyrdom of Major General Soleimani at the hands of criminal US forces, according to IRNA.
Also in a statement, the FPGI expressed condolences to Ayatollah Khamenei and the people of Iran over the tragedy.
Iran’s Art Bureau also sent condolences to Ayatollah Khamenei and the Iranian people.
This comes as the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has also closed all art galleries across the country for three days.
This was announced by Hadi Mozaffari, the director-general of the ministry’s Visual Arts Office, on Friday in an interview with Mehr News Agency.
He also expressed his condolences over the tragic event.
Moreover, Mohammad Allahyari, the director-general of the Music Office of the Iranian Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, announced on Friday that no concert would be staged in the country for three days on the grievous occasion of the martyrdom of Major General Soleimani.
He also condoled with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution and Iranian people over the tragedy.
In addition, on Friday, a number of Iranian artists, including cineastes, musicians and actors and actresses expressed their condolences over the martyrdom of Major General Soleimani in social media posts.
- source : Iran Daily, Irannews
