TEHRAN – “Roots and Stones”, a huge abstract marble sculpture donated by British artist Tony Cragg, was unveiled in the courtyard of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art on Sunday. The ceremony was attended by the Turner Prize-winner Cragg and a number of cultural officials and Iranian artists. The museum showcased a large collection of […]

TEHRAN– ‘Searing Summer’ directed by Ebrahim Irajzad will compete in the Asian section of the 26th Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) in Bangladesh. ‘Searing Summer’ narrates the story of Nasrin, who is faced with a dilemma of either staying in an unhappy marriage, or divorcing her husband but losing custody of her daughter in the process. […]

TEHRAN – Italian director Pino Di Buduo will perform his project “Invisible Cities” at the 36th Fajr International Theater Festival in February 2018, the organizers announced on Wednesday. The play will go on stage in the Offstage Section of the festival. Inspired by Italo Calvino’s novel by the same name, “Invisible Cities” is a multimedia […]

TEHRAN – Bulgarian director Milko Lazarov’s drama “Ága” about two Inuits that live with the dream of reuniting their family has been picked as best movie at the 36th Fajr International Film Festival. The film that is a co-production by Bulgarian, German, and French is about Nanuk and Sedna, two Inuits who live in a […]

TEHRAN – A total of 99,158 Iranian nationals visited the Republic of Azerbaijan during the first three months of 2018. During this period, 627,835 international travelers visited the country, which shows a 12.6 percent year-on-year increase, Azer News reported. Around 320,000 Iranians visited the neighboring country in January-October 2017 in comparison with 204,000 in 2016. […]

TEHRAN – The Quintessence International Publishing Group, a major international company that provides professional and student dental and medical books, journals and multimedia, will attend the 31st Tehran International Book Fair, which will open this Wednesday. This is second time the publisher has been invited to the book fair, the organizers announced on Saturday. Established […]

TEHRAN — Vocalist Alireza Qorbani has withdrawn from the concerts that the Tehran Symphony Orchestra planned to perform in Russia in honor of Team Melli, Iran’s national football team, during the FIFA World Cup soccer tournament. In a statement published by Qorbani on Wednesday, he said the performances might be in disharmony with what the […]

The 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival, the longest running film event in the Middle East, named its winners during a ceremony on Thu. night at Vahdat Hall, Tehran. ‘Aga’ by Milko Lazarov won Best Film, while Cambodian documentary film director Rithy Panh won the Peace Award. The curtain fell on this year’s edition, […]

TEHRAN – Slovenian filmmaker Hanna Slak is currently in Tehran to promote her latest movie “The Miner” (“Rudar”) at the 36th Fajr International Film Festival. The film, which was Slovenia’s submission to the 90th Academy Awards in the best foreign-language film category, has had its Asian premiere at the Fajr festival. “The Miner” is based […]

TEHRAN – Several Iranian projects and an expert were honored at the 10th Middle East Architect Awards 2017 on Thursday night in Dubai. Orsi Khaneh located on Olyai Street off Nasr Street in Tehran was announced as the Residential Project of the Year during a gala ceremony at the Ritz Carlton. The structure has been […]