TEHRAN – Iranian filmmaker Babak Minai is making a documentary about Black January, a violent crackdown in Baku in January 1990 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. “The idea to make a film entered my mind last year when I heard about the tragedy on a trip to the Azerbaijani capital of Baku,” Minai […]

TEHRAN – The center for Fine Arts in Brussels will commemorate late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami. The Center for Fine Arts in Brussels, Belgium (Bozar) will hold a ceremony in commemoration of the late Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami in January 16 and 25. During the ceremony two films by Abbas Kiarostami, ’24 Frames’ and ‘Take […]

TEHRAN– ‘Mr. Director’ directed by Ali Erfan Farhadi won a prize worth 200 euros and a statuette at the Spanish film festival ‘Atlantis Film Awards.’ The Spanish festival has been organized to screen social films, and Farhadi’s film was featured in a special section dedicated to narcotics. The Atlantis Film Award Festival initially received 300 films […]

TEHRAN – ‘Israfil’, director Ida Panahandeh’s follow-up to ‘Nahid’, will take part in the 41st Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden. ‘Israfil’, director Ida Panahandeh, has been accepted into the competition section of the 41st Göteborg Film Festival in Sweden. The festival is annually held on 26 January to February 5 in the city of Gothenburg, and […]

TEHRAN – Shahid Parvez Khan, the Indian sitar player known for his raga improvisations, charmed the audience by the dance of his nimble fingers on his instrument during a Thursday night performance at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall.  Parvez Khan is famous for his inspiring performance of raga, a style of Indian music based on an ancient […]

TEHRAN — Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president for women’s and family affairs, paid a visit to Saint Mary Church as well as Arch Bishop Ardak Manoukian museum in Tehran on Thursday. Saint Mary Church is an Armenian Apostolic church in Tehran, Iran completed in 1945. From 1945 to 1960, the church was the main office and […]

TEHRAN – The 33rd Fajr Music Festival opened with 10 different performances in several venues across the capital Tehran on Wednesday. On the first night, Vahdat Hall hosted the festival revelers who watched performances by the Chakavak Orchestra and vocalist Abdolhossein Mokhtabad with his Nobang Ensemble. Nima Ensemble from Mazandaran Province and Jee Ensemble from […]

In this series of articles you can trace cookery art in Iran during history up to present. The survey sheds light on different aspects of Iranian life, culture and civilization. Though there is no exact information about the origins of cooking by human beings on earth, nourishment is considered as one of the most important […]

TEHRAN – Some half a million foreign travelers visited Isfahan province, central Iran, over the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2017). Nationals of France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and China respectively constitute the highest number of inbound passengers, said Fereydoun Allahyari who presides over province’s office of the Cultural […]

TEHRAN – A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Football Federation Islamic Republic of Iran (FFIRI) and Rudaki Foundation for composing a World Cup anthem for Team Melli. The Iranian national football team has been drawn with Spain, Portugal and Morocco in Group B of the 2018 World Cup. The MoU was signed by […]