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 […]

TEHRAN – Two Asiatic cheetahs which are being kept in captivity in Tehran’s Pardisan Park may become parents using artificial insemination. The two cheetahs called Koushki – the male cheetah – and Delbar – the female cheetah, were separated from their parents as a cub and couldn’t return back to wild as they didn’t have […]

TEHRAN– Academy award-winning film ‘The Salesman’ directed by Asghar Farhadi has been nominated for 2018 BAFTA Awards in the Best Film Not in the English Language category. ‘The Salesman’, which won acclaimed director Asghar Farhadi his second Oscar, has now been nominated by 2018 BAFTAs for Best Film Not in the English Language, along with […]

TEHRAN – Katayoon was playing with other girl children at the yard when her mother called her in. Katayoon knew that they have guests that day, her aunt and her family. When Katayoon entered the room everybody was clapping cheerfully and they were congratulating her cousin, Manouchehr. Katayoon, 10, became very happy because she liked […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province will host a national mat-weaving festival on January 29. The event will be staged in Tangeh-Sarhad village, Nikshahr county, with the aim of promoting the ancient skill being practiced widely in southern parts of the country, IRIB reported on Sunday. Matting is the art of weaving or plaited strips of […]

TEHRAN – Standing at an entrance to Shiraz, Darvazeh Quran, a semi-historical gate, salutes travelers to the southern Iranian ancient city. The gate is believed to bless people who pass beneath it before they undertake journeys by means of a copy of the Holy Quran being embedded at a small room atop. The rectangular-based monument […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization has expressed readiness to work with Iraqi officials in order to restore once-owned historical sites now located in the neighboring country. “Iran is prepared to provide technical, security and conservational services for [Elamite-era archaeological] sites of Soleiman Tappeh and … that are now located in Iraq […]