Cheetah cub saved from smugglers
TEHRAN – Following the arrest of an animal-trafficking band in Tehran, an Asiatic cheetah cub was discovered and required measures were taken for her protection, Iran’s Department of Environment official website reported on Tuesday. The cheetah, named Iran, was quickly moved to the wildlife rehabilitation center of Pardisan Park for further medical examinations, Hooman Jokar, […]
Museum dedicated to sound and music to open in Tabriz
TEHRAN – A museum devoted to sound and music gear is due to open its doors to the public in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz, which will be the capital of Islamic tourism in 2018. The museum is to contain over 300 items such as various traditional and classical musical instruments that Hossein Sajedi, […]
7000-year-old residence found in western Iran
TEHRAN – A previously spotted residence area at Nadali-Beig Hill in western Iran may date back to around 7,000 years ago, archaeological studies suggest. “The second season of excavations at the site has so far yielded several stages of construction, considerable numbers of pottery pieces, as well as remains of residential units associated with the […]
TMCA to tell “Tales from the Golden Age”
TEHRAN – Romanian director Cristian Mungiu’s acclaimed historical comedy “Tales from the Golden Age” will be screened at the Cinematheque of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art tomorrow afternoon. The screening, which will begin at 4 p.m., has been arranged as part of “A Review of the New Wave of Romanian Cinema”, a program that […]
Iranian studies center opens in Athens
TEHRAN – An Iranian studies center opened at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences in Athens, Greece on Sunday. The center has been set up in collaboration with Iran’s Cultural Office in Athens, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Monday. The rector of the university, Ismini Kriari-Katrani, and Iran’s Cultural Attaché in […]
‘Pet Man’ wins Brazilian filmfest. award
TEHRAN – Iranian short ‘Pet Man’ by Marzieh Abrar-Paydar won the best animation award from The Sao Paulo Times Film Festival. ‘Pet Man’ directed by Marzieh Abrar-Paydar won the best short animation award from the 2nd Sao Paulo Times Film Festival. The São Paulo Times Film Festival is an event held by newspaper The São […]
Exhibition of classic cars in Tehran
TEHRAN– Proud owners of old and classic cars took their vehicles out to Azadi Racetrack in Tehran on Friday in the form of an exhibition.
Carpet Museum draws 6,500 foreign travelers in 9 month
TEHRAN – Some 6,500 overseas tourists toured Carpet Museum of Iran over the first nine month of the current Iranian calendar year, which started on March 21. It drew over 4,000 domestic museumgoers during the cited period as well, the museum director Parisa Beyzaei told IRNA on Wednesday. The number of foreign visits to the […]
Iran seeks multinational UNESCO inscription of Yalda
TEHRAN – Iran has called on its nearby states to join hands to put forward the ancient Persian Yalda festivity for a possible UNESCO registration. “We are prepared for a multinational inscription of Yalda Night by 2019,” Mohammad-Hassan Talebian, a deputy director of the Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization, said on Thursday. Iran solely […]
Quake causes cracks in four historical sites in Iran
TEHRAN – Three historical sites in Qazvin and one other in Rey have suffered cracks as an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 struck a city near Tehran on Wednesday night. The tremor widened some previously-existing cracks in Jameh Mosque, Peighambarieh School-Mosque, and Caravanserai of Sa’d al-Saltaneh in Qazvin province, CHTN reported on Thursday. It […]