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Turkish, Iranian musicians team up to perform “Songs of the Earth” 20 Dec 2017

Turkish, Iranian musicians team up to perform “Songs of the Earth”

TEHRAN – Turkish oud virtuoso Yurdal Tokcan and his fellow baglama player Erdem Simsek have joined the renowned Iranian vocalist Hesameddin Seraj to perform a concert titled “The Songs of the Earth”. Kamancheh virtuoso Ardeshir Kamkar and percussionist Homayun Nasiri will accompany them in the performance, which will be held at the Grand Hall of […]

Archaeologists resume work on Great Wall of Gorgan 19 Dec 2017

Archaeologists resume work on Great Wall of Gorgan

TEHRAN – The seventh archaeological season on the Great Wall of Gorgan has recently kicked off to shed new light on the gigantic monument stretched in northern Iran. A team of archaeologists and cultural heritage experts led by Prof.  Mohammad Mortezaei has commenced new surveys to examine sections of the wall which are located in […]

Germany contributes €1mn for refugees in Iran 18 Dec 2017

Germany contributes €1mn for refugees in Iran

TEHRAN– Germany in support of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) has contributed €1 million for food assistance to 30,000 most vulnerable Afghan and Iraqi refugees living in Iran. This follows Germany’s contribution of €1 million earlier this year within the country’s continued support for WFP’s efforts. The new contribution will enable WFP to meet […]

“Guardian Angel” to descend at Tehran theater 18 Dec 2017

“Guardian Angel” to descend at Tehran theater

TEHRAN – Czech writer Vaclav Havel’s 1968 play “Guardian Angel” will be staged by the Iranian student troupe Mana in Tehran. The troupe is currently rehearsing along with its director Sadeq Vafai who previously staged Havel’s “Audience” and “Leaving” in Tehran. They are scheduled to begin performing at the Zolfaqari Hall of the Arasbaran Cultural […]

Iran, Italy to host meetings on Sadi, Petrarch 18 Dec 2017

Iran, Italy to host meetings on Sadi, Petrarch

TEHRAN – The Book City Institute in Tehran and two Italian universities plan to organize a conference on Persian poet Sadi (C. 1213-1291) and Italian scholar and poet Petrarch (1304-1374) in 2018. A number of Iranian and Italian experts are expected to attend the conference in Tehran on April 18 and 19 to discuss affinities […]

Naqareh player Ahmad Aqvam-Shokuhi dies at 90 17 Dec 2017

Naqareh player Ahmad Aqvam-Shokuhi dies at 90

TEHRAN – Ahmad Aqvam-Shokuhi, a veteran naqareh player who performed during religious rituals at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) for 72 years, died of natural causes in Mashhad on Wednesday. Naqareh is a long wind instrument that is played from minarets or cities’ towers. The 90-year old Aqvam-Shokuhi was honored for his lifetime […]

Iranian photographer wins award at Trofeo Gipuzkoa contest 17 Dec 2017

Iranian photographer wins award at Trofeo Gipuzkoa contest

TEHRAN – Iranian photographer Davud Ameri has won the CEF Silver Medal at the Trofeo Gipuzkoa Internacional, an international photography salon in San Sebastian, Spain. He received the honor for his single photo “The Place I Lost My Leg”, the organizers announced on Friday. Ameri fellow photographers Mohammadreza Masumi and Saman Purkhoshamuz received honorable mentions […]

11th Tehran Intl. Cartoon Bienneial names winners 16 Dec 2017

11th Tehran Intl. Cartoon Bienneial names winners

TEHRAN – Winners of the 11th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial were honored with awards in three sections of thematic, caricature, and free cartoon during a ceremony on Friday. A total of 730 works from among 4,000 cartoons were submitted to the secretariat of the 11th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial which wrapped up on December 15. […]

Iran’s ‘Breath’ fails to make Oscars shortlist 16 Dec 2017

Iran’s ‘Breath’ fails to make Oscars shortlist

TEHRAN – Iran’s Foreign Language Academy Award entry for 2018, Narges Abyar’s Iran-Iraq war drama ‘Breath’, did not make the Academy’s shortlist that was announced on Thursday. The Academy on Thursday announced the nine films that will compete for a nomination for the best foreign-language film Oscar. Iran’s entry, Narges Abyar’s Iran-Iraq war drama ‘Breath’, […]

Navaye Khorram Music Festival honors winners 16 Dec 2017

Navaye Khorram Music Festival honors winners

TEHRAN– Winners of the 4th Navaye Khorram Music Festival, an event dedicated to child and young adult musicians, were honored at the closing ceremony in Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Dec. 15. The festival is named after Homayun Khorram, a prominent Iranian composer and violin virtuoso who died in January 2013.