TEHRAN — Azerbaijani tar virtuoso Ramiz Guliyev is scheduled to hold master classes in Tehran a few days ahead of his concerts at Vahdat Hall in the city. The master classes will be held at the Culture and Art Applied Science University on December 16 and 17, the director of the academy, Susan Taqipur, said […]

TEHRAN – “Shahriar and the Revolution of Nation”, a book containing a selection of poems on the Islamic Revolution by contemporary Iranian poet Mohammad-Hossein Behjat Tabrizi Shahriar who was known by his pseudonym Shahriar, was unveiled during a ceremony at the Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran on Saturday. The book, which also contains a selection […]

TEHRAN – A century-old fortress in Ilam province, western Iran, has recently been ceded to the private sector with the aim of repurposing it into thriving eco-lodges. Mir Gholam-Hashemi fortress was handed over to the private investors to make the best use of the site under contracts for restoration, maintenance and operation, Mehr quoted Abdolmalek […]

A festival featuring traditional games was held in the eastern province of South Khorasan on Friday for the first time. Ritual dance, folklore music, camel riding, and ball games were among the recreational activities during the one-day event which was held in a tourist resort in Khusf.  Participants competed against one another in five teams […]

TEHRAN – Iranian short ‘Animal’ directed by Bahman and Bahram Ark won Cervantes Rome Award for the most innovative short film at the 23rd edition of MedFilm Festival. The statement issued by the jury on ‘Animal’ reads “this short film screens an ancient, mythic idea with a contemporary significance and depicts humanity’s despairing situation and […]

TEHRAN – Seven Iranian films are competing in two festivals in India. “The Villa Tenants” by Monir Qeidi, “Kupal” by Kazem Mollai and “Dogs and Fools” by Ali-Mohammad Qasemi are competing in the 22nd International Film Festival of Kerala, which is underway in Thiruvananthapuram, India. “A Man of Integrity” by Mohammad Rasulof and “White Bridge” […]

TEHRAN – Ofoq, a major Iranian publisher of works from overseas authors, has recently bought the rights to “Uncommon Type”, a collection of seventeen short stories by two-time Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks. The collection will be translated into Persian by Mohammad Javadi who is the translator of many books such Stephen Kelman’s “Pigeon English” and […]

TEHRAN – Any move to split or transform premises of the nostalgic Cafe Naderi, an erstwhile hangout for intellectuals and literati in downtown Tehran, has been thwarted. Late last week, unendorsed stories circled at social media networks, noting its landowner is about to divide the cafe’s garden by erecting a wall. Form early hours of […]

TEHRAN – Two Iranians have made $800,000 gift to Stanford University to launch ‘Maryam Mirzakhani’ graduate fellowship program to support graduate students of Mathematics at Stanford. Anousheh Ansari and Dr. Rouzbeh Yassini-Fard are the two Iranian scientists who have made the $800,000 endowment to Stanford University with the intention of establishing a graduate fellowship program […]

TEHRAN – UNESCO listed Kamancheh, an Iranian bowed stringed instrument, and the team sport of polo as Iranian cultural heritages in a session held in South Korea on December 7, 2017. In the 12th session of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, held from December 4 to December 8 in […]