TEHRAN – Khalu Mohammad-Qanbar Hormozi, a musician with Liva, a regional music band from the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan, died of a heart attack in Tehran on Tuesday. The 88-year-old veteran passed out while performing on stage at Tehran’s Baran Theater on Monday night and was immediately taken to Firuzgar Hospital where he died […]

 TEHRAN – Iranian director Reza Dormishian and stage and screen star Parsa Piruzfar are scheduled to hold workshops at Ho Chi Minh City University of Theater and Cinema in Vietnam. Directing and acting in the cinema and theater will be reviewed during the workshops, which will be held on December 11 and 12. The Vietnam […]

TEHRAN – Italian maestro Damiano Giuranna who is the conductor of the World Youth Orchestra said that he was impressed by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s recent remarks on the need for unity among Muslims in the world. Giuranna made the comment in a meeting with the musicians of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra in Tehran, Iran’s […]

TEHRAN – Eight Iranian photographers won awards in different sections of the Through the Viewfinder, an international photo contest that was held in Kragujevac, Serbia, the organizers announced last week. Ahmad Khatiri won the FIAP Gold Medal for his single photo “Prayer and Mourning for the Martyrdom of Their Fathers in War Zones” in the […]

TEHRAN – Paris-based Spanish filmmaker Victor Forniés will attend the 11th Cinema Verite festival in Tehran to promote his documentary “A Father” (“Un Padre”), the organizers announced on Monday. The documentary is an intimate portrait of his father, seeking to understand the silence that has defined their relationship. It also depicts the emotional complexity of […]

TEHRAN  – Iranian director Kaveh Mazheri’s acclaimed movie “Retouch” received the special jury prize for the best film at the 35th Festival Tous Courts, an international short film festival inAix-en-Provence, France on Saturday. The film is about a young woman whose husband is trapped under a barbell during a workout, but she declines to save […]

TEHRAN – ‘Run Rostam Run’ by Hossein Molayemi received an award from Edukino Festival of educational films. The animated short film ‘Run Rostam Run’ won the award of distinction from Edukino film festival in Poland. Edukino Festival of Educational Films was held from 22-24 November in National Museum of Warsaw, Poland. ‘Run Rostam Run’ is […]

TEHRAN – Icelandic pianist Olafur Arnalds is scheduled to give a performance at Tehran’s Andisheh Hall on Friday. Arnalds is a BAFTA-winning multi-instrumentalist whose music ranges from electronic to pop. The Rooberoo Mansion Art and Cultural Institute in Tehran is the organizer of the performance entitled “Autumn Light”.

TEHRAN – Iranian director Ahmad Zayeri’s “Saad’s Olive Tree” has won two honors at the 14th edition of the Kinofilm Festival-Manchester International Short Film and Animation Festival in the UK. The film brought Zayeri second prize for best director and it also received an honorable mention in the international short film competition. “Saad’s Olive Tree” […]

TEHRAN — Azbar-Ali KHajavi, also known as Riz-Ali Khajavi, who bravely saved the lives of passengers from a train crash in 1961 died at 86 on Saturday. Born in 1930, in Miyaneh, northwestern Iran, Riz-Ali is best known as Dehqan-e Fadakar (literally meaning devoted peasant). For decades his story was taught in primary schools nationwide. […]