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. […]

Asiatic Cheetah which is considered to be a sleek and beautiful cat throughout history is the fastest land-animal that can accelerate from 0 to 96.6 km/h in under three seconds. Asiatic Cheetah is the most distinctive animal subspecies in Iran. Some of the most devastating habitat losses affected cheetahs’ population throughout Asia. We will never […]

TEHRAN – A permanent gallery has opened for a collection by master miniaturist Ali Esfarjani at the Negarestan Garden Museum of the University of Tehran. His widow, Fatemeh Karimnejad, cut the ribbon to launch the exhibition as his daughter, Shahrzad, UT Deputy Director for Cultural Affairs Majid Sarsangi and film expert Akbar Aalami attended the […]

TEHRAN – The German documentarian and journalist Andreas Ewels has been invited to attend the 11th edition of Cinema Verite, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, the organizers announced on Saturday. Ewels is mostly known for his documentaries on nature, wildlife and environmental issues. He has made over 200 documentaries in about 100 countries. […]

TEHRAN – The celebrated art expert Alireza Sami-Azar, who is also the director of the Tehran Auction, unveiled his book on a number of significant Iranian modern artists in Tehran on Friday. The book “Birth of Iranian Modernism” has recently been released by Nazar Publications. Visual Arts Office director Majid Mollanoruzi and Nazar Publications director […]

TEHRAN – An exhibition of watercolors by a number of Iranian-Armenian artists is currently underway at Tehran’s Shirin Gallery. Works by Sumbat Derkiverqian, Avak Hayrapetian, Yervand Nehapetian, Yassayi Shajanian and Michael (Misha) Shahbazian have been selected for the showcase. The exhibition will be running until December 14 at the gallery located at No. 5, 13th […]

TEHRAN – The Siddhartha Art Gallery in Kathmandu, Nepal is showcasing a number of ceramic works by Iranian artist Abbas Akbari at an exhibition entitled “Initiation II”. Ceramic works, which were created during two workshops during September and November by artists from Nepal, Georgia, Denmark and Pakistan, are also on display at the exhibition curated […]

TEHRAN  – The two letters Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei sent to the youth in Western countries in 2015 came at the right time, an Iranian cultural official stressed, saying they helped portray the true image of Islam to the world. Ayatollah Khamenei’s letters to the Western youth were released at […]

TEHRAN – Celebrated Iranian children’s author Hushang Moradi Kermani was honored for his lifetime achievements at the University of Cambridge, England on Friday. The Iranian ambassador to London, Hamid Baeidinejad, presented him a plaque of honor on the sidelines of the two-day International Conference of the Research Initiative on Teaching Persian Language and Literature, which […]