TEHRAN – Four Iranian films won awards in the Special Award category of the Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, the organizers announced on Monday. “Mermaid” by Amir-Masud Aqababaian was named the best film at the event. The film is about Yunes, a survivor of a diving team from the Iran-Iraq war, who lives beside the Persian […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian cultural heritage official has called for the heaviest punishment for those who demolished Na’el historic house in Isfahan, central Iran, late on Thursday. Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization Deputy Director Mohammad-Hassan Talebian on Sunday demanded the maximum penalty for the perpetrators of the crime, adding the historic house should be […]

TEHRAN – Iranian short ‘Limit’ by Javad Daraei has scooped Best Short Fiction award at the 10th edition of Southampton Film Week 2017 in a port city on England’s south coast. ‘Limit’ is an 8-minute narrative of the life a man in a quiet neighborhood who asks for help from people whom he is seeing, […]

TEHRAN – A team of Iranian researches and archeologists will examine ancient mudbrick Pa Minar Mosque, which is located in Zaware, central Isfahan province. Archeological evidence suggests that the mosque might be erected on the vestiges of an ancient fire temple, ISNA quoted Mohammadreza Saduqi, a provincial tourism official, as saying on Friday. Its minaret, […]

TEHRAN – An exhibition of paintings by three Iranian female artists opened at the Vecihe Samedova Art Salon in Baku, Azerbaijan on Friday. A collection of 45 paintings by Mahvash Soheili, Rahil Qavami and Hanieh Azmudeh has been put on view for 10 days, the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Baku announced in a press […]

TEHRAN – The Paris-based Iranian painter Raheleh Roshandel has mobilized groups of Iranian expatriates in Paris as well as a number of French citizens to provide support for the Kermanshah quake relief efforts. A friend of Roshandel’s, who wished to remain anonymous, agreed to pack and deliver supplies to the Red Crescent in Tehran. Roshandel […]

TEHRAN – A collection of miniatures by prominent Iranian artist Mahmud Farshchian has been showcased in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. A group Iranian diplomats and officials, and a number of artists and cultural figures from the autonomous republic attended an opening ceremony of the exhibit at the Bahruz Kangarli Gallery of the Artists’ Union of […]

TEHRAN – The 4th annual round of Ketabgardi (Tour of Bookstores) was observed by a number of cultural figures, officials and Tehran City Council members on Thursday. November 17 has been set for Ketabgardi, a reading campaign that was launched during the Iran Book Week in 2014 by cultural activist Ahmad Masjed-Jamei who is also […]

A group of Iranian teenage musicians will perform at a music festival in Denmark later this month. The young musicians will perform at the NYT music festival and the University of Copenhagen on November 25 and 27. During the concerts, the young musicians and composers will perform pieces based on the tale of Bijan and […]

TEHRAN – Kalpourgan, a village located in southeastern Iran, will be named a world village of pottery in a ceremony which is scheduled to be held on December 14. Located in Sistan-Baluchestan province, the village is widely famous for being a living museum of potteries, where the in-house expertise has been passed down generations to […]