The travelogue of British geographer George Passman Tate across the regions of Sistan and Baluchestan has been translated into Persian by researcher of Sistan history, Hassan Ahmadi Karviq. The original English title of the travelogue is ‘The Frontiers of Baluchistan: Travels on the Borders of Persia and Afghanistan.’ It is a monograph authored by Tate […]

A collection of photo paintings by Kaveh Golestan, Iranian photojournalist, is on display at Tate Modern Museum of London. The museum will show 20 vintage prints of Golestan’s photos, shot between the years 1975-1977, portraying the darker side of society, Honaronline reported. Born in Tehran, 1950, Kaveh Golestan, is the son of filmmaker and writer […]

09A collection of architectural models replicated from rare and historical buildings and edifices in Iran are on show at Sheikh Hadi Gallery. There are 70 scale models including towers, villas, monuments, edifices and religious centers of historical significance. They are created by Hassan Rezakhani, 71, who has taught many architects, engineers and designers over  the […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Book City Institute and Leiden University in the Netherlands have teamed up to honor J.T.P. De Bruijn, a distinguished Dutch expert on the Persian mystic poet Sanai (1087-1131). The honoring ceremony will take place at the university on Friday, the institute announced in a press release on Tuesday. A number of Iranian […]

TEHRAN  – As the annual congregation of Shiite Muslims in commemoration of Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), is reaching its climax, thousands of Iranians are crossing the border every hour to reach the Iraqi city of Karbala. Iraq has so far granted around 2.5 million Iranian applicants visas […]

In an art exhibition held recently in Bandar-e-Anzali, a port city in Gilan Province, Hossein Aghaeipour, a young self-taught painter, displayed his creative ‘Map Art’ paintings. In his innovative paintings, on show as ‘Another Look’, Aghaeipour extracted portraits from maps of various cities across the globe and painted them on canvas, Honaronline reported. “City roads […]

The 24th International Children & Youth Theater Festival, slated for early December in Hamedan, capital of Hamedan Province, has so far received 120 foreign entries. Secretary of the festival, theater actress and director Maryam Kazemi, said the works have been submitted from New Zealand, Denmark, Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan Republic, Turkey and Italy […]

TEHRAN – Iranian drama ‘Yellow’ directed by Mostafa Taghizadeh will open the 23rd Kolkata International Film Festival in India. Taghizadeh’s debut feature ‘Yellow’ narrates the story of four young Iranians Nahal, Hamed, Faramarz, and Nicki who are the members of a scientific genius team trying to immigrate from Iran to Europe. Three days before their journey […]

TEHRAN – American screenwriter and director Kelly Reichardt’s 2012 Western-drama “Meek’s Cutoff” will go on screen at the Cinematheque of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art at 4:30 p.m. tomorrow. The film is about six people and their guide Meek, who are lost in a desert in the U.S. during the 1840s. The screening will […]

TEHRAN – Farhad Aslani and Mahur Alvand, the stars of Iranian filmmaker Reza Mirkarimi’s acclaimed drama “Daughter”, were honored at the PIFFA Supreme Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Monday. Aslani received the PIFFA Supreme Best Actor Award, while Alvand won the PIFFA Supreme Best Newcomer Award, the organizers announced. “Daughter” was nominated in seven […]