TEHRAN – The Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express, offering the world’s longest train journey, has arrived in the Iranian capital, Tehran, a report said. The train, carrying international tourists from Russia, Britain, the US, Australia, Germany, and the Philippines, will start its 12-day tour of Iran from the capital on November 11. After Tehran, it will […]

The first International Festival of Persian Speaking Communities in Europe will be held in Paris in January. Aimed at introducing and promoting Persian culture and the arts across continents, the festival covers a wide range of Persian artistic and cultural programs including music, literature, photography, visual arts and stand-up comedy. Noteworthy among the programs is the […]

TEHRAN – Six Iranian films are on screen in various sections of the 18th Ojai Film Festival, which is underway in the California city by the same name near Los Angeles in the United States. “Light Sight” by Seyyed Moslem Tabatabai is competing in the animation section, while “Weavers of Imagination” by Mohammad-Sadeq Jafari is […]

TEHRAN – World-renowned Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and Turkish baglama master Erdal Erzincan are scheduled to perform duets in the Netherlands and France. De Doelen Auditorium in Rotterdam will host the musicians and their Eastern music aficionados on Friday. They are also scheduled to perform a duet at Le Cheval Blanc Hall in Schiltigheim, […]

TEHRAN – Two Iranian films were honored at the Cardiff International Film Festival, which was held in the Welsh capital from October 27 to 29. “Weavers of Imagination” by Mohammad-Sadeq Jafari won the best foreign-language documentary award, while “Light Sight” by Seyyed Moslem Tabatabai received the best animation award. “Weavers of Imagination” tells the story […]

TEHRAN – World-renowned Iranian kamancheh virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor and Turkish baglama master Erdal Erzincan are scheduled to perform duets in the Netherlands and France. De Doelen Auditorium in Rotterdam will host the musicians and their Eastern music aficionados on Friday. They are also scheduled to perform a duet at Le Cheval Blanc Hall in Schiltigheim, […]

Bob Dylan‘s Nobel Prize acceptance speech has been turned into a book.According to New Musical Express, a British music magazine, the musician was named as the recipient of the award for literature last year, but missed the official prize-giving ceremony in December due to “previous commitments”. He eventually accepted the award in person at a […]

Graphic designer Alireza Nosrati has won the second prize in the series section of the Golden Turtle International Photography, Painting and Design Competition, held late October in Moscow. For the series section participants had to submit a series of posters, not more than four, on any environmental topic, depicting the same issue, complementing each other, […]

The book ‘Rostam in the 22nd Century’, the first sci-fi Persian novel, written by Abdolhosein Sana’atizadeh Kermani has been republished.First printed 83 years ago in the Persian-language newspaper ‘Shafagh-e-Sorkh’, it has been re-edited by Mahdi Ganjavi and Merhraz Mansouri to smoothen the language for a modern audience, Honaronline reported.In the book, Rostam, the greatest of […]

Kolbeh Tour, a travel agency in the city of Minudasht, Golestan Province, has organized a tour to the northeastern province, with several programs tucked tight into a couple of days.The tour leaves Tehran November 8, at 10 pm and will arrive in Chehelchay Forest, Minudasht County for breakfast the day after.Thursday will be a long […]