Book House Institute will commemorate the veteran Iranian historian and author Mansoureh Ettehadieh in a ceremony on October 23.The event will be held at 4:30 pm, at the venue of Book House in central Tehran in the presence of literati and cultural figures, the institute wrote on its website.  Ettehadieh, 84, received her master’s degree […]

Behind the last bends of Chalus Road (Road 59), there is a lush forest in Mazandaran Province known as Sarpoush-Tangeh.In a one-day tour on October 20, Spilet Alborz travel company will take visitors to this forest to show them the dense flora, a waterfall and lush cliffs spreading over the skyline.The tour starts at 5 […]

‘Lincoln in the Bardo,’ a 2017 novel by American writer George Saunders, 58, has won Britain’s most prestigious literary award – the Man Booker Prize.The book is Saunder’s first novel. It was released in February of this year to widespread acclaim.It is written around a single quasi-historical image: A year into the Civil War, the […]

A one-day tour to one of the oldest villages of Iran is being organized by Kalout Travel (Kalouttravel.com) on Oct. 20.The ancient village of Abyaneh in Natanz County, Isfahan Province, is the first destination of the tour.Rendezvous is set for Friday at 5 am at Fatemi Street in central Tehran near Laleh Hotel. Breakfast will […]

On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of establishment of diplomatic relations between Iran and South Korea, an exhibition of Iranian metal artworks will be held at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran, October 23-26.The four-day event will showcase over 60 artworks in various fields including traditional Iranian jewelry, metal engraving and sculpture as well as […]

A total of 29 fiction, 24 animated and 12 experimental films are competing in different categories of the 34th Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF), currently underway in Tehran.According to a press release by the public relations office of the festival, Sadeq Mousavi, director of the event said: “33 years of holding short film festivals […]

TEHRAN – Two Iranian authors and an illustrator are scheduled to attend the 62nd Belgrade International Book Fair, the Iran Cultural Fairs Institute (ICFI) announced on Wednesday. Authors Mohammadreza Bayrami and Mohammad Keshavarz and illustrator Amir Shabani Purfumani will promote their latest offerings at the fair, which will be held in the Serbian capital from […]

TEHRAN – The 25th edition of the Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival, which will be held in Toronto, Canada from November 3 to 11, will screen two Iranian films. Mehrdad Oskui’s acclaimed documentary “Starless Dreams” will be screened on November 5 and Hossein Kondori’s drama “Nobody Dies Here” will go on screen on November 7. […]

TEHRAN – Eleven movies will go on screen in the official competition of the 7th Iranian Film Festival Australia, which will open in Melbourne on October 26. “Subdued” by Hamid Nematollah, “The Girl’s House” by Shahram Shah-Hosseini, “Leila” by Dariush Mehrjui, “Breath” by Narges Abyar and “Israfil” by Ida Panahandeh are among the films to […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi and Armenia’s Minister of Culture Armen Amirian met in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss the expansion of art and cultural relations. Salehi pointed to the high potential of Iranian artists in different arena including cinema, music and theater, and stressed that art and […]