Iranian documentary ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ directed by Reza Farahmand will compete at the 8th ÍRÁN:CI, the Festival of Iranian Films in Prague, Brno and Bratislava. ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ is about Noor Al Helli, an Iraqi female journalist, who covers stories about Syrian and Iraqi women and children in the war against ISIL terrorists. […]

114 works by 105 artists will go under the hammer at the 10th Tehran Auction on 11 January 2019, among which is an untitled work by the late Iranian legend Abbas Kiarostami. The works selected to go under the hammer in this year’s edition of Tehran Auction have been selected from the portfolio of 105 […]

 Iranian cartoonists Saman Torabi and Abbas Nasseri took the first and third places respectively at the EXILE International Cartoon Contest in Essen, Germany, the organizers announced on Sunday. Torabi received the prize for his “Hello Europe” created in 2015. Anne Derenne from Spain won second prize in the contest, which is also known as A […]

 Seven Iranian plays will be performing in the international competition of the 37th Fajr International Theater Festival, the organizers announced on Sunday. Among the plays are “Flight Instructions for Captain and Cabin Crew” by Farhad Fozuni, “Steve Jobs” by Mehran Ranjbar and “She” by Arash Dadgar. The lineup also includes “Mother” by Majid Kazemzadeh, “Death […]

 Iranian director Amir-Reza Kuhestani’s Mehr Theater Group will perform their acclaimed plays “Timeloss” and “Summerless” in Chile, France and Switzerland. The troupe will start with performing “Timeloss” at the Santiago a Mil International Theater Festival in Chile in three performances arranged for January 3 to 5, the group has announced. Starring Hassan Majuni and Mahin […]

 Nine directorial debut movies will premiere in the New Look section of the 37th edition of the Fajr Film Festival, the organizers announced on Saturday. The lineup for the New Look section includes “Polo Coat”, a comedy by Mehdi Alimirzai that is about a philosophy student who has inherited a coat from his father. Evil […]

 Fans of American author J. D. Salinger, widely known for his novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, are invited to take part in an event at Book City Cultural Center in Tehran on Jan. 1 to celebrate the author’s 100th birthday. ‘One Day with Salinger’ will be held on Tuesday at Book City Cultural Center […]

 An Iranian studies center opened at Burhanuddin Rabbani University in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday. The dean of the university, Zabihollah Asadi, Iranian cultural attaché Reza Maleki, and a number of Afghan scholars and students attended the inauguration ceremony of the center. Speaking at the ceremony, Maleki said that cultural affinities and good relationship between the […]

 Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi expressed condolences on the demise anniversary of the ancient Iranian Prophet Zoroaster. In a message on Wednesday, Qassemi offered condolences to Zoroastrians. “I send my condolences to the kind Zoroastrians in Iran and the Parsis (members of the Zoroastrian community) in other countries on the death anniversary of Zoroaster,” […]

 Park Rangers have spotted a black stork, from a rare bird species, in Konarak, southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan province. Hassan Zati Keykha, head of the regional Department of Environment, said the species was captured on camera near the coast of Oman Sea, south of the province. According to the official, the coast’s diverse flora, especially […]