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  • Iran Has Gained a Special Position in the Tourism Market 10 Jun 2025

    Iran Has Gained a Special Position in the Tourism Market

    TEHRAN - The Minister of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts stated that in recent years, with the development of suitable infrastructure in the medical and healthcare sectors—particularly in complex surgeries and specialized treatments—Iran has secured a prominent position in the health tourism market.

Iranian companies take part in 2018 Tourism Expo Japan 22 Sep 2018

Iranian companies take part in 2018 Tourism Expo Japan

 Some Iranian companies have taken part in the 2018 Tourism Expo, introducing Iran’s tourism attractions. Tourism and Automobile Club of Iran along with three other tourism companies have established an exclusive pavilion for Iran in the event to promote Iran’s tourism attractions. The pavilion was inaugurated with the Iranian ambassador to Japan Morteza Rahmani-Movahed in […]

Iran to take part at 37th Uppsala filmfest. with 2 titles 22 Sep 2018

Iran to take part at 37th Uppsala filmfest. with 2 titles

 Iranian short ‘Umbra’ by Saeid Jafarian and animated piece ‘Maned & Macho’ by Shiva Sadegh-Asadi have been accepted into the competition section of 37th Uppsala International Short Film Festival in Sweden. Two award-winning Iranian films, including ‘Umbra’ and ‘Maned & Macho’, have been chosen to compete with 77 other titles at the international competition section […]

Doc by Mona Zandi reviews Gelmali tradition in Lorestan 22 Sep 2018

Doc by Mona Zandi reviews Gelmali tradition in Lorestan

 Mona Zandi, the director of the acclaimed drama “Friday Evening”, has made a documentary named “Gloomy Moments” that studies Gelmali, a ritual tradition observed in the month of Muharram in Lorestan Province in western Iran. The documentary film premiered at the Rosewood Café in Tehran last Monday during a special ceremony attended by Zandi, actor […]

“Silence” to compete in Portland Deaf Film Festival 18 Sep 2018

“Silence” to compete in Portland Deaf Film Festival

 “Silence” by Iranian director Maryam Pirband will be competing in the Portland Deaf Film Festival in the U.S., the organizers have announced. The film is about a young mother who has a difficult job. She cleans the outside of tall buildings when she is supported by ropes. One day something strange happens to her, and […]

Iranian films honored at Kazan Muslim cinema festival 17 Sep 2018

Iranian films honored at Kazan Muslim cinema festival

 Iranian films “Golnesa” and “Saad’s Olive Tree” have won awards at the 14th Kazan International Festival of Muslim Cinema. Sattar Chamanigol received the award for best director for his drama “Golnesa” and Mohammad Fakuri was named best director of photography for his collaboration on the film during the closing ceremony of the festival, the organizers […]

Shorts from Iran compete in Batumi festival 16 Sep 2018

Shorts from Iran compete in Batumi festival

Iranian movies “Umbra” and “Are You Volleyball?” will be screened in the short competition of the Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) in Georgia. Directed by Saeid Jafarian, “Umbra” is about a young woman who realizes a few minutes after midnight that her partner has disappeared. She goes out worriedly to seek her partner in […]

Iran sends “No Date” to Oscars despite calls for Academy Awards boycott 16 Sep 2018

Iran sends “No Date” to Oscars despite calls for Academy Awards boycott

 Iran has submitted the acclaimed drama “No Date, No Signature” to the 91st Academy Awards in the best foreign language film category despite calls for the Farabi Cinema Foundation to boycott the prestigious cinematic competition over Washington’s withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Directed and written by Vahid Jalilvand, the movie is about Dr. […]

Seven troupes from Iran to go on stage at Armenia HIGH FEST 15 Sep 2018

Seven troupes from Iran to go on stage at Armenia HIGH FEST

 Seven plays by Iranian troupes will be competing in the HIGH FEST International Performing Arts Festival, which will be held in Yerevan, Armenia from September 5 to October 5. Director Vahid Khosravi’s group will perform “My Dolls” and director Reza Rafinasab will stage “Dey 5, Tir 12, Esfand 26”, Albert Beigjani, a member of the […]

IIDCYA screens films by pioneers of children’s cinema 15 Sep 2018

IIDCYA screens films by pioneers of children’s cinema

 The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) has launched a program during which a lineup of films by pioneers of Iranian children’s cinema, including Abbas Kiarostami and Nureddin Zarrinkelk, will be screened. The weeklong program, which began on Tuesday, has been arranged to celebrate the National Day of Cinema, the IIDCYA […]

Apricot Tree festival picks films from Iran 12 Sep 2018

Apricot Tree festival picks films from Iran

 Three Iranian movies will be competing in the Apricot Tree International Documentary Film Festival in Armenia, the organizers have announced. “Meta Marathon” by Saeid Keshavarz, “Meeting” by Reza Majlesi and “The Rock” by Hamid Jafari will be screened in two different sections of the festival, which will take place in Yerevan and the beautiful village […]