A panel of international judges in design and handicraft production will meet in Tehran Sun. to review 65 Iranian handicrafts and 16 others from West Asian member states UNESCO Seal of Excellence consideration. Marzieh Torkamanian, head of the Handicraft Development Group, told Mehr News correspondent that five international judges including two Iranians, and the other […]

 Iranian short ‘Limit’ by Javad Daraei has won two top prizes at the 3rd edition of Peekskill Film Festival (PFF) in the United States. Directed by Javad Daraei, ‘Limit’ managed to scoop Best Student and Best Cinematography awards at the third edition of Peekskill Film Festival (PFF) in the US. ‘Limit’ is an 8-minute narrative of the […]

 On the occasion of the 90th anniversary of Iran-Japan relations, ‘Iranian Film Festival in Tokyo’ will start on August 7 for three days in Japan’s capital. Mainly organized by Iran’s cultural attaché in Japan, the event will screen seven Iranian movies, documentaries and animations. Dramas including ‘Season of Narges’, ‘Delbari’, ‘Bodyguard’, ‘Where Are My Shoes?’ […]

TEHRAN – The Music Office of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance gave its formal approval on Tuesday to vocalist Homayun Shajarian’s plan to perform free concerts on the streets. In a post published on his Instagram on Monday, Shajarian said that he is ready to organize several concerts on the streets in order […]

TEHRAN – The director the Fajr International Theater Festival, Nader Borhani Marand, has said that all the popular Iranian plays of the past year will be reviewed at the 37th edition of the event that will take place in Tehran during February 2019. “All the plays have previously been staged, and this will give us […]

A momentous Louvre show came to an end at the National Museum of Iran on Monday. The exhibit pulled in over 250,000 nationwide visitors since the opening date on March 5. “The Louvre show has been visited by over 250,000 people including administration and international officials and diplomats, artists and other personalities,” Mehr quoted Mohammadreza […]

TEHRAN – Vocalist Homayun Shajarian said on Monday that he is eager to perform free concerts on the streets to boost the spirits of Iranians during the current adverse economic conditions confronting the country if the cultural authorities would grant the necessary permission. “My dear friends, in these days that we are going through fire […]

Iran and Algeria plan to co-produce a movie on Ahmed Bey (c. 1784-1850), the last Ottoman ruler of Algiers. “A team from Iran and Algeria has already prepared the essential preliminaries to produce the film eight months ago,” Algerian producer Samira Hadj-Djilani, who is also the president of the Algerian Network of Businesswomen, told the […]

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyed Abbas Salehi pointed to the organizing various Quranic competitions in the international arena and said, “Islamic Republic of Iran must be turned into a Quranic hub in the world due to its high capabilities and distinguished reciters.” Speaking on Sunday at 47th session of Commission for Quranic Promotional […]

TEHRAN – An Iranian troupe directed by Mostafa Kushki performed “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at the 22nd Gdansk Shakespeare Festival in Poland on Sunday. The troupe composed of Kushki, Azin Nazari, Mohammad-Sadeq Malek, Sajjad Baqeri, Ghazal Shojaei, Amir-Mehdi Juleh, Shahruz Delafkar, Nazafarin Kazemi, Alireza Keimanesh and Khatereh Hatami is also scheduled to stage the play […]