TEHRAN – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei paid a visit to the 31st Tehran International Book Fair on Friday. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi and a number of his colleagues accompanied the Leader during the visit, which lasted for an hour and a half. He had brief chats […]

 Maryam Papi – Eminent Iranian director, Majid Majidi, revisited India to redeem the failure of his 50 milion USD ‘ film Muhammad: The Messenger of God , known as the most expensive film of Iranian cinema. Majidi and his international film crew did not get the nod from the Indian government to shoot in Rajasthan […]

TEHRAN – A group of Iranian artists will observe the World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day today by unveiling a huge painting at the Red Crescent Museum in Tehran. The artwork that measures 10×1.5 meters has been created during a workshop organized over the past week by 15 artists, including Zahra Dadvar, Behnam Bakhshi, […]

TEHRAN – World-renowned French pianist Richard Clayderman along with an orchestra will perform two concerts in Tehran during June. The concerts will be put on at the Grand Hall of the Interior Ministry on June 22 and 23, Royal Honar, the Iranian institute that is the coordinator of the performances, announced in a press release […]

Iranian documentary ‘Weavers of Imagination’ directed by Mohammad Sadegh Jafari has won an award at ARC Film Festival. The second edition of ARC Film Festival was held in German city of Mainz on April 25-28. The Iranian documentary film competed against 8 other documentaries to win the best film award. ‘Weavers of Imagination’ recounts the […]

Best-selling French pianist Richard Clayderman has confirmed, that for the first time ever, he will bring his New Age and Classical music to Tehran in Summer. Accompanied by professional orchestra musicians, the 64-year-old pianist will hold two concerts on June 22 and 23 at the Interior Ministry Hall in downtown Tehran. In his first ever […]

TEHRAN — The 31st Tehran International Book Fair hosted a session on Sunday reviewing the publishing market in China. The session was attended by Alex Goh, the Oversea Business Manager at Sinolingua, a member of the China International Publishing Group (CIPG). Sinolingua is the first publisher in China to specialize in Chinese language instruction and […]

TEHRAN – Hutan Shakiba, the star of Iranian musical adaptation of “Oliver Twist” was honored with the special award of the 15th Iranian Stage Actors Celebration on Saturday. Shakiba was not present at the celebration held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall. The celebration is organized annually by the Iranian Theater Forum to honor best actors of […]

TEHRAN – The Lebanese actor Joseph Salameh who is starring as Abu Omar al-Shishani in Iranian director Ebrahim Hatamikia’s Daesh drama “Damascus Time” is in Tehran to attend several special screenings of the movie. Hadi Hejazifar, another leading actor from the movie, and Hatamikia will also accompany Salameh during the screenings, which have been arranged […]

Iranian short ‘Like a Good Kid’ directed by Arian Vazir Daftari will be Iran’s representative at the Cinéfondation section of the 71st Cannes Film Festival. Directed by Arian Vazir Daftari and produced by Majid Barzegar, ‘Like a Good Kid’ is about a 5-year-old boy named Matin who tells his babysitter Sara a story that makes […]