Iranian short ‘Elephant’s Shadow’ by Arman Khansarian will take part at the 23rd REGARD – Saguenay International Short Film Festival in Canada, which will give it a chance to get one step closer to be included in the Academy Awards list. ‘Elephant’s Shadow’ directed by Arman Khansarian is about a young woman, Leila, whose father […]

 Iranian Short ‘Driving Lessons’ directed by Marzieh Riahi will take part at the 59th Cartagena Film Festival in Colombia. Directed by Marzieh Riahi, the Iranian short film ‘Driving Lessons’ will take part at the 59th Cartagena Film Festival in Colombia, which is the oldest film festival in Latin America mostly dedicated to the promotion of Colombian […]

Lee won for best original script — his first award after almost 30 years as America’s prominent black director — for “Blackkklansman” and immediately began reading a speech praising his African ancestors and how 2019 is the 400th anniversary of the arrival of forced black labor in Virginia. But as his film, otherwise set in […]

Scientists have synthesized a molecular system that, like DNA, can store and transmit information, possibly on other worlds, too. This unprecedented feat suggests there could be an alternative to DNA-based life, as we know it on Earth – a genetic system for life that may be possible on other worlds. This new molecular system, which […]

The Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Ayatollah Khamenei met with chess player Aryan Gholami on Sunday, praising him refusing to play against the Israeli player. According to the news website of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution ‘Khamenei.ir’, Ayatollah Khamenei met with chess player Aryan Gholami and his parents on Sunday, during which the leader praised […]

Iranian documentary ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ directed by Reza Farahmand will be screened in three international film festivals in Croatia, Belgium and Czech Republic. Iranian documentary ‘Women with Gunpowder Earrings’ directed by Reza Farahmand will take part at the main competition section of 15th edition of ZagrebDox, the International Documentary Film Festival, which will be […]

Iranian feature ‘Dressage’ directed by Pouya Badkoubeh will be screened in the competition section of 29th edition of Cine Junior Festival in France. Badkoubeh’s feature narrates the story of Golsa and her friends who decide to rob a corner shop out of boredom. But while evaluating the robbery, they are dismayed to realize that they […]

 The 37th Fajr International Theater Festival named winners during an award ceremony on Sat. evening, awarding the festival’s grand prix to ‘(Fore)named’ directed by Ali Asghar Dashti from Iran. Curtains fell on the 37th edition of Iran’s major theater event, Fajr International Theater Festival, during an award ceremony on Saturday evening at Vahdat Hall in […]

 A male and female leopards in captivity in the Tehran Zoological Garden mated naturally on Wednesday for the very first time. Their cubs are expected to be born in 100 days. A veterinarian at the Tehran Zoological Garden, also known as the Eram Zoo, made the happy announcement in an interview with Mehr News correspondent […]

The International Research Organization will host a conference on Abu Hamid Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ghazali (1058-1111), an Islamic theologian in Dubai, Qatar in early 2021. The International Conference on Al-Ghazali (ICAG 2021) will be held in the Qatari city of Dubai on February 14-15, 2021. The conference aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research […]