Yunus Emre Institute’s office in Tehran has planned a series of meetings on old memoires and travelogues written by Iranian statesmen and literati during their stay in Turkey. The organizing institute is a non-profit Turkish cultural organization with 43 branches across the globe, established to promote Turkish language and culture. Located at No. 12, Saeedi […]

TEHRAN — Vocalist Homayun Shajarian and Purnazeri brothers have teamed up to give concerts at the Grand Hall of the Interior Ministry in Tehran in December. Composer and instrumentalist Sohrab and tar virtuoso Tahmures along with Homayun will perform a selection of songs from their latest albums. The concerts will begin on December 2 and […]

TEHRAN – South Korean Ambassador Kim Seung-ho said on Sunday that he would eagerly welcome any offer from Iranian artists to showcase their works in exhibitions at his residence in Tehran. “I would like to offer any Iranian artists who are interested to display works in my residence,” the ambassador told the Tehran Times in […]

TEHRAN- The Fourth International Exhibition of Footwear, Bag, Leather and Related Industry of Iran, which is going to be held in Tehran from October 25 to 28, will host 230 Iranian and foreign companies. Trade delegations from Russia, China, Italy and Turkey will also visit the exhibition, which will be held at the Tehran Permanent […]

TEHRAN – Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi and Armenia’s Minister of Culture Armen Amirian met in Tehran on Tuesday to discuss the expansion of art and cultural relations. Salehi pointed to the high potential of Iranian artists in different arena including cinema, music and theater, and stressed that art and […]

TEHRAN – Japanese artist Noriyuki Haraguchi, whose Oil Pool sculpture is installed at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA), will be visiting Tehran this week to restore his sculpture, TMCA has announced. Haraguchi executed his first Oil Pool sculpture in 1971. A later version was exhibited to great acclaim at “Documenta 6” in the […]

TEHRAN – The Beirut International Film Festival (BIFF) is commemorating the legendary Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami by screening some of his films, including “Take Me Home”, “Where Is the Friend’s Home”, “24 Frames” and “A Taste of Cherry”. “76 Minutes and 15 Seconds with Abbas Kiarostami”, which is a montage film made by Kiarostami’s close […]

TEHRAN – Iranian director Hossein Parsai will stage a musical version of “Oliver Twist” in Tehran’s Vahdat Hall in late November. The musical will be an adaptation based on “Oliver!”, a 1968 British musical drama film directed by Carol Reed, Parsai had told the Persian service of Hamshahri Online earlier. A large ensemble including 150 […]

TEHRAN – “Gamichi”, Iranian director Majid Esmaeili’s a film on Lake Urmia and its environmental crisis, is competing in the official section of the 40th Lucas International Festival for Young Film Lovers, which is underway in Frankfurt, Germany. The film is about a young boy, Hassan, who lives near Lake Urmia with his family. The […]

TEHRAN – “Yeva”, a co-production between Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation and the National Cinema Center of Armenia, has been selected as Armenia’s submission to the 90th Academy Awards in the best foreign-language film category. Directed by Iranian-Armenian filmmaker Anahid Abad, the film tells the story of Yeva, a young woman who escapes her influential in-laws […]