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TEHRAN (Iran News) In the meeting, Mr. Perrone congratulated Mr. Salahvarzi for being elected as the new head of the ICCIMA and then pointed to the colorful trade relation between Tehran and Rome since the past, noting that for long time Italy has been the main European trade partner of Iran and Italian companies are interested in investing in Iran and to this end the embassy will do its best to facilitate and help their presence in Iran.

He added that the trend of trade between the two countries is promising, positive and moving forward although its space is not like the past.

Then Head of Economic and Commercial Section of Italian Embassy David Balloni, for his part, said that both sides should try to implement effective scenarios for broadening trade relation between the two states and he welcomes Iranian companies in Italy and expressed hope that with the channels being opened, the trade exchanges between Iran and Italy would bounce back to the previous volume.

Meanwhile Head of ICCIMA Mr. Salahvarzi, for his part, emphasized using new ways and financial mechanisms and barter in trade between the two countries and termed these ways very effective for broadening bilateral trade relation.

He also pointed to the logical economic and political relation of Italy regarding Iran since the victory of the Islamic Republic and Italy has been the first European trade partner of Iran, adding that strong relation between chambers of commerce of both countries is the strong point and embassies have played great role in this economic cooperation.

Salahvarzi added that the most important plan of the chamber in its new era is to reinforce relations with chambers of commerce of other countries and increase trade exchange of the private sector with other countries, noting that to this end they have new solutions for payment mechanism, financial settlement and barter.

He went on to say that the trade relation with neighboring and European states is on the upward trend, reiterating that Iran’s government has always supported foreign investors in Iran and Iran’s private sector expects a correct and realistic picture of Iran’s truths to be painted for foreign companies.

He then announced full readiness of the ICCIMA for cooperation with Italy’s Chamber of Commerce, stating that embassies of both countries can present a correct and precise picture of Iran’s economy for the Italian companies for broadening their activities in Iran. He announced the readiness of the chamber for holding business forums between Iran and Italy. He also urged embassy of Italy to encourage Italian companies for the presence in Iran.

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Italian Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone hosted the event where many distinguished art especially artists, architects, diplomats and media persons were present.

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Addressing the ceremony, Ambassador Perrone welcomed the participants and explained about the operation for restoring and remodling the conference hall that it has now a climate of mixed Iranian and Italian cultural works.

He said that this building is very important artistically and historically, noting that First Secretary and Head of the Economic and Commercial Office David Baloni and Cultural and Press Attache Yara Romanova helped a great deal in restoring and opening this hall.

He said that there were two goals behind restoring this hall, one was the importance of cooperation between Iran and Italy and some pictures used in this hall are taken from Iranian films focused on Italy and also from Villa Namazee which is significant example for cultural cooperation between Iran and Italy.

He said that some part of Iranian documentary “Radiology of a Family” has been made in this hall by Firouzeh Khosrovani and some photos of the film are now in the hall.

He added that the second goal behind this action was to gather a valuable collection of cultural cooperation between the two states through showing cultural of Iran and Italian classic culture.

Then Baloni, for his part, explained the reasons for this action and said that they have tried to give value to the objects. He said that Villa Namazee is very important and one of the most important example of building villa in an Italian style which was built in Iran by Italian architect and designer Gio Ponti designed his third villa (after the Venezuelan Villa Planchart and Villa Arreaza).

He added some of architectural arts of this villa have been put on display in this hall. He then explained about the photos on the wall of the hall and tapestry used there.

Then famous Iranian architect Kamran Naderi briefed the participants of the Italian Ambassador Residence which is a beautiful garden in Iranian style adding that the garden is around 7000 square meters and it is one of the few Iranian gardens which has been preserved so far.

He also noted that cultural exchange is very important especially in architecture.

At the end of the event, Ms. Khosrovani, maker of documentary of Radiology of a Family, briefed the participants of the reason for choosing this hall as one of the locations for her documentary.

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The exhibit showcases interactive sculptures by Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam, by many considered to be the champion of modernist painting in Iran.

Vaziri Moghaddam was born in 1924 in Iran and relocated to Italy at a young age to complete his studies and carry out his artistic work. The exhibition is being organized by the “Pejman Foundation” and the “Fondazione Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam” headed by Vaziri Moghaddam’s son and based in Rome, with the support of the Italian Embassy in Tehran.

This initiative, indicated Ambassador Perrone in his introductory remarks, aims at celebrating a great artist, Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam, who drew inspiration from European abstract artistic movements and Italian art and nature. It will also highlight the depth of the cultural link between Italy and Iran as well as their mutual artistic influences.

Curated by the Maestro’s son Hamoun Vaziri, the exhibit includes a group of about one-hundred works in the collection of the “Fondazione Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam”, such as sculptures, bas-reliefs, sketches and rhythmic aluminium reliefs.

Three years after the artist’s death, one of the most important creative periods of his career, between 1966 and 1978, will be investigated through the showcase for the first time all of his studies, maquettes and sculptures from this period. For the occasion, visitors can also interact with artworks by assembling and disassembling them according to their own wishes.

The preview at the Italian Residence’s Persian garden featured an iconic wooden sculpture created by Vaziri Moghaddam in 1970, which reproduces anthropomorphic repeated shapes with arms that can be opened up to 3-4 meters.

During the event, the documentary “Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam. Hands in Earth” was also screened. The film, produced by the Italian Embassy in Tehran in collaboration with Yasmin Zandieh and Ehsan Ronagh for the exclusive video-series “From Tehran to Rome. A Journey through Art”, is available for viewing on the Italian Embassy’s social media channels (YouTube, Instagram and Twitter).

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“From Tehran to Rome. A Journey through Art “is a series of seven monographic episodes, produced by the Italian Embassy in Tehran in cooperation with local artists, with the aim of introducing modern and contemporary Italian and Iranian artists, whose training and work have been influenced by artistic trends in both countries.

The episode “King of the Scene” featuring Khosrow Khorshidi, as well as the previous episodes “Tapesh” featuring Bizhan Bassiri and “Hands in Earth” featuring Mohsen Vaziri Moghaddam, are available on the Italian Embassy’s social media channels (YouTube, Instagram and Twitter).

Together with the screening, the Italian Embassy in Tehran inaugurated an exhibit of drawings by Khosrow Khorshidi by the title “Life in Tehran. Cafes and Foreign Embassies”, featuring an exclusive selection of 27 black and white drawings of embassies and historical places in the Iranian capital made over the years by Khosrow Khorshidi based on his memory recollection.

Among the historic places reproduced by Master Khorshidi is the Italian residence in Farmanieh, with its beautifully preserved Persian garden, where the exhibition was hosted, as well as a 1951 sketch of the palace in the compound of the Italian Embassy on Neuphle-le-Chateau Avenue, a neoclassical building designed by Russian architect Victor Markov, who designed many historic buildings in central Teheran around 100 years ago. Other drawings feature buildings housing other foreign embassies in Tehran, as well as life scenes in historic squares, schools, shops, cafes, restaurants, cinemas and theaters of Tehran.

“The exhibit of the beautiful drawings by Khosrow Khorshidi showing historic buildings and gardens in Tehran is a tribute to the artistic genius and career of one of the most prolific and inspired contemporary Iranian artists”, said Ambassador Perrone during the inauguration ceremony.

Khorshidi, born in Iran in 1932, studied in Italy at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome and trained in the studio of Italian famed director Franco Zeffirelli. He lives in Teheran and still paints.

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In the introductory session, the Ambassador of Italy, Giuseppe Perrone, stressed the important role historically played by Italian companies in this sector and the continuing interest existing in both countries towards greater cooperation. Through the online event, a large number of participants were able to establish new contacts and discuss prospects for cooperation on a business-to-business basis in the digital platform made available by the Italian Trade Agency.

Agricultural machinery is indeed a field of traditional strength for Italian companies in Iran.  In the current scenario in which Iran is looking to strengthen its position as a regional agricultural hub, the potential for cooperation with companies is quite significant and can help further raise the productivity of Iranian businesses in the agricultural sector.

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TEHRAN – Embassy of Italy on Wednesday screened the 5^th episode of “8 ½ Theater Clips. How COVID-19 Pandemic Changed Our Lives Video Series” with Italian Ambassador H.E. Giuseppe Perrone in attendance.

Addressing the guests in the screening of the video clip, Italian Ambassador H.E. Perrone explained the goals behind producing such video clips in the time of pandemic.

He then said “Alone” was the title of the fifth episode of the series “8 1/2 Theatre Clips. How Covid-19 Pandemic Changed Our Lives” which was , a virtual production by the Italian Embassy in Tehran in cooperation with the Italian theatre company ‘Instabili Vaganti’ and the Iranian company “Don Quixote”.

The episode, directed by Anna Dorno in collaboration with Ali Shams and performed by Nicola Pianzola and Danial Kheirikhah on the musical notes by Riccardo Nanni, describes the absence of social interaction during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. The narrating voices in Farsi by Danial Kheirikhah and in Italian by Nicola Pianzola describe a “new normal” made of closed theatres and lonely performers. The powerful images of Kheirikhah looking for lost handshakes and hugs and of a confused Pianzola while standing on an empty stage without spectators in a Northern Italian small town theater, deliver a feeling of loneliness, emptiness and distance.

The theatre series is based on an original idea by the Italian Embassy in Tehran and “Instabili Vaganti”.

The ambassador expressed hope that producing such video clips would boost cultural cooperation between both countries and also help the society come out of the isolation caused by the pandemic.

Meanwhile First Secretary of Italian Embassy Ms. Yaroslava Romanova briefed the guests in the screening of the episode, saying that three more episode are in the pipeline and the sixth episode will come late November.

She also noted that those who are interested to watch the other screened episodes can watch them on the social media addresses of the embassy. “Alone”, as well as the previous episodes “Don’t Call Me a Hero”, “Notes of Absence”, “The Night Shift” and “Beyond the Mirror”, can be watched on YouTube, Twitter and Instagram channels of the Italian Embassy in Tehran, she added.

At the end of the screening of the episode, the participants exchanged views on the screened work as well as the current pandemic condition.

Meanwhile Iranian director of the episode Mr. Shakri briefed the participants of the goals behind making such videos.

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