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Italy Refuses to Continue Purchasing US F-35 Fighters: Defense Minister

reporter 1222 — Sat, 07 Jul 2018 10:50:37 +0000

The Italian air force has already received 10 F-35 fighters, while a long-term program for their production and purchase implies an eventual total of 90 aircraft, according to the Italian media.

Italy will not buy more Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets and is mulling whether to hold on to an order to which the country is already committed, Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta stated in a television interview with La 7 broadcaster.

“We won’t buy any more F-35s. We are assessing what to do regarding the contracts already in place,” Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta said, stressing that strong financial penalties could mean that “scrapping the order could cost us more than maintaining it.”

She also mentioned advantages in terms of technology and research in Italy associated with the planes, as well as jobs that would be lost, Sputnik reported.

“In view of the existing contracts signed by the previous government, we are carrying out a careful assessment that exclusively considers the national interest,” she stressed.

However, Trenta noted that she saw merit in expanding the purchases in order to liberate resources for investments in European defense projects.

Several countries have signed contracts for the purchase of F-35s, such as Turkey, Israel, Norway, Japan, Netherlands, the UK and Australia.

The total cost of the F-35 program over its existence has been around $1 trillion, the Government Accountability Office reported earlier, citing Pentagon estimates.

The F-35 is the Defense Department’s most expensive purchase program and is more than $200 billion over budget and will require acquisition funding of $12.7 billion a year, on average, through 2038.

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FIFF36 gives special focus to Italian cinema

reporter 1222 — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 11:25:27 +0000

Seven Italian films produced in 2017 have been selected to be featured in ‘A Retrospective of Italian Cinema’ at the 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival.

Out of these seven films, one is in the Competition, two films are in the Magic Lantern section, one is in the Special Screenings section and the rest of the films are in the Retrospective section.

The films featured in this section are Paola Livia Randi’s ‘Little Tito and the Aliens’, Giordano Giulivi ‘s ‘The Laplace’s Demon’, Salvatore Ficarra and Valentino Picone’s ‘It’s the Law!’, Jonas Carpignano’s ‘A Ciambra’, Andrea Segre’s ‘The Order of Things’, Valentina Pedicini’s ‘Where the Shadows Fall’ and Vincenzo Marra’s ‘Equilibrium’.

This section will be held in cooperation with the Ministry of Culture of Italy and its embassy in Iran.

Special guests from Italy will attend the festival, host workshops and hold Italian night in Iran.

Presided over by writer and director Reza Mirkarimi, the 2018 FIFF runs April 19-27 in the cosmopolitan city of Tehran.

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Italian musician sisters to do duet in Tehran

reporter 1222 — Wed, 20 Dec 2017 15:55:03 +0000

TEHRAN – The Italian musician sisters, violinist Natascia Gazzana and pianist Raffaella Gazzana, will perform a duet at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center on Saturday.

A repertoire of pieces by Estonian musician Arvo Part, German composers Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann, Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg and Italian violinist Niccolo Paganini will be performed the concert.

The performance has been organized by Hermes Records, a Tehran-based label that distributes works by prominent musicians in Iran, Turkey, Italy, UK, France, Germany, Greece and several other countries.

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Italian maestro Giuranna impressed by President Rouhani’s remarks on unity

reporter 1222 — Thu, 07 Dec 2017 06:51:00 +0000

TEHRAN – Italian maestro Damiano Giuranna who is the conductor of the World Youth Orchestra said that he was impressed by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s recent remarks on the need for unity among Muslims in the world.

Giuranna made the comment in a meeting with the musicians of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra in Tehran, Iran’s Rudaki Foundation announced on Wednesday.

In his speech at the opening ceremony of the 31st International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran on Tuesday, Rouhani stressed the need for unity among Muslims in the world.

Giuranna said that the need for unity is not only vital for Muslims but also for all people of the world.

He added that people from all walks of life in the world should do their best to promote unity and solidarity.

Giuranna is in Tehran to supervise the second leg of a joint concert by the musicians of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra and the World Youth Orchestra from Italy, which is scheduled to be performed at Vahdat Hall this evening.

The first part of the performance was held at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome on December 3.

The Tehran Symphony Orchestra and the World Youth Orchestra gave joint performances in Tehran in August, 2016.

Maestro Giuranna also held a series of master classes at the Culture and Art Applied Science University in Tehran in February, 2017.

The collaborations are based on an agreement made by the Sapienza University of Rome, the Tehran University of Art and the Rudaku Foundation.

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‘Release from heaven’ wins at Italian filmfest

reporter 1222 — Sat, 18 Nov 2017 14:30:11 +0000

TEHRAN – ‘Release from heaven’ was awarded the best animation award at Oniros film awards.

‘Release from heaven’ directed by Ali Noori Oskouei won the best animation award of the October 2017 Monthly Edition of Oniros film awards.

Oniros Film Awards is a monthly and annual IMDb qualifying competition based in La Thuile, Italy, which celebrates films from all around the world with awards in different categories and genres.

Oniros (which means ‘dream’ in Greek) is awarded to high quality films, with the intention of promoting filmmakers’ works and helping them realize their dreams.

Set in a war torn city, ‘Release from heaven’ tells the story of Sareh, a school teacher and a writer. Every night, she tells stories to her students who find solace in them. But when the school is attacked and destroyed she sets out on a journey with two of her students to help them find their parents. During their quest, she starts to realize that the hero of her stories might be real.

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“Icky” crowned best at Italian film festival

reporter 1222 — Tue, 17 Oct 2017 14:35:43 +0000

TEHRAN – Iranian director Parastu Kardgar’s animated movie “Icky” has been selected as the best animation at the 16th edition of the Festival Internazionale del Cinema d’Arte.

The film is about a kid, who lives in a world of people with a Rubik’s cube head and is different from the others.

Iranian short film “The Noise” by Puya Razi also went on screen during the festival, which was held in Milan, Italy from October 11 to 14.

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Italian critic Eleonora Frattarolo to lecture at Tehran library

reporter 1222 — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 12:36:34 +0000

TEHRAN – Italian art historian and critic Eleonora Frattarolo is scheduled to make a speech on the Pictorial Alphabet by Italian painter and interior designer Antonio Basoli (1774–1848) in Tehran tomorrow.

Organized by the Tehran University of Art, the session will be held at the Malek National Library and Museum Institution.

Basoli published a fantastic set of lithographs for his book “Alfabeto Pittorico” (“Pictorial Alphabet”) in Bologna in 1839. His elaborate architectural drawings of twenty-four letters of the alphabet became later known as Basoli’s Alphabet.

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Iran’s “Light Sight” honored at American, Italian events

reporter 1222 — Mon, 04 Sep 2017 06:45:25 +0000

TEHRAN – Iranian director Seyyed Moslem Tabatabai’s short animation “Light Sight” has been honored at two international film festivals in the U.S. and Italy.

The 1st Sunrise 45 Film Festival, which was held in the small town of Alpena located in northeastern Michigan in the U.S. from August 18 to 20, picked the animation as Best International Student Film.

It also won the second prize in the international short film section of the 1st International Luci Della Ribalta Film Fest, which was held in Terni, Italy from August 25 to 27.

The Renato Church Special Award-Music and Images at the festival was also presented to the movie.

“Light Sight” is scheduled to compete in the Marietta International Film Festival, running in the American city located in the state of Georgia on September 9 and 10.

The movie is about a creature named M.E. who is fascinated by a white light outside its room. It tries to reach the light but there are obstacles in the way.

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