Art And Culture

‘The Farsi and Iranology’ section was officially opened at the Toshkhoja Asiri Regional Library in Sughd Province in Tajikistan.

The Iranian Academy of Arts hosted a ceremony to register the ‘art of sealing and engraving’, as an intangible heritage, on the national heritage list.

The ‘Encyclopedia of Seal and…

In the latest ranking of men’s national soccer teams, Iran is best in Asia and ranks 51st in the world, five positions up from its previous standing.

According to the latest ranking…

On the occasion of Christmas (Dec. 25) the Iranian music band Klavier will hold performances on January 1-2, 2015 to raise funds for disadvantaged children taken care of by the charity…

‘Children of the Sun’ is an animated series that recounts the history of the decade following and preceding the Islamic Revolution.

Iranology Foundation of Zagros region was inaugurated in Nahavand, western province of Hamedan, in a ceremony attended by the deputy head of the foundation for international affairs Qodratollah…

In separate decrees on Tuesday (Dec. 16), vice president for television affairs Ali-Asghar Pour-Mohamadi appointed new directors of different TV stations as well as to some other positions.

A ‘hybrid design’ has been finally selected to adorn the newly renovated Enqelab Square, following a public announcement summoning artists to create a new design to be placed in one of the most…

Poverty is a vicious cycle and often it leaves little hope for breaking the cycle especially in rural areas where sometimes it is overwhelming. For the 70% of the world’s poor, agriculture is the…

‘Roman Princess’, the name of a 3D animation directed by Hadi Mohamadian centers on the life of Imam Mahdi’s mother (AS), Narjis Khatoon (SA).

According to historians and scholars, Imam…

The residence of prominent Iranian writer Jalal Al-e-Ahmad will be made the ‘Iranian House of Literature,’ a close relative has said.

Jalal Al-e-Ahmad’s nephew Mohammad-Hossein Danaeifar…

Following the good sales of the English version of Seyyed Mehdi Shojaei’s political satire, ‘Democracy or DemoCrazy’, German and Russian translations of the book are underway.

Raphael Minaskanian, an internationally acclaimed artist and eminent Iranian classical pianist and professor of music will render a piano recital on December 26 at the Vahdat Hall.

Born in…

Cultural diplomacy in foreign policy and soft power that includes exchange of ideas, information, art and other cultural aspects among nations and their peoples is essential. This…

Three top Qur’an translators in English, Spanish and Chinese languages were honored in a ceremony attended by Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati.

The Bemani Short Film Festival, organized by non-governmental organizations, will be held on December 24-26 at Niavaran Cultural Center in Tehran, said Morteza Ramezani, general director of the…

The Museum of Masters and Artisans in Quebec, Canada, is to feature cartoons by Iranian cartoonist Behzad Ghafarizadeh and Russian cartoonist Oleg Dergachov.

The museum will showcase…

Ridley Scott’s ‘Exodus: Gods and Kings’ toppled ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’ from its perch at the box office, but its opening weekend results fell short of ‘heavenly status.’

Malaysia has opened a bookstore named ‘Book City’, modeled after a large book store chain in Iran with the same title.

The new bookstore in Kuala Lumpur was visited by Aliakbar Ziyaee, Iran…

One of the major approaches employed in the past four years by the Iranian Artists Forum was to enhance its international relations. “We believe Iran as a rich country in the field of art and…

Veteran cinema and television actor Anoshirvan Arjmand passed away on Sunday (Dec. 14).He was suffering from heart problems.

Born in 1941 in Zahedan, Iran, he started directing plays as…

Maziar Miri’s ‘Painting Pool’ will be showcased at the 2015 Victoria Film Festival, to be held from February 6-15 in Vancouver, Canada.

Miri’s acclaimed film is a 2013 Iranian drama which…

This year’s Arba’een showed the unbreakable bond of people with the infallible Imams, said Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati, on Saturday night (Dec. 13) at a mourning ceremony…

The success achieved by the domestic computer and video games industry can be repeated with the toy manufacturing sector provided officials give the necessary support for it to make a breakthrough…

Responding to an invitation by the Tehran Peace Museum, Abbas Kiarostami, world-renowned filmmaker, visited the museum and saw the consequences of the use of chemical weapons on Iranians by Iraq…