Filmmaker Saeid Kart has received three awards including the best director award for his “Avantage” in the national competition section of the 10th Cinema Verite, Iran’s major international festival for documentary cinema. “Avantage” also brought the best music award for Saba Nedai and the best sound award for Arash Qasemi, the organizers have announced. Winners…
The Village Councilor of Abyaneh said that over 30,000 foreign tourists visited the village during the 8 months of current Iranian calendar year (started on March 20). Mohammad Adeli referred to growth in the number of tourists visiting Abyaneh, saying that some 5,518 foreign tourists visited the village in the Iranian month of Aban (October…
Iran has been recommended as a top travel destination for 2017 as the country takes steps to ease visa rules for foreign tourists. Business Insider has named Iran among 50 places to travel to in 2017, commending the country’s security as a key factor behind attracting more tourists. Iran is considered as one of the…
Traditional Iranian vocalist, Salar Aghili, performed a concert in Hamedan. Salar Aghili was born in Teheran/Iran in 1977. He is regarded as one of the foremost Persian classical vocalists of his generation. Salar has studied under the guidance of Sediq Taarif and has combined the training in the vocal repertoire of the old tra- ditionwith…
Prominent Iranian maestro Shahrdad Rohani conducted a performance by Tehran Symphony Orchestra in Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Thursday evening. The Tehran Symphony Orchestra founded in 1933, is Iran’s oldest and largest symphony orchestra. It was founded as the Municipality Symphony Orchestra by Gholamhossein Minbashian, before entering its modern form under Parviz Mahmoud in 1946. In…
Iranian prominent eulogizer Salim Moazzenzadeh Ardabili, best known for his sincere heart-rending panegyrics in mourning ceremonies for Imam Hossein (AS), passed away at 80 on Tuesday. Born in Ardabil province in a religious family, world-famous Salim followed his father and brother’s path, also known for their religious odes in mourning for the Fourteen Infallible Household…
National Festival of Iranian-Islamic Architecture will be held next May concurrent with Architecture Week, announced the head of Art Bureau’s Center of Architecture. Ali Forouzanfar who was addressing a meeting of ‘Interaction with Media Staff’, added that Iran’s Art Bureau is in charge of developing revolutionary art and Islamic-Iranian architecture. According to IRNA, the festival…
Iran managed to sell 39 artworks at 21st edition of Christie’s Auction held in Dubai. The 21st edition of Christie’s Middle East Auction opened on October 18 by presence of 41 Iranian artworks. Iranian artworks were displayed in the Auction and 39 works could be sold during the event. In this edition of the auction,…
The 33rd Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) is underway in Charsu Sineplex. Charsou Cineplex is currently hosting the 33rd Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) from 8-14 November, 2016. The festival director is Farid Farkhondehkish and the poster features the late Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami. Jury members for the international section include Khosro Sinai…
The historic Kandovan village located in northwest Iran is filled with scenic troglodyte homes in the shape of stony ice-cream cones which are still inhabited. The village, situated near the city of Osku in East Azarbaijan Province, epitomizes genuine manmade dwellings that have been carved out of substantially eroded rocks. As to its shape and…
