Category: 6. Culture

TEHRAN-The play “The Martyrdom of Peter Ohey” by Polish playwright Slawomir Mrozek will go on stage at the City Theater in Tehran from February 9. Fares Bagheri has directed the 90-minute play, which has Morteza Hoseinzadeh, Farzaneh Meydani,… Continue Reading

TEHRAN- The Tehran province section of the 17th Fajr Visual Arts Festival, featuring My Homeland segment, will officially open on Tuesday at Rasul-e Mehr Gallery in Tehran. This provincial artistic event will showcase the works of 15 selected… Continue Reading

TEHRAN-The 36th Festival of Films from Iran began in Chicago, the U.S., on Friday, showing some of the highlights of Iranian cinema presented at the Gene Siskel Film Center – during the festival and year round – in the last 36 years. The festival… Continue Reading

TEHRAN – The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has procured a high-tech braille embosser for the Ministry of Education (MoE) and Special Education Organization (SEO), which will enhance learning for a total of 7,145 children with visual… Continue Reading

TEHRAN –Since Thursday night, relief teams have provided rescue services to more than 4,000 people who were affected by snow storms in 15 provinces, an official with Crisis Management Organization has said. The rescuers have helped 2,500 of the… Continue Reading

TEHRAN –Iran’s National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB) has developed an anti-cancer vaccine that will be released in the summer. “The vaccine will be able to prevent all cancers,” Mehr news agency quoted Javad… Continue Reading

At the invitation of the warm-hearted authorities and residents of Kharg Island, a pacifist group from Hiroshima, who came to Tehran to attend the Fajr International Film Festival, visited the island on a two-day trip. During the visit, they… Continue Reading

TEHRAN- Medea Hall in Tehran will be playing host to a reading performance of Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt’s 1999 play “Between Worlds” (“Hotel des Deux Mondes”) on Saturday.  The performance will be directed by Sarina Kian with a cast… Continue Reading

TEHRAN-The Persian translation of the book “Turkey: A Short History” written by Norman Stone has been released in bookstores across Iran. Marjan Rezaei has translated the book that has been published by Markaz Publications in 240 pages, Mehr… Continue Reading

TEHRAN- An exhibition of paintings and calligraphic paintings by Iranian artist Ahdieh Bahadori is currently underway in Tehran.  Entitled “Nian”, the exhibition features 18 pieces inspired by religious and Quranic themes, displayed in… Continue Reading