Category: 6. Culture

TEHRAN – The head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS), Pirhossin Kolivand, has asked the World Health Organization (WHO) and red crescent societies to reaffirm their commitment by taking immediate actions to help address the catastrophic…

TEHRAN – Eight films from Iran will participate in the 24th DokuFest, International Documentary and Short Film Festival, in Kosovo from August 1 to 9.

The Iranian participants include short and feature films as well as animated movies, some of…

TEHRAN – Iran’s renowned theater group Amitis will present its acclaimed production “Confusion,” written and directed by Mohammad Amin Saadi, as Iran’s official representative at the International Festival of Regional Theaters currently…

TEHRAN – The “Iranian Cinema for the Homeland” initiative was inaugurated on Saturday with a screening of a restored version of Abbas Kiarostami’s acclaimed film “Where Is the Friend’s House?”.

The event was attended by renowned Iranian…

TEHRAN – A total of 123 earthquakes were recorded across the country in a week from June 19 to July 25, according to the seismological networks of the Institute of Geophysics of the University of Tehran.

Statistically, 110 earthquakes with…

TEHRAN – Four Iranian students clinched three gold medals and a silver medal at the 36th International Biology Olympiad (IBO 2025), ranking second among 81 countries, up from third in 2024.

Siavash Pezeshpour, Ali Soleimanzadeh Kalahroudi, and…

TEHRAN – Iran and Iraq counter-narcotics police have discussed ways to enhance their cooperation in the fight against narcotics, particularly during the Arbaeen pilgrimage.

In a meeting held on Saturday at the Mehran border point, the closest…

TEHRAN – An adaptation of Czech writer Franz Kafka’s novel “The Trial” is currently on stage at Tehran’s Homa Theater Hall.  

Written by Mohammad Charmshir and Farhad Mohandespour, Shahrouz Delafkar is the director of the play, which has…

TEHRAN – The Persian translation of the book “Inspired Knowledge in Islamic Thought: Al-Ghazali’s Theory of Mystical Cognition and Its Avicennian Foundation” written by Alexander Treiger has been released in Iranian bookstores across the…