Category: 6. Culture

TEHRAN – American filmmaker Edward Zwick’s movie “The Last Samurai” will be screened during a session at the Arasbaran Cultural Center in Tehran on Wednesday evening.

Iranian film critic Kurosh Jahed will attend a screening of the film…

TEHRAN – The Iranian ambassador to the Russian Federation Kazem Jalali met with Vasily Tsereteli, the President of the Russian Academy of Arts and grandson of the renowned Russian artist Zurab Tsereteli, in Moscow on Monday to discuss and…

TEHRAN – The Islamic World Peace Forum is set to launch the Salam Cultural Artistic Festival, an international initiative aimed at fostering universal peace, understanding, and cultural solidarity, the organizers have announced. 

The festival,…

The Supreme Court confirmed that Dhul Hijjah moon cresent has been sighted in Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, May 28, 2025, will be 1 Dhul Hijjah 1446 AH, signaling the start of the most sacred month in the Islamic calendar.

Millions of pilgrims are…

TEHRAN – Following the pattern of politicizing art and cinema, this year’s Cannes film festival again proved the way in which artistic merit has been sacrificed for political agendas.

Jafar Panahi’s new film took the Palme d’Or award despite…

A planned directive first seen by the New York Times set to circulate to agencies on Tuesday instructs officials to terminate existing deals and seek new suppliers, marking what the White House describes as a total break with Harvard after…

TEHRAN – The current level of Lake Urmia amounts to 1270.27 meters, which is 23 centimeters more than the lowest figure recorded so far.

Lake Urmia in the north-western West Azarbaijan province started to dry up in the 2000s. The lake is the…