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August 17, 2010
Traditionally aired on Iranian state television and radio [...]
By Parastu Sepehri
Source: Rooz Online
August 10, 2010
A short notice by the managers of Khane Cinema – which translates into the House of Cinema and is Iran’s official organization for the cinema industry – has cancelled a gathering titled “Pursuit of Job Security and Social Welfare for Cinema Professionals.” One prominent cinema [...]
By Hamid Ahadi
Source: The Green Voice of Freedom (GVF)
August 8, 2010
The publication of a report in Hamshahri Mah about plans by the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization to organize a sale of the country’s historical artifacts revealed another behind-the-scenes effort by Ahmadinejad’s chief of staff, Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaei, to engage in activities outside [...]
Source: Agence France Presse (AFP)
August 7, 2010
ROME — Celebrated Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, who was freed on bail in May after three months in jail, is to attend the world premiere of his latest work “The Accordion”, the Venice Film festival said Friday.
“Jafar Panahi is expected in Venice for the Giornate degli [...]
Source: Agence France Presse (AFP)
August 6, 2010
ROME — Celebrated Iranian film-maker Jafar Panahi, who was freed on bail in May after three months in jail, is to attend the world premiere of his latest work “The Accordion”, the Venice Film festival said Friday.
“Jafar Panahi is expected in Venice for the Giornate degli [...]
Source: Jadid Online
July 2010
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The Iranian-Armenian watercolorist Sumbat Der Kiureghian was born in 1913 in Iran, lived there until 1980, and then moved to the United States where he died in 1999. He is renowned within artistic circles throughout the world for his astonishingly colourful alluring aquarelles. Although [...]
Source: Jadid Online
July 2010
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There are some people who have had such a varied and interesting life that any single part of it can be made the subject of a fascinating documentary film. The late Homayoun Sanatizadeh can undoubtedly be included in this category. He was a cultured man, [...]
Source: Jadid Online
July 2010
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A collection of photographs of Tehran, taken between 1941 and 2001 by the late Mahmoud Pakzad, was recently exhibited in Tehran. Born in 1924, he began his career in photography as an apprentice in his teenage years as a result of a decision taken [...]
Source: Jadid Online
July 2010
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In April 1909, a group of eight accomplished Iranian musicians and singers travelled to London at the invitation of the Gramophone Company. In the course of 12 days, they recorded more than 200 pieces of music, which are treasured as one of the earliest and [...]
Persian Language, also known as Farsi, is the most widely spoken member of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian languages, a subfamily of the Indo-European languages. It is the language of Iran (formerly Persia) and is also widely spoken in Afghanistan and, in an archaic form, in Tajikistan and the Pamir Mountain region.
Persian is spoken [...]
