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All News about Iranian Culture – A land of ancient traditions, famous for its art and poetry, Iran’s modern life is packed with cultural events of all sorts. Here you can find reports, interviews and opinion on art, music, literature, cinema, theatre, and more.

Religion

Renowned Iranian singer Chavoshi reacts to desecration of Holy Qur’an in Sweden

Seyedeh Maryam Hosseini Lahijani -
Popular Iranian musician and singer Mohsen Chavoshi slams the burning of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden, saying the sacrilegious move is rooted in a failure to distort the divine book of Muslims.
Music

Mob attacks site of live concert in southern Iranian city, injuring two

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A mob has attacked the site of a live concert in the southern Iranian city of Sirjan, Kerman Province, vandalizing the place and injuring two security guards with knives and machetes.
Cinema

Veteran Iranian actress Farimah Farjami passes away at 71

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Veteran Iranian actress Farimah Farjami passes away at the age of 71 after a period of illness.
Literature

Iran’s Eghbalzadeh, young translator of children’s books, passes away

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Pante-a Eghbalzadeh, a young Iranian translator of children’s literature, passes away.
Cinema

Iran House of Cinema opposes decision to allow IRIB to monitor home entertainment 

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Iran’s House of Cinema has slammed a recent decision to authorize the IRIB to monitor home entertainment products.
Media

Social media users slam ‘hypocritical’ media coverage of Greek shipwreck and Titanic sub

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Hundreds of social media users have called out mainstream media for what they say is a marked disparity in the coverage of last week’s fatal shipwreck in the Mediterranean and the missing Titanic-exploring submarine.
Cinema

Iranian artists slam decision to give home entertainment to IRIB

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A group of Iranian artists have objected to President Ebrahim Raisi after a decision was announced to give the right to oversight of home entertainment products to the National Iranian Radio and Television, known as the IRIB.
Cinema

Iranian TV show ‘The Actor’ grabs int’l prize in German festival

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“The Actor”, an Iranian TV show, has won a special prize at Seriencamp Festival – the biggest series festival in Germany.
Media

US seeking to target Iran through media dictatorship: President Raisi’s wife

IFP Media Wire -
Jamileh Alamolhoda, the wife of the Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi, has said the United States is trying to target Iran through media dictatorship. She made the remarks to the Venezuela-based television network Telesur in an interview.
Media

Iranian daily: Social media bans only led to emergence of ‘VPN mafia’

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An Iranian daily criticizes the government for maintaining a ban on foreign-based social media platforms, which has forced Iranian citizens to spend money for illegal virtual private networks (VPNs) to get access to those media.
Cinema

Veteran Iranian actress Fakhri Khourvash dies at 94

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Fakhri Khourvash, a veteran Iranian stage and film actress, dies at the age of 94 in the United States.
Cinema

Iranian actress Shaghayegh Dehghan given 10 days in jail for not wearing hijab

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Iranian actress Shaghayegh Dehghan has reportedly been given a 10-day jail term for failing to abide by mandatory hijab, or Islamic dress code, in public.
Cinema

Iran bars prominent actress Motamed-Arya from leaving country to join Vienna Festival

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Iran bars prominent actress Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, who voiced support for a wave of protests and unrest in the country last year, from traveling to Austria to participate in a multidisciplinary art festival in Vienna.
Literature

Abdol-Ali Ghavam, Iran’s distinguished political science figure, dies at 78

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Dr. Abdol-Ali Ghavam, a distinguished Iranian translator, researcher and professor of international relations, passed away on Tuesday at the age of 78.
Handicrafts

Ikat, an 800-year-old art, in Iran’z Yazd

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Ikat (Daraee, Persian word for asset) is one of the beautiful and unique hand-woven fabrics produced in the Iranian city of Yazd. The industry is known as Ikat weaving. They make the fabric using natural silk and very beautiful geometric designs and pictures.
Culture

Iran’s Ferdowsi, poet of Book of Kings, commemorated in Tous

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Abolqassem Ferdowsi, the late tenth-century Persian poet who composed the great epic The Book of Kings, or Shahnameh, has been commemorated during an event at his tomb in the historical city of Tous, in northeastern Iran.
Books

Iran’s Leader visits 34th edition of Tehran Intl. Book Fair

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After three years, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pays visit to the 34th edition of the Tehran International Book Fair, as Iran brings the coronavirus pandemic under control.
Books

‘Future is readable’: Iran capital hosts 34th edition of Tehran Int. Book Fair

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The 34th edition of the annual Tehran International Book Fair opens doors to reading enthusiasts and book lovers in the Iranian capital, bringing together thousands of Iranian and foreign publishers.
Music

Iranian pop singer Hossein Zaman dies of cancer at 63

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Iranian pop music singer Hossein Zaman loses his battle with cancer and dies at the age of 63.
Women

Two renowned Iranian actresses sued for not wearing head veil at public event

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A report says renowned Iranian actresses Fatemeh Mo’tamed-Ariya and Afsaneh Baygan face judicial action for not covering their hair at a public event, required under Iran's dress code.
Cinema

Iranian dark comedy ‘World War III’ wins top prize at Turkish film festival

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Iranian dark comedy “World War III” wins the Golden Tulip for the best movie at the 42nd edition of the Istanbul Film Festival in Turkey.
Cinema

Famous Iranian actor Payam Dehkordi opens a bakery

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Payam Dehkordi, the Iranian actor and director who stopped working in radio, theater and cinema due to the situation in Iran over the past seven months, has opened a bakery in the northern city of Lahijan.
Cinema

Prominent Iranian movie director Kioumars Pourahmad dies at 74

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Prominent Iranian movie director, producer and screenwriter Kioumars Pourahmad has died at the age of 74.
Culture

Tehran’s Imamzadeh Saleh hosts people at turn-of-the-year moment

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People gather at Imamzadeh Saleh, a religious site in northern Tehran, Iran, to observe the moment of the turn of the Persian calendar year, Nowruz.
Culture

Iranians usher in New Year by Tomb of Hafez in Shiraz

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A large number of Iranians converged on the tomb of ancient lyric poet Hafez in his hometown Shiraz, southern Iran, to welcome the Persian New Year, better known as Nowruz.
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