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Islamic Architecture Deeply Rooted in Iranian Culture, Art: Swiss Expert

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A Swiss professor of architecture believes that Islamic architecture has deep roots in the Persian culture and art, and has been developed from Iran to other Muslim countries.
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Iran to Build 100 Movie Theatres This Year: Minister

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Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance says at least 100 movie theatres were opened across Iran last year and the government plans to establish the same number of cinemas by the end of the current Iranian calendar year.
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Tehran Hosts Exhibition of Qajar Era Artworks

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An exhibition of various works by prominent Iranian artists during the Qajar era has opened in Malek National Museum in capital Tehran.
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“Jafar Panahi Owes His Int’l Awards to Iranian Judiciary”

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The latest work by Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been selected as one of the competitors in the main competition of this year’s Cannes Film Festival despite the fact that he is officially banned by the Judiciary from filmmaking.
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36th Fajr Festival Opens on 120th Anniversary Iranian Cinema

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The 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival opened last night as the country celebrated the 120th anniversary of the Iranian Cinema.
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Iranian Works of Art Shine at Dubai Art Fair

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Iranian artists made their presence felt at a major Dubai art event back in March, receiving compliments from visitors.
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San’ati Museum in Tehran Home to 6,000 Art Pieces

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Ali-Akbar San’ati Museum, a gallery of the Iranian maestro’s artworks, is located in a historic building in central Tehran belonging to the Qajar era.
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Tehran’s Beauties in Photos: Museum of Glass Paintings

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Tehran’s Museum of Glass Painting, the only one of its kind in Iran and the second one in the world, is a unique museum showcasing reverse paintings on glass.
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“Iranian Theatre Deserves to Be Known Globally”

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Leading Iranian artist Pari Saberi says Iran’s theatre has a great potential to become global and is ready to take long strides towards a brighter future.
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Exhibit of Iranian Antiquities to Open in Netherlands

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An exhibition showcasing hundreds of Iranian historic items is to open in the Netherlands shortly after the end of an exhibit of Qajar era artworks and relics in France.
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Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows” to Open Cannes 2018

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This year’s edition of the Cannes film festival will open with the latest drama by the well-known Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, "Everybody Knows", the organizers of the prestigious French film festival announced on Thursday.
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Iranian Artworks in Photos: Painting on Jahlah Jars

Fatemeh Askarieh -
An art exhibition involving artists painting on traditional Jahlah jars was recently held in Iran’s southern port city of Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan Province.
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Nickel Silver Crafts; Traditional Art in Western Iran

Fatemeh Askarieh -
The art of making beautiful crafts using nickel silver is among the oldest traditions in Lorestan province in western Iran.
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Mashhad’s Ferdowsi Boulevard Decorated with Shahnameh Murals

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Young Iranian artists have painted murals depicting inspirational Shahnameh (Book of Kings) designs at the Ferdowsi Boulevard in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad.
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Tehran Preparing for Nowruz with Colourful Street Arts

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The third edition of “Baharestan” (Land of Spring) street art event is currently underway in the Iranian capital with the aim of promoting happiness and enthusiasm among the citizens ahead of the New Persian Year.
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Kamal-ol-Molk School; Museum of Qajar Art in Downtown Tehran

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The Negarestan Garden-Museum, a Qajar era monument in Tehran’s Baharestan Square, is host to a museum displaying works of renowned Iranian painter Mohammad Ghaffari and his students.
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Tehran’s Dead Trees Turned into Magnificent Artworks

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Several dead trees of Tehran’s Valiasr Street, one of the longest streets in the Middle East, have been carved by wood artists and turned into beautiful pieces of art ahead of the Persian New Year or Nowruz.
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Wednesday’s Lady; Traditional Doll Linked to Spring-Cleaning

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A doll designer has unveiled a new doll inspired from a Persian folklore tradition related to the New Year, which is still reverberating in northern provinces of Gilan and Azarbaijan.
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Photos of Eminent Iranian Women on Tehran Billboards

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Tehran Municipality is displaying the portraits of a number of prominent Iranian women on billboards across the capital.
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Marriage Proposal at Iranian Photo Festival Raises Eyebrows

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The guests of the closing ceremony of the “Image of the Year Festival” in Tehran were surprised when a young photographer chose the event to make a marriage proposal to his colleague on the stage.
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Inside the First Iranian Museum Dedicated to a Female Artist

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Monir Shahroudi Farmanfarmaian, an acclaimed 93-year-old artist known for her elaborate mosaics made of mirrored glass, is among Iran’s biggest artistic names at home and abroad.
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Tehran Hosts Live Fashion Design Contest

Fatemeh Askarieh -
A live fashion design contest was recently held in the Iranian capital Tehran as part of 7th Fajr International Fashion and Clothing Festival.
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Fashion, Clothing Festival Underway in Tehran

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The 7th Fajr Fashion and Clothing Festival has kicked off in the Iranian capital Tehran and will be open to visitors until March 4, 2018.
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Enamelling; Unique, Ancient Art of Iran’s Isfahan

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Meenakari or enamelling is the art of colouring and ornamenting the surface of metals by fusing over it brilliant colours that are decorated in an intricate design.
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Iranian Artist Teaching Quake-Hit Children How to Paint

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A painter from the quake-hit city of Sarpol-e Zahab in Western Iran has lost everything he had in the recent quake, but is still hopeful about the future, and tries to raise the morale of his compatriots.
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