Society and Culture

All the items and stories that focus on cultural and social issues in such fields as art, food, handicrafts, religion, customs and traditions, women, cultural heritage, book, lifestyle, and tourism.

Religion

Iranian VP: Religious minorities made great sacrifices during war

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The Iranian vice president for parliamentary affairs has praised the country’s Armenian minority for their role in defending Iran during Iraq’s imposed war.
Cultural Heritage

Mahyar historical caravanserai, artistic work rarely seen elsewhere

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Mahyar caravanserai is one of the excellent and prominent examples of Safavid architecture style, which is decorated with brickwork, plaster crown molding and tiling.
Books

Sanandaj becomes Iran’s book capital

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Sanandaj, the capital city of Kurdistan Province in western Iran has been selected as the seventh book capital of the country.
Custom

Tehran nights in run up to New Year

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With the New Year fast approaching, some of the neighborhoods of the Iranian capital Tehran are bustling with Christian citizens who are shopping for the festive season.
Custom

New Year celebrations in Isfahan’s Julfa neighborhood, Vank Cathedral

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Members of the Armenian community in the Julfa neighborhood of the Iranian city of Isfahan are celebrating the festive season ahead of the New Year.
IFP Exclusive

Street cleaner returns huge amount in lost cash

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A street cleaner in the Iranian city of Mashhad has returned one million Turkish liras in lost cash along with a 250 million rial check to their owner.
Cinema

Iran short movie wins best foreign film prize at US festival

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Iranian short film "A Poetess" has received the Best Foreign Film award from the jury in the California Women’s Film Festival.
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Masoud Kimiai paintings exhibit draws droves of visitors

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An exhibition displaying the paintings of the famous Iranian director Masoud Kimiai has triggered huge enthusiasm among visitors.
Custom

Yalda celebrated at Tehran brick kilns

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Volunteer groups have visited brick kilns in the southern suburbs of the capital Tehran to celebrate with children on the occasion of the last day of the autumn, known as Yalda Night.
Food

“Reshteh Polo”, Yalda Night’s dinner in old Tehran

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Perhaps many among the current residents of Tehran do not know that Reshteh Polo, or Persian noodle rice, has been a regular dinner for old residents of Tehran, who were both gastronomes and good-timers, but at the same time easygoing and frugal, on Yalda Night.
Custom

Welcoming Yalda 1400

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This year, we will celebrate Yalda Night after a very long period of coronavirus restrictions and social distancing.
Cultural Heritage

Tajrish Bazaar on the eve of Yalda Night

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Yalda Night is one of the most important Iranian customs and celebrations that's several thousand years old.
Custom

Yaldā Night with Covid

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In Iranian culture, Yaldā is a symbol of being together on the last night of autumn and a warm reminder of the beginning of the cold season: winter.
Art

Iran Calligraphy Heritage in Malek Musuem

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The 16th session of the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Paris has recognized the “National Program to Safeguard Traditional Art of Calligraphy in Iran” as an intangible heritage.
Cultural Heritage

Old mansion and maritime museum side by side in Bushehr

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The Persian Gulf Sea and Maritime Museum was established at the Kolah Farangi Mansion of the southern Iranian port city of Bushehr in 2008.
Food

“Kalaneh”, a reason for getting together in Iran’s Sardasht

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One of the good customs in the Iranian city of Sardasht, which has its roots in popular beliefs there, is getting together for different reasons. And making traditional food is one of the main reasons for people to assemble socially. One of these traditional dishes is "Kalaneh".
Cinema

Iran’s ‘Cinema Verite’ underway in Tehran

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The 15th edition of the Iran International Documentary Film Festival “Cinema Verite" is underway in the capital Tehran.
IFP Exclusive

Iran’s ‘A Hero’ nominated for Golden Globe

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Nominations for the 79th Annual Golden Globe Awards were announced on Monday, and Asghar Farhadi’s acclaimed film ‘A Hero’ is among the five nominees in the Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language category.
Society

Iran keeper again best player of match in IHF women world champs

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Iran’s goalkeeper Fatemeh Khalili has once more won the the title of the best player of the match in the President’s Cup of the IHF women world championships underway in Spain.
IFP Exclusive

Owner of Tehran’s first pizza restaurant dies

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The owner of Tehran’s oldest pizza restaurant has died. Davoud Faraji Pour launched Tehran’s, and perhaps Iran’s, first pizza restaurant in 1961 in Neauphle-le-Château Street in downtown Tehran.
IFP Exclusive

Iranian soldier praised for defending woman against thief

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In Iran, a soldier has been granted a 6-month reduction on his military service after he defended a woman against a thief in Tehran.
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Iranian National Football team goalie has entry in Guinness Book

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The Iranian National Football Team’s goalie Alireza Beiranvand has entered the Guinness Book of Records for the longest goalie throw of all time.
IFP Exclusive

Iranian rapper acquitted of premeditated murder

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A lawyer for an Iranian rap singer says Iran’s Supreme Court has upheld a verdict acquitting Hamid Sefat of premeditated murder.
Nature and Wildlife

Iran wildlife refuge home to various species of animals

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Footage recorded by a trap camera in a protected area in northern Iran shows leopards, eagles, bearded vultures, foxes and martens feeding on the carcass of a wild goat.
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Iran thrash Syria, edging closer to world cup

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Iran’s Team Melli (National Football Team) have edged closer to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, with a 3-0 win over Syria in Group A.
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