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American Film Festival
Iran has a lineup of three films at the Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival – Kupal, Varunegui, and Lanturi.
Iran has a lineup of three films at the Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival – Kupal, Varunegui, and Lanturi.
The Avay-e-Tabari (The Tabarish Sound) music band are performing at the “World Folk 2017” in Bulgaria.
Artisans from Shiraz are taking their woodcarvings and inlay works to the Buda Castle in Hungary for its 31st handicrafts festival in Budapest.
According to IRNA, ‘Dam-e Sard’ [Cold Breath], produced by Abbas Razidji, is experiencing its 50th international presence at the AOF.
The Iran Museum of Calligraphy was inaugurated in Tehran today, 19 August. Over 200 calligraphic works by prominent masters of the art in Iran are on display here.
According to Mehr News Agency, Paul Literary and Translation Agency will be displaying 93 titles from Iran in fiction, children’s books, and research and history books at the 2017 Frankfurt and Beijing Book Fairs
National Graphic’s Instagram page has a photo of Milad Tower taken by Amin Tafreshi for the project “The World at Night”.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Iranian cinema will be producing its first film with Hollywood, directed by Ali Atashani, called ‘Firstborn’ starring Val Kilmer.
The Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHTO) has started the project of installing ‘plaques’ on the houses of famous Iranian people and artists. The houses of 11 celebrities have so far
(Persia digest)- “Iran K9” was among the 28 selected films that made it into the Asian Project Market (APM) at the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF).
The 18th Traditional and Ritual Theater Festival will be held in Iran in September. Eleven researchers from around the world will be attending.
Iran film week (10-17 August) opens in Bosnia and Herzegovina with five movies through the efforts of IR of Iran cultural attaché and with the cooperation of Prijedor mayor at the Kozara cinema. The linup includes Shiar 143, Kheili Dur Kheili Nazdik, Hoz-e Naghashi, Khasteh Nabashid, and Rokhe Divaneh with subtitles.
The first album of the “Opium Moon” ensemble has won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album at the 61st edition of the awards.
BBC Monitoring has tweeted: “Analysis of more than 14,000 tweets from last month which used #WeSupportPolandSummit, found that the majority of posts originated from just 8 accounts. The summit is largely viewed as a US bid to deter other nations from cooperating with Iran. Anti-establishment chatter has used the hashtag #WeSupportPolandSummit. The desired effect appears to be to artificially create a trend which hints at popular support for the summit and - by extension - widespread resentment towards the Iranian establishment. This research is part of a wider investigation into opposition social media activity by Iranians.”
A bus carrying a number of Islamic Republic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) personnel was blown up by a suicide attack in the Chanali area of Khash-Zahedan road.
Iran’s former ambassador to Venezuela believes: “Iran-Venezuela ties will be undermined if Juan Guaidó wins and Iran may be hurt because of US dominance over Venezuela’s oil resources and its impact on global prices.”
On Monday afternoon, 11 February, Mrs Fatemeh (Pouran) Shariati, neé Shariat-Razavi, suffered a stroke and is fighting for her life.
At a meeting with his Chinese counterpart, Iran’s top diplomat pointed to the important relations between China and Iran, underlining that his country has the most important strategic ties in the world with China.
Iran’s National Deaf Futsal Team has won Japan to qualify for the world championships.
Iranian caricaturist, Alireza Pakdel, has won the PAPB International Cartoon Festival 2019, Indonesia, prize in the Professional Category.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi described Saudi Arabia as the godfather of Takfiri terrorism in the region and world, saying that Saudi government which is origin of organized terrorism lacks authority to accuse others of supporting terrorism.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that its forces have identified and struck numerous hideabouts of perpetrators behind the Zahedan attack, arresting three terrorists.