The photos “Beautiful Eyes” and “Movement” by Mohammad Estaki were awarded and honored at the Photo Romania Festival, organized by the International Federation of Photographic Art (FIAP). The photo “At Sunset” by Omidreza Pournabi’ also win the gold medal of the International Association of Art Photographers at the phoenix photo festival in Albania. Members of the Focus Photo Club, including Mohammad […]

TEHRAN, Dec. 29 (MNA) – An gallery has opened at the Sahib al-Zaman Mosque in Valiasr garrison in Tehran which shows images of Yemenis who were martyred in the aggression by the Saudi-led coalition on Yemeni ongoing since 2015.

‘Naji’ won the Best Director Award (Hosein Torkjoosh), the Best Actor Award (Mahsa Ghoreyshi), and the Best Supporting Actor (Bita Alami) at the Jorjezian Film Festival. Earlier, the short film won the award of the best female actress at the Brussels capital film festival. The Jorjezian Film Festival is a quarterly film festival competition administered and […]

TEHRAN – A centuries-old rock-carved inscription has recently been discovered in Marvdasht plain, which is home to the UNESCO-registered sites of Persepolis and Pasargadae as well as tens of other magnificent structures, in southern Fars province. The inscription bears Middle Persian (or Pahlavi) script and it is carved in the face of a giant rock […]

TEHRAN –A total of four natural properties across west-central Hamedan province have recently been inscribed on the national heritage list, the provincial tourism chief has announced. Mount Khorzaneh, which is home to several natural caves, two plane trees, and the protected area of Malusan were added to the prestigious list, Ali Malmir said on Wednesday. […]

TEHRAN – Tourism is the most important component of rural development in north-central Semnan province, Semnan’s Governor has announced. In the province, tourism is considered an important priority of rural development, with villages being encouraged to utilize their existing resources, CHTN quoted Seyyed Mohammadreza Hashemi as saying on Saturday. Villages in the province can have […]

TEHRAN – The traditional skill of making giant earthen tandoors, which have long been practiced in the city of Ferdows, eastern province of South Khorasan, has won national cultural heritage status, a local tourism official has announced. Tandoor making is the practice of making traditional and home bakery ovens out of clay, which has been […]

TEHRAN – A selection of 52 high-quality works handcrafted by the natives of Khuzestan province has been granted the National Seal of Excellence, the provincial tourism chief has announced. Winners were picked by a panel of national juries from a shortlist of 80 works, Seyyed Hekmatollah Musavi said on Tuesday. “Khuzestani craftsmen and artists have […]

TEHRAN – A Persian translation of the Hungarian-American mathematician John von Neumann’s 1958 book “The Computer and the Brain” has come to Iranian bookstores. Rendered into Persian by Reza Amirrahimi, the book has been published by Now Publications. In this classic work, one of the greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century explores the analogies between […]

TEHRAN – A flower festival dedicated to the daffodils is planned to be held in Khafr county, southern Fars province, on December 8, the provincial tourism chief has announced. The festival, which will run for four days, aims at promoting travel attractions and tourism potentials, Hadi Shahdoust Shirazi said on Tuesday. A destination has a […]

TEHRAN – A number of Serbian archaeologists and cultural heritage experts have joined their Iranian and Italian counterparts to resume digs in the UNESCO-registered Burnt City in southeast Iran. Called “Shahr-e Sukhteh” or “Shahr-i Sokhta” in Persian, Burnt City is associated with four rounds of civilization, all burnt down by catastrophic sets of fire. The […]

TEHRAN – A new Persian translation of the Mencius, the Confucian text named for its author that earned the title ya sheng (“second sage”) for the 4th-century-BCE philosopher, has been published in Persian. Ehsan Doostmohammadi has rendered the book released by the Tehran-based major publisher Qoqnus. Several Persian translations of the book have previously been […]