Newly-found petroglyph in western Iran may have link to Mithraism
PayvandNews - A newly-discovered rock-carving in western Iran could have a link to Mithraism, a prehistorical religion inspired by Iranian worship…
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Iran’s hard-liners force controversial film off screen
Al-Monitor - Since its completion nearly a decade ago, "The Paternal House" has been surrounded by controversy. The film was directed by…
Stephen Gottlieb: Sa’adi’s Iranian Poetry and International Order
wamc.org - This could be called a tale of two birthdays. While celebrating my wife’s birthday at a restaurant, she…
Iranian virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor receives prestigious WOMEX Artist Award
PayvandNews - Internationally-acclaimed Iranian virtuoso Kayhan Kalhor has won the WOMEX 19 Artist Award for "bringing the Persian classical music tradition to…
Iran Through the Eyes of Female Photographers
Payvendnews - Behind the “veil of daily newspapers,” there are real faces of women—as revealed in the exhibition “My Iran: Six…
After 10 years, “The Paternal House” gets green light for screening in Iran
PayvandNews - Veteran Iranian director Kianush Ayyari finally received the approval of cultural authorities to screen his movie "The Paternal…
The screening of ‘COUP 53’ in Manhattan
PayvandNews - After ten protracted, nonetheless, scrupulous years of research and interviews, and arduous scripts writing and productions, COUP 53, the historical…
From Haft Tappeh to the world wide web
eurekalert.org - Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz und Mainz University of Applied Sciences are digitizing 3,500-year old cuneiform texts JOHANNES GUTENBERG…
Iranian Actress Matin Sotudeh Summoned to Court for Red Carpet Attire: “The Reaction Shocked Me”
CHRI - Iranian actress Matin Sotudeh was summoned to the Guidance Court in Tehran for her attire at the premiere of “Maskharehbaz” (English title:…
Why Iran’s grand ayatollahs are fighting over Rumi
Al-Monitor - Plans to make a movie about Rumi, a 13th-century Persian Sufi poet, have once again revived an old quarrel between two…