Broadway Hits Iran with Unique Take on ‘Les Miserables’
VOA — Iranian theatre director Hossein Parsaee calls Victor Hugo's classic a "masterpiece without borders" but his groundbreaking production of "Les…
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Yalda Night: A golden opportunity to come together
PayvandNews - For Iranian families and friends, Shab-e Yalda (Yalda Night), has long been a treasured time to come together and celebrate…
Thousands of Achaemenid-era clay tablets to be sent back to Iran from Chicago
PayvandNews - Over 11,000 flawless [Achaemenid-era] clay tablets and a large number of fragments of their kind will be back…
Which countries do Iranians visit the most?
PayvandNews - Which countries did Iranians travel to the most during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar…
Iraq tops Iran’s foreign tourists list
PayvandNews - Some 2 million Iraqi nationals visited Iran during the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year…
Iranian animation ‘Watch Me!’ goes to Oxford Film Festival in Ohio, US
PayvandNews - Iranian short animated piece 'Watch Me!', directed by Reza Mehranfar, has made it into the screening program of 16th…
200 Wounded As Magnitude 6.3 Earthquake Shakes Western Iran
radiofarda - Iran said on Sunday that no fatalities had been reported but that about 200 people were injured after…
Iranian architects receive nominations at 2018 MEA Awards
PayvandNews - Twenty-one designs and architects from Iran are among the nominees for the 2018 Middle East Architect Awards, which were…
Why this film has Iranian hard-liners breaking out in cold sweat
Al-Monitor - Soheil Beiraghi’s "Cold Sweat,” an award-winning film based on a real story of a woman’s struggle to play futsal…
An ancient windcatcher becomes a hypnotic device in this new installation
cbc- An ancient windcatcher becomes a hypnotic device in this new installation (more…)