Play on Persian poet Sadi to go on stage in Vancouver, Canada
PayvandNews - "Sadi - A Traveler From the Town of Love," A play on Persian poet Sadi (C. 1213-1291), famous…
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Top 6 Finalists of the Farhang Short Film Festival Announced
PayvandNews - THE 10TH ANNUAL FARHANG FOUNDATION SHORT FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS TOP SIX FINALIST (more…)
Iranian Musician Kayhan Kalhor Wins Isaac Stern Human Spirit Award
PayvandNews - Four-time Iranian Grammy Award nominee Kayhan Kalhor was one of the two winners of the Isaac Stern Human Spirit Award…
Trump Slams Social Media Firms As ‘Silencing Millions’
RadioFarda - WASHINGTON, Aug 24 (Reuters) U.S. President Donald Trump criticized social media companies on Friday for silencing "millions of…
Iranian Journalist Amir Hossein Miresmaili Sentenced to 10 Years for criticizing officials
Iran HRM - An Iranian journalist Amir Hossein Miresmaili, has been sentenced by an appeals court to a 10-year prison…
35 children forced to marry in just one Iranian town
There have been 35 instances of marriages of girls between the ages of 10 to 13 in Markazi Province in…
Meybod, Iran: Open-air museum of ancient watermills
PayvandNews - Some 50 kilometers north of Yazd, central Iran, lies the sprawling mud-brick city of Meybod, whose tourism officials…
Tourism Projects Worth $10B Underway In Iran
PayvandNews - Some 1,884 tourism projects valued at 430 trillion rials (nearly $10.2 billion) are underway in Iran, tourism chief…
Iranian Film Festival, San Francisco: September 22-23, 2018
Iranian Film Festival - San Francisco, the first independent Iranian film festival outside of Iran, which showcases independent feature and…
Did concert in Iranian holy city topple an ayatollah’s ban on music?
Al-Monitor - Mashhad, Iran’s second most populous city, houses the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth imam of the Shiites.…