Iran’s Culture Ministry Successfully Pressures Iranian Director to Cancel Film Screening in Canada
CHRI - Iranian director Abdolreza Kahani cancelled a screening of one of his films in Canada after Iran’s Ministry of…
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Iran’s first museum for a female artist honours nonagenarian
theartnewspaper - The 93-year-old doyenne of Iranian art, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, has donated more than 50 of her works to…
Iran’s Culture Minister Says He’s Trying to “Transform” Conservative Clerics’ Views on Music
CHRI - Before musicians can perform concerts in Iran without the threat of the authorities suddenly canceling them, someone has…
IRGC Commander Turned Musician Says He Was Banned From Producing Music by the Intelligence Ministry
CHRI - Rouhani Government and MPs Ignore Hossein Zaman’s Pleas for Help (more…)
Chovgan added as Iran’s intangible cultural heritage to UNESCO lists
PayvandNews - The sporting team game of chovgan, which is played on horseback and recognized as a version of the…
Tallinn Film Review: ‘Asphyxia’
variety - Fereydoun Jeyrani's elegant black-and-white thriller refracts Iranian gender politics through the prism of a twisty Hitchcockian noir. By…
Iranian, Italian orchestras to take “Divine Martyrs” to Rome church
PayvandNews - The Tehran Symphony Orchestra choir and Italy's World Youth Orchestra will perform "Where Art Thou, Divine Martyrs" composed…
Iran’s tourism chief calls on private sector to assist ‘Tabriz 2018’
PayvandNews - Iran's tourism chief has called for a partnership between domestic travel companies and associated businesses to help organize…
Parastou Forouhar: Iran’s Intelligence Ministry Filed Charges Against Me Based on a Photograph
CHRI - Iran’s Intelligence Ministry pressed charges against activist Parastou Forouhar based on a photo of one of her artworks…
Shahram Nazeri, Kamkars team up to give benefit concert for quake victims in Kermanshah, Iran
PayvandNews - Legendary Iranian vocalist Shahram Nazeri and the Kamkars will join together in a concert to raise funds for…