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Culture

Director Ana Lily Amirpour to Compete at Venice Film Festival With ‘Mona Lisa’ Movie

By Nazanine Nouri The Iranian-American director Ana Lily Amirpour -- who won the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival in 2016 for her horror movie “The Bad Batch” -- will be back in...

Remains of Iranian Prince Discovered in Southern Russia

May 16, 2019 - Archeologists excavating a burial site in the southern Russian town of Nikolsk, near the city of Astrakhan on Volga River, have discovered skeletal remains of eight individuals, one of which...

First Exhibition of Persian Decorative Art Opens in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s first and most comprehensive exhibition of Persian decorative arts has just opened at the Liang Yi Museum, coinciding with the start of the Persian New Year. “The Blue Road: Mastercrafts from Persia” showcases...

British-Iranian Artist Jason Noushin Covers His Sculptures With Calligraphy

By Corrie Parsonson
The U.S.-based British-Iranian artist Jason Noushin has a fondness for birds, Persian calligraphy and for poetry. In his most recent works, he manages to combine the three, producing life-like birds covered with words.

Iran Arrests Four Female Vocalists; Women Face More and More Constraints

By Kayhan Life Staff Authorities in Minab, in the southern province of Hormozgan, arrested four female singers, charging them with working as DJs at a wedding, the Iranian Labor News Agency (ILNA) reported on June...

Jewish-Iranian Industrialist Habib Elghanian Is Remembered in Granddaughter’s Book: Interview

By Nazanine Nouri Habib Elghanian was one of the most prominent industrialists in pre-revolutionary Iran. From modest beginnings, he worked his way up to running a business empire in plastics, mining, real estate, construction, and...

A Persian Puppeteer in London

By Tara Biglari "Dream and Destiny: Persian Modern Tales" was the title of a show performed at the Little Angel Theatre in Islington, north London, in September. It was the work of the Little Giants...
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Iranian Performers, Personalities Come Together in Global Yalda Celebration

Star Iranian musicians and leading personalities from Europe and the U.S. came together on Dec. 20th to ring in the winter solstice’s arrival and celebrate the ancient Persian festival of Yalda. The program, presented online...
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Venice Film Festival To Feature Iranian Directors Including Nader Saeivar

By Ahmad Rafat The 81st Venice Film Festival, the world’s oldest film festival, will open on Aug. 28 on Lido Island. This year’s event will showcase 188 films -- including feature-length and short formats, fiction,...

Tate Modern Shows Iranian Photography Since the Revolution

By Ahmad Rafat A new exhibition at Tate Modern showcases a vast collection of images by prominent Iranian photographers who documented the 1979 Islamic Revolution and the subsequent Iran-Iraq War. “Iranian Photobooks: From Revolution To War”...