Breaking the Barriers to Gender Equality: Interview with Author Nina Ansary
By Nazenin Ansari
Did you know that the world’s first chemist was a woman?
Or that the first female astronomer and the first female mathematician were both from the Middle East?
These are some of the revelations...
Painter Katty Biglari Shows in Bethesda, Sells Work at Magic of Persia L.A. Auction...
By Nazanine Nouri
The Iranian-born abstract painter Katty Biglari is showing new work in a group exhibition this month at Gallery B in Bethesda, Maryland. One of her artworks was also recently sold in an...
Iranian Director Ghanizadeh Dedicates Award to Slain Protester Pooya Bakhtiari
By Azadeh Karimi
Iranian film and stage director Homayoun Ghanizadeh, whose 2019 film “The Clown” won the top prize in the “Exceptional Talent and Creative” section of the “13th Gathering of Screenwriters and Film Critics”,...
Iran’s Qeshm Island Geopark Could Lose UNESCO World Heritage Site Status
By Azadeh Karimi
Large-scale shrimp hatchery operations could cause the Qeshm Island Global Geopark to lose its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alireza Amri Kazemi, the deputy director of Qeshm Trade Industrial Free...
Iranian Fashion Designer Farnaz Salmani Showcases Winter Collection in Istanbul
By Roshanak Astaraki
Iranian fashion designer Farnaz Salmani has unveiled her winter collection at Hangarist Exhibition Hall in Istanbul, Turkey, Anadolu Agency (AA) reports.
Ms. Salmani’s latest line included 23 different gown and shoe designs. Salmani...
Making History: Andy Madadian Gets Star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
By Fred Parvaneh
On January 17th, the singer and actor Andy Madadian -- nicknamed "the Persian Bono" -- was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, making him the first Iranian-Armenian-American to be...
Iranian Director Hossein Rajabian to Release His New Film Online for Free
By Azadeh Karimi
The Iranian film director and photographer Hossein Rajabian -- who was sentenced along with his brother, the prominent musician Mehdi Rajabian, to six years imprisonment by the Revolutionary Court in summer of...
Iranian Artists Show Unprecedented Solidarity with Anti-Government Protesters
By Azadeh Karimi
The Iranian artistic community has publicly expressed support for anti-government protests which erupted after the Islamic Republic admitted its military had “mistakenly” shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane near Tehran’s Imam Khomeini...
Contemporary Iranian Photography in the Spotlight At Berlin’s Pergamonmuseum
By Nazanine Nouri
Shadi Ghadirian is one of four Iranian photographers featured in a major exhibition at Berlin's Pergamonmuseum, one of the city's main attractions.
The works by Ghadirian, Arman Stepanian, Najaf Shokri, and Taraneh Hemami...
Iran Continues to Ban Actors Who Were Famous Before the Revolution
By Azadeh Karimi
The chairman of the Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) has turned down Mohsen Amiryoussefi’s 2013 feature-length film “Lovely Trash–Original” (Ashghal-Haye Doost Dashtani-Asli), starring veteran actor Behrouz Vossoughi (1938-), the Tehran-based Cinema-Cinema news...
