Monday, April 29, 2024

Culture

Iran Cinema Organization Chief Praises IRGC-Linked Film Body

Many members of Iran's artistic community have criticized filmmakers who have worked with the Peace Cultural and Media Organization, which has close links to the IRGC, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. This has not...

Ferrari Celebrates 70th Birthday in London Exhibition

By Ahmad Rafat Ferrari, arguably the most exotic car ever built, celebrates its 70th birthday in a special exhibition entitled “Ferrari: Under the Skin” at London’s Design Museum. The exhibition, which ends on April 15, features...

UNESCO Inscribes Iranian City of Yazd on World Heritage List

The ancient city of Yazd just became the 22nd site in Iran to be inscribed by UNESCO on its World Heritage List. In announcements earlier this month, the U.N. organization ranked Yazd and a...

London Play Highlights Stories of Iranian Expatriates and Migrants

By Tara Biglari "Citizen," a new play on the plight of Iranian expatriates, migrants and refugees, made its debut earlier this week at the Space in London's Isle of Dogs, attracting sizable crowds. Produced by...

Protesters at Iran’s World Heritage Sites Demand Unpaid Salaries

On January 28, workers at the Chogha Zanbil-Haft Tapeh World Heritage site — an ancient Elamite complex founded in 1,200 B.C. in the southwestern province of Khuzestan — staged a protest against four months...

U.S. Top Court Wary Over Allowing Seizure of Ancient Persian Artifacts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism on Monday over whether ancient Persian artifacts held in a Chicago museum can be seized to pay for a $71 million court judgment against Iran...

Bahrain Orders 17,000 School Textbooks Reprinted over “Persian Gulf” Gaffe

DUBAI, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Bahrain has ordered 17,000 English school textbooks reprinted for labeling the body of water surrounding the Arab island kingdom as the "Persian Gulf", a political taboo, state news agency...

U.S. Top Court Forbids Seizure of Ancient Persian Artefacts

By Andrew Chung WASHINGTON, Feb 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that Americans injured in a 1997 suicide bombing in Jerusalem cannot seize ancient Persian artefacts from a Chicago museum to satisfy a...