Art & Culture

Iranian filmmaker advances to Viva Film Festival final

Shiraz, June 4, IRNA – Iranian filmmaker Ali Boland Nazar has advanced to Viva Film Festival final stage.

Iran’s ‘The Garden’ awarded at Southeast Regional Filmfest

Tehran, June 1, IRNA – Iran’s cinematic work ‘The Garden’ received an award at Southeast Regional Film Festival in the United States.

Iran’s FM Zarif congratulates Croatian Nat'l Day

Tehran, June 1, IRNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a letter on Monday congratulated his Croatian counterpart, Gordan Grlić Radman, on the occasion of that country's national day.

15 new petroglyphs sites found in Meshginshahr, northwestern Iran

Ardebil, June 1, IRNA - The head of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Meshginshahr, northwestern Iran, said on Monday that 40,000 petroglyphs have been discovered in 15 new areas.

Hossein Mirkhani, celebrated Iranian calligrapher

Tehran, May 31, IRNA – Seyyed Hossein Mirkhani, a distinguished personality and contemporary Persian calligrapher could revive the writing style with his individual innovations, so that he became an example for the next generations.

Six 7,000-year-old artifacts unearthed in Central Iran: Alborz

Karaj, May 31, IRNA - The head of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Institute announced on Sunday that with discovery of six 7,000-year-old pottery vessels over the past few days in Moshe Lan hill, Ismail Abad village on suburbs of Savojbolagh city of Alborz province, the situation of the ancient area will be examined.