TEHRAN – Persian media reported on Friday that Tajik Iranologist and scholar Mirza Molla Ahmadov died in Dushanbe on Wednesday.  He was 75.

For many years, he served as the head of the Tajikistan-Iran Friendship Association and a member of the National Academy of Sciences as well as the Writers’ Union of Tajikistan. 

Upon graduation from Tajikistan

TEHRAN – The 41st edition of the Fajr Film Festival, Iran’s most important film event, has announced its lineup for the official competition.

As opposed to previous years, when the names of the films participating in the festival were revealed earlier, the lineup of this edition of the festival was released on Thursday.

Twenty-four films are

TEHRAN – The cinematheque of the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) will review Chilean film director Patricio Guzman’s 2022 documentary “My Imaginary Country” on Sunday. 

Iranian filmmaker Omid Abdollahi will attend the review session, which will be organized after a screening in the Shahnaz Hall of the forum at 5 pm.

The documentary portrays protests

TEHRAN - Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated with the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam, has constructed 160 clinics and medical centers in three deprived provinces of the country.

The Foundation opened healthcare bases, laboratories, and emergency medical centers in rural areas of Sistan-Baluchestan, Khuzestan, and South Khorasan