TEHRAN – Director Puran Derakhshandeh and her fellow Iranian film marketing manager Elaheh Tahai have been selected as members of the juries for different categories at the 21st Dhaka International Film Festival in Bangladesh.

Derakhshandeh will join the jury for the Asian Film Competition, which will be led by American filmmaker Jon Jost.

The

TEHRAN–Qasr-e Shirin’s tourism chief believes that the Sassanid ruins of the western Iranian city have high potential to be registered on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

“A Sassanid collection in this city has a very high potential for world (UNESCO) registration, which we are pursuing this important point to introduce these unique works to the w

TEHRAN – Cheshmeh-Ali, a popular tourist destination in the city of Damghan, north-central Semnan province, will be temporarily ceded to the private sector in order to receive further care and maintenance, a local tourism official has said.

The historical complex will be handed over to a private investor through a tender process in the near future,

TEHRAN – Winners of the 4th edition of the Divine Commander Theater Festival were honored during the closing ceremony on Tuesday at Tehran’s Arasbaran Cultural Center.

Following the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani in 2020, the festival was established by the Association of the Revolution and Sacred Defense Theater and the Revayat