TEHRAN—A selection of six natural properties across Kermanshah province has recently been inscribed on the national heritage list of Iran.

The Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts announced the inscriptions on Saturday in separate letters to the governor-general of the western province, CHTN reported.

Savul Waterfall, Qareh Bolagh

TEHRAN – “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass”, an autobiography of the American slave Frederick Douglass has been published in Persian.

Saless is the publisher of the book, which has been translated into Persian by Amir Rakei.

Born a slave circa 1818 (slaves weren’t told when they were born) on a plantation in Maryland, Douglass taught h

TEHRAN – “The Voice Imitator” by Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard has been published in Persian by the major Iranian publishing house Now.

Nasser Ghiasi is the translator of the book, which was originally published in 1978.

The Austrian playwright, novelist and poet Thomas Bernhard (1931-89) is acknowledged as being among the major writers of our

TEHRAN – Iranian director Narges Abyar has been selected for the jury of the 25th Religion Today Film Festival, which opens in five Italian cities on Wednesday.

Director of acclaimed dramas “Track 143”, “Breath” and “When the Moon Was Full”, Abyar is currently in Tatarstan, a semi-autonomous region in southwest Russia, to accompany the jury of the 1