Tabriz museum hosting handicrafts exhibitTabriz museum hosting handicrafts exhibit

TEHRAN – An exhibition of Iranian handicrafts and traditional arts is currently underway at Qajar Museum in Tabriz, the capital of East Azarbaijan province, the provincial tourism chief has said.

Organizing handicraft exhibitions in the vicinity of historical monuments enables tourists to discover cultural heritage sites while also learning about

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Traces of prehistorical settlement revealed in northwest IranTraces of prehistorical settlement revealed in northwest Iran

TEHRAN – An archaeological team has discovered traces of a prehistorical settlement, whose commencement is estimated to be somehow overlapped with the termination of the Iron Age.

The team is one of the five currently conducting rescue excavations on the basin of a newly constructed dam in Oshnavieh county, CHTN reported.

“A settlement with two d

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&How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia& at Iranian bookstores“How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia” at Iranian bookstores

TEHRAN – “How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia” by the British Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid has been published in Persian by Tadaei.

Ahmad Al-e Ahmad is the translator of the book originally published in 2013.

It is from the internationally bestselling author of “The Reluctant Fundamentalist”, the boldly imagined tale of a poor boy’s quest for we

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Persian nonsense verse composer again onstage after 300-year+ lapse   Persian nonsense verse composer again onstage after 300-year+ lapse   

TEHRAN – After an absence of over 300 years, Mirza Hossein Moshref Esfahani, a Safavid-era poet who was most famous for his nonsense verses, comes to life every night at a Tehran theater.

Parizad Seif is the director of “The Blissful” (“Khoshdelan”) written by Saeid Pursamimi, a star of the acclaimed drama “Leila’s Brother”, who also has a role in t

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&Split Ends&, &Mixed& win golden, silver prizes at Geneva Intl. Oriental Film Festival“Split Ends”, “Mixed” win golden, silver prizes at Geneva Intl. Oriental Film Festival

TEHRAN – Iranian movies “Split Ends” and “Mixed” have won the golden and silver prizes in the short film competition of the 18th edition of the Geneva International Oriental Film Festival (FIFOG).

Directed by Alireza Kazemipur, “Split Ends” received the FIFOG d’Or, which is given to the best film.

The film follows a bald woman and a man with long

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Iranian young woman basketballer Shahinzadeh killed in car crashIranian young woman basketballer Shahinzadeh killed in car crash

TEHRAN - Taranom Shahinzadeh, member of Iran’s women’s basketball team, was killed after a deadly crash on Sunday.

She lost control of the vehicle and collided with a truck in Isfahan.

The 21-year-old rising star was a member of Naft Abadan basketball club.

Shahinzadeh represented Iran at the 2018 FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship Division B.

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