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Filmmakers, human rights NGOs back “NAZA” directors amid threats, accusations by Israeli authorities
TEHRAN - More than 1,500 film industry figures, including prominent Israeli filmmakers, and over 40 local human rights organizations have expressed solidarity with filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the creators of the documentary “NAZA” that features testimony from Israeli military and intelligence personnel about the army’s operations in Gaza.
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“Together for Iran” illustration exhibition to open in Tehran
TEHRAN- A group illustration exhibition titled “Together for Iran,” featuring more than 80 works by 64 illustrators from different Iranian cities, will open at Tehran’s Book Garden on Thursday evening.
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By Samaneh Aboutalebi
Iranian journalists discuss ties between cinema, city in Tehran gathering
TEHRAN- A gathering marking Iran’s Cinema Day was held at the City Journalists' House in Tehran on Monday evening, bringing together journalists to share their experiences of covering cinema and discuss the relationship between film, the city and society.
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Filmmakers, human rights NGOs back “NAZA” directors amid threats, accusations by Israeli authorities
TEHRAN - More than 1,500 film industry figures, including prominent Israeli filmmakers, and over 40 local human rights organizations have expressed solidarity with filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, the creators of the documentary “NAZA” that features testimony from Israeli military and intelligence personnel about the army’s operations in Gaza.
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“Together for Iran” illustration exhibition to open in Tehran
TEHRAN- A group illustration exhibition titled “Together for Iran,” featuring more than 80 works by 64 illustrators from different Iranian cities, will open at Tehran’s Book Garden on Thursday evening.
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By Mohammad Baghsangani
Rediscovering Dr. Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub: A Scholar Who Shaped Persian Cultural Studies
For readers, students, and researchers around the globe seeking a profound entry into Eastern culture, Middle Eastern history, and Persian literature, few scholars provide as illuminating a gateway as Dr. Abdolhossein Zarrinkoub (1923–1999). A preeminent Iranian historian, literary critic, Islamic scholar, and polymath, Zarrinkoub dedicated more than five decades of his life to bridging the wisdom of classical Eastern heritage with modern comparative humanities.
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By Samaneh Aboutalebi
Iranian journalists discuss ties between cinema, city in Tehran gathering
TEHRAN- A gathering marking Iran’s Cinema Day was held at the City Journalists' House in Tehran on Monday evening, bringing together journalists to share their experiences of covering cinema and discuss the relationship between film, the city and society.
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By Sahar Dadjoo
“I Want My Music to Carry a Message of Iranian Unity, World Peace,” says Conductor Paniz Faryousefi
TEHRAN– Violinist and conductor Paniz Faryousefi took the podium of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra at Vahdat Hall in November 2025 (Aban 1404), becoming the first woman since the Islamic Revolution to officially conduct the orchestra — a landmark moment in Iran's post-revolution classical music history. She has also recently conducted the Vivo Orchestra in a concert built around works by Iranian composers in August 24, reflecting on what Iran and its people have experienced over the past year, including the Israeli attack on Iran in June 2025 and the subsequent US-Israeli military aggression against the country in 2026.
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Alireza Ghorbani’s “My Iran” concert tour heads to Isfahan
TEHRAN- Iranian vocalist Alireza Ghorbani will take his “My Iran” concert tour to Isfahan later this week, following performances in Shiraz.
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Six Iranian films win awards of recognition at Accolade Global Film Competition
TEHRAN – Six films from Iran have received the Award of Recognition for the August edition of the Accolade Global Film Competition.
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By Samaneh Aboutalebi
“The Painter of the Wounded Land” exhibition opens in Tehran, honoring Sliman Mansour’s Palestinian
TEHRAN- The painting exhibition “The Painter of the Wounded Land,” featuring works by renowned Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, opened at the Aali Gallery of Tehran’s Art Bureau on Sunday, showcasing an artist whose work has become closely associated with the history, identity and aspirations of the Palestinian people.
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By Mohamadreza Seyedagha
Exhibition of winning works of Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest opens at Art Bureau
TEHRAN – The exhibition of the winning works from the 11th Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest opened on Monday at the Iran Photographers House Gallery at the Art Bureau in Tehran.
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Iranian director to stage reading of Edward Albee’s “A Delicate Balance”
TEHRAN- Iranian director Ariou Raqeb Kiani plans to stage a reading performance of the prominent American playwright Edward Albee’s play “A Delicate Balance” at Iran Art Boutique in Tehran on Friday.
