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The 9th Tehran International Cartoon Biennial opened Sunday with a ceremony at the Saba Art and Cultural Institute. The biennial is being held concurrently at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts and the Ahvaz Museum of Contemporary Art from November…
Part of a Sassanid tepe was destroyed last week near Ahvaz, the provincial capital of Khuzestan. The destruction was carried out by the Mehrab Housing Company for construction of a high-rise apartment complex, Khuzestan Cultural Heritage Lovers Society (Taryana) announced…
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Sheikh Safi-ad-din Is'haq Ardabili (of Ardabil) (1252-1334) (Persian: شیخ صفیالدین اردبیلی), eponym of the Safavid dynasty, was the spiritual heir and son in law of the great Sufi Murshid (Grand Master) Sheikh Zahed Gilani, of Lahijan in Gilan Province in…
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Baton-wielding Iranian police have clashed with mourners holding memorials for those killed in post-election violence, reports say. State TV said police used teargas to disperse crowds from the grave of Neda Agha Soltan, whose death became a symbol of post-election…
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The Tehran weather has been more or less excellent despite the pollution and yes the unbearable and awful heavy traffic. But in the past couple of weeks it has been so hot that we have turned all the coolers on.…
This was not, of course, the result the West was hoping for. But political chaos and public disorder in Iran is not what any outside government wants either. The election choice was basically between the openly anti-Western Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and…
Iran is preparing to hold the West-Eastern Divan festival to commemorate the renowned literary figures, Goethe and Hafez. A German delegation will arrive in the Iranian city of Shiraz in two days to participate in the event. Germany will hold…