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Newsha Tavakolian (born 1981 in Tehran) is an Iranian photojournalist and documentary photographer. She has worked for Time Magazine, The New York Times, Le Figaro, and National Geographic. She is particularly known for focusing…
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Sussan Deyhim, performance artist/vocalist and composer presents her latest work, inspired by the life and poetry of Forugh Farrokhzad, one of Iran’s most influential feminist poets and filmmakers of the 20th Century. “For me,…
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Here you can enjoy them in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZAQe8jKhwg Rastak a new ensemble for contemporary Persian folk music was formed as an experimental music group in 1997. The group seeks to collect, record and interpret…
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Zoya Pirzad (born 1952 in Abadan), an Iranian author who is known for her novels “Things We Left Unsaid” and “We Will Get Used to It” which have been reprinted several times already, has…
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The Persian literary monthly Bokhara paid tribute to Iranian Jewish lexicographer and translator, Soleiman Hayyim (1887-1970) at the Mahmud Afshar Foundation on Sunday. A number of literati including Managing Director of Bokhara Ali Dehbashi,…
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In the final bout of the men’s -58kg category on Dec. 3, 2014 in an event that is considered the pinnacle of elite taekwondo, the gold medal was won by an Iranian who can…
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Merila Zarei has won the Best Actress Award at the 8th Asia Pacific Screen Awards for her role in the Iranian war drama ‘Track 143’ directed by female filmmaker Narges Abyar. Iranian actress Merila…
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Iranian vocalist Hengameh Akhavan will give a concert at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on December 26. Tar player Azadeh Amiri, kamancheh players Shima Bolukifar and Nasim Arbabi, tonbak player Nazanin Pedarsani, and oud player Marjan…
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Bahram Beyzaie was born in Tehran, Iran on Dec 26 1938. He is an Iranian film director, theatre director, screenwriter, playwright, film editor, producer, and researcher. Beyzaie is part of a generation of filmmakers…
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French Order of Academic Palms awarded to Lili Golestan Source: Tehran TimesIranian translator Lili Golestan, who is also the curator of Tehran’s Golestan Gallery, received France’s Order of Academic Palms during a ceremony at…
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The Iranian athlete won the silver medal with a throw of 17.80 meters at the Incheon Asiad Main Stadium. “I am so happy because of winning the silver medal. My rival (Gong Lijiao) who…
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An Iranian female athlete bagged silver medal of women’s kayak single 200m on Monday at the Asian Games 2014 in Incheon, South Korea. Intro Asia Games (Asiad): Some 9,500 athletes from 45 countries are…
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Mitra Farahani Mitra Farahani’s biography: She was born in Tehran in 1975 and studied painting and drawing with various Iranian masters of pictorial art, notably with Gholam Hossein Nami. After receiving a degree in graphic art…
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A number of Iran’s leading music artists and cineastes attended the opening gala held on Oct. 9. […] Tjeknavorian was also honored with the lifetime achievement award during the gala. Tjeknavorian has made nearly…
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Iranian Professor Majid Samii Golden Neuron Award World’s top neurosurgeon ? The world-renowned Iranian scientist in neurological surgery Professor Majid Samii has garnered the 2014 Golden Neuron Award. The award was announced during a…
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? The lead male role in Oscar-winning A Separation, Peyman Moaadi has made male lead again, this time in a US-produced movie, titled Camp X-Ray. The movie has been credited for moving performances by…
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Jalili Shahnaz was born in 1921 in Isfahan, Persia (Iran). Shahnaz studied under the supervision of Abdolhossein Shahnazi and Hossein Shahnaz and befriended ney player Hassan Kassai.[2] Persian classical vocalist Shajarian named his most…
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Roya Beheshti Zavareh General Information Born: 1977, Esfahan, Iran Citizenship: Iranian Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ph.D. in Mathematics, 1999-2003 Thesis Advisor: Prof. Johan de Jong Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran…
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Bani-Etemad received the Best Screenplay award for her film Tales during the awards ceremony on the closing day of the festival on September 6, 2014 at Venice Lido. Iranian filmmaker Rakhshan Bani-Etemad receiving her…
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Professor Hossein Baharavand from the Stem Cell Research Center of Royan Institute was qualified to win the 2014-2015 UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize. … UNESCO-Equatorial prize is awarded to those projects and activities of an…
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Mohsen Makhmalbaf (Persian: محسن مخملباف, Mohsen Makhmalbaaf; born May 29, 1957) is an acclaimed Iranian film director, writer, film editor, and producer. He has made more than 20 feature films, won some 50 awards…
Beginning from today I will try to post an article each week end. You are very welcome to visit my other blog where I keep the rate of posting each day: http://theotheriran.com and my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Iran-Photos-Personalities/275357125949953 I am sure … Continue reading
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Ahmad Shamloo (Persian: احمد شاملو, also known under his pen name A. Bamdad (December 12, 1925 – July 24, 2000) was a Persian poet, writer, and journalist. Shamlou was arguably the most influential poet…
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Mona Abrufarakh has become the first woman to be chosen as a governor in Gilan Province. IRNA reports that Abrufarakh will serve as governor of central Rasht. … The Rohani administration has already appointed…
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The living legend of Iranian traditional music Mohammadreza Shajarian will receive the medal of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor in Paris next week. … Shahram Nazeri, another Iranian vocalist, received the honor on…
Mehdi Saeedi, (Persian: مهدی سعیدی was born in Tehran), Iran in 1998 . He has participated in numerous domestic and international exhibitions, biennials and triennials around the world and has won several important prizes both locally and internationally among which … Continue reading
*Three Iranian researchers offer mathematical model to simulate function of a bacterium Massoud Rostami, Hossein Mosallaei, and Davood Ansari are three Iranian researchers of Northeastern University of Boston, the United States, who have come up with a new way which … Continue reading
Parviz Tanavoli (born 23 March 1937 in Tehran) is an Iranian sculptor, painter, scholar and art collector. He has lived in Vancouver, Canada since 1989. Tanavoli’s work has been auctioned around the world leading to overall sales of over $6.7 … Continue reading
Houmayoun Mahmoudi / Homayoun Mahmoudi (Persian: همایون محمودی ) born 1966 in Tehran, is a British/Iranian cartoonist, graphic artist and designer. He studied graphic design and art at the University of Tehran and graduated in animation from the Tarbiat Modares … Continue reading
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Mosaffa was born in December 1, 1966 in Tehran, Iran He is a graduate of Civil Engineering from the University of Tehran where he showed an interest in acting. Mosaffa’s experience with directing began with…
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