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The Persian New Year, or Nowruz, is a time of coming together in homeland. Alongside family, friends and strangers, persians take part in two weeks of rituals that include the spring equinox. Poetry is read and loved ones join one another in dance. Locals jump over bonfires to ward away sickness. Homes are cleaned, tables are symbolically rearranged. It’s part …

Ebrahim Abadi was a stage and film actor. Abadi played in famous movies including Mokhtarnameh, On Tiptoes, Dar Chashm-e Baad and Grand Cinema.

More than 1,200 people have been killed by the virus in homeland, with at least 18,000 confirmed cases. Persian authorities have released more than 85,000 prisoners on temporary leave, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei saying Thursday the state will pardon 10,000 more.

The festival has its origin in ancient persian rituals. The ancient Iranians celebrated the festival of Hamaspathmaedaya , the last five days of the year in honor of the spirits of the dead, which is today referred to as Farvardinegan. They believed that the spirits of the dead would come for reunion. The seven holy immortals were honored, and were …

Reza Beyk Imanverdi was born in Iran in 1936. He found employment at the American embassy in capital since he had a good knowledge of the English language. Beyk loved cinema and aspired to be an actor. In 1958, he joined a theatrical group named “Oscar”.

persian New Wave refers to a new movement in persian cinema. According to film critic Eric Henderson, the acclaimed documentary The House Is Black directed by Forough Farrokhzad paved the way for the persian New Wave. The movement started in 1964 with Hajir Darioush’s second film Serpent’s Skin, which was based on D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover featuring Fakhri Khorvash …

Felt is a textile material that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibers together. Felt can be made of natural fibers such as wool or animal fur, or from synthetic fibers such as petroleum-based acrylic or acrylonitrile or wood pulp-based rayon. Blended fibers are also common.Felt has special properties that allow it to be used for a wide variety …

The near-curfew follows growing exasperation among MPs that calls for persian citizens to stay at home had been widely ignored, as people continued to travel before the Nowruz new year holidays. Shops and offices have largely remained open.Controversy over the health ministry’s authority within government and the haphazard way in which homeland’s provinces were implementing its advice has led to …

An Indian couple who live in Chile got married with a massive ceremony in Antalya, one of Turkey’s major tourist attractions.Some 350 attendants traveled from Chile for the wedding, while a crew of 43 people, including 23 chefs and their assistants arrived in Antalya from India.A private plane flew the bride Roshni Uttamchandani and the groom Rajeev Adwani along with …

capital province is the worst affected with 1,945 cases of the disease, followed by Qom with 712, Mazandaran with 633, Isfahan with 601, and Gilan with 524.Mr Jahanpour said the rate of new infections was dropping, but that it was “still too early to judge” when the outbreak would be brought under control.Almost 2,400 people had so far recovered from …