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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 …

Asylum seekers attempting to reach Europe with hopes of a brighter future are being tortured by Greek border authorities before being forced back towards no man’s land at the Greece-Turkey border in Edirne’s Uzunkopru.

Seyyed Hadi Khosroshahi (1939 – 27 February 2020) was a cleric and diplomat who served as the first persian Ambassador to the Vatican. He was suspected by Western intelligence circles of having established a clandestine European network of Muslim extremists based in Rome.

The 70th annual Berlin International Film Festival is currently taking place from 20 February to 1 March 2020. It was the first under the leadership of new Berlin Film Festival heads, business administration director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian. The festival opened with the opening gala presented by actor Samuel Finzi followed by the world premiere of the …