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Ali Nassirian ( born 4 February 1935) is an film and theater actor, who plays both character and leading roles. Nassirian whilst gaining experience in screen writing during 1955 to 1958, he was granted a scholarship for theatrical studies in the United States in 1962. Upon his return to homeland he started teaching theatre and screen writing as well as …

Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Abbas Salehi attends a luncheon with followers of monotheistic religions (minority groups) in the persian capital, on February 6.

Tough Guy claims to be the world’s most demanding one-day survival ordeal.First staged in 1987, the Tough Guy Challenge is held on a 600-acre (2.42 square km) farm in Perton, Staffordshire, near Wolverhampton, England, and is organised by Billy Wilson (using the pseudonym “Mr. Mouse”)

Malaysia’s enthusiastic team rose to the challenge, taking the World Pastry Cup in Lyon yesterday with a meticulous crafting of monkeys dressed like Elvis.

The Fajr International Film Festival and Fajr Film Festival  are persian’s annual film festivals, held every February and April in capital. The festival, started in 1982, is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in homeland. It takes place every year on the anniversary of the revolution. There were 90 feature films submitted for the 29th …

On November 5, two dams retaining tons of iron-mining waste near the Brazilian town of Bento Rodrigues burst, releasing a massive flood of thick, red toxic mud that flattened buildings and trees, smothered the small town, killed at least four, and left another 28 still missing.

The Allahabad Kumbh Mela will kick start on January 15 with lakhs of naga saadhus and seers of several akharas taking a holy dip in the waters of Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati at Sangam.

The prolific stage and screen actor Hossein Moheb Ahari who starred in numerous memorable TV series, movies and plays such as “T for Tickle” and “Off Limits” and “Health Alley”, passed away at a capital hospital on Wednesday after a lengthy battle with lymphoma, Persian media announced. He was at 67.

A funeral ceremony was held in the capital on Thursday for Moheb-Ahari.Many mourners attended the funeral, including the actor Atila Pesyani as well as the director Kianoush Ayyari.

Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.