Concurrent with the mourning month of Muharram that marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hossein (AS), the third Shia Imam and grandson of the Prophet Mohammad (SAWA), several passion plays (Ta’zieh) are being performed every day in the open space of the Iranian Artists Forum in Tehran.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) - A bestselling thriller novel by American authors Robert Ludlum and Philip Shelby is available in Persian.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) - Gravures and drawings of Paris-based Iranian artist Marjan Seyedin, created between 2006 and 2018, are on show at an art gallery in the same city.
A new collection of artworks by Niloofar Kasbi is in view in the Azad Art Gallery until 25 September.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) – Five plays by Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde have been translated into Persian by Abolhassan Tahami, who is mostly famous for his voice acting career.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) – Iranian movies “Umbra” and “Are You Volleyball?” will be screened in the short competition of the Batumi International Art-House Film Festival (BIAFF) in Georgia.
A photography exhibition by Italian photographer and theater director John R. Pepper is has begun work in Tehran. You can see the photographs taken from the Lut Desert and learn the stories behind them, titled Un-Empty Deserts, until 1 October.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) - ‘No Date, No Signature’ directed by Vahid Jalilvand has been selected as Iran’s submission for a foreign-language Academy Award in 2019.
The sixth edition of Art for Peace International Festival is underway at the Mellat Cineplex until 27 September.
Iranian Artists Forum is playing host to passion plays (Ta'zieh) concurrent with the mourning month of Muharram and the martyrdom of Imam Hossein (AS) in Karbala.
