In a bid to promote reading and boost business, Culture Minister Seyyed Abbas Salehi, his deputy Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini and a host of other cultural officials paid a visit to a number of bookshops in Tehran. This was the fifth time in a row that the cultural officials toured the capital’s bookshops to promote reading.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) – The Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Abbas Salehi, met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Medinsky in St. Petersburg on Thursday.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) – The plan to loan a collection of Western art from the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMCA) for a show at Berlin’s National Gallery was discussed once again in a meeting held on Sunday between German Ambassador Michael Klor-Berchtold and Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi, the culture ministry announced.
A special ceremony was held at the Vahdat Hall to honor the Tehran Symphony Orchestra and its members during the Sacred Defense Era (1980-1987 Iran-Iraq War). Culture Minister Seyyed Abbas Salehi and Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini attended the event on Saturday.
Culture Minister Seyyed Abbas Salehi joined officials and fans to watch new play Avantage, directed by Kamran Shahlaei and Mohammad Larati in Hafez Theater.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) – The Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance has said that the average Iranian spends 13 minutes a day reading.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) - Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi said that media plays an important role in ethnic convergence and consolidation of national unity.
The Hani Parseh Exhibition Center hosted a special event on Monday, 16 July, to honor Iranian artists born in July. The program was attended by Vice President Mohammad Bagher Nobakht, Culture Minister Seyyed Abbas Salehi, Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini, Chairman of Tehran City Council Mohsen Hashemi Rafsanjani, Head of Majlis Cultural Commossion Ahmad Mazani, Director of Institute for Development of Contemporary Art Mahdi Afzali, and Director of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art Ali Mohammad Zare’.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) – The Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Abbas Salehi, the director of the cultural section of the Ministry of Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs of Austria, Teresa Indjein, met in Tehran on Wednesday.
TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) – The Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Abbas Salehi, and Japanese Ambassador Hiroyasu Kobayashi meet in Tehran, the ministry announced in a press release published on Sunday.
