• Chabahar Free Trade–Industrial Zone is hosting this year’s Fajr International Fashion and Clothing Festival. Organizers and guests took part in the inauguration ceremony on Thursday. The eighth edition will continue until 17 February. Zone’s Managing Director Abdolrahim Kurdi, Pakistani officials, and Director of Institute for Development of Contemporary Art Mahdi Afzali attended the ceremony.

  • The Institute for Development of Contemporary Art played host to a storytelling workshop with veteran Iranian writer, and theater artist Parviz Mamnoun. Deputy Culture Minister Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini, Mahdi Afzali and Morteza Kazemi attended the one-day event.

  • HONARONLINE (TEHRAN) – Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini and State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture in Slovakia Konrad Rigo held a meeting in Tehran to discuss broader cooperation in cultural and artistic fields.

  • Iran’s Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini and State Secretary of the Ministry of Culture in Slovakia Konrad Rigo held a meeting in Tehran to discuss cooperation. Slovak Ambassador to Iran Lubomir Golian, Director of Institute for Development of Contemporary Art Mahdi Afzali, and Managing Director of Niavaran Art Development Center Abbas Sajjadi attended the Saturday convention at Niavaran Cultural Center.

  • People and Land of Wool, a collection of 60 photographs by Italian photographer Mauro Vitale that trace similarities between the Iranian nomads and the ancient culture in southern Italy, are on display at the Nami Gallery of Artists Forum in Tehran. Deputy Culture Minister Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini, Mauro Vitale, Director of Institute for Development of Contemporary Art Mahdi Afzali, Director of Tehran Municipality's Art and Culture Organization Majid Rajabi Memar, and CEO of Iranian Artists Forum Seifollah Samadian attended the opening ceremony on Monday.

  • The annual Fajr Fashion and Clothing Festival has an international strand. The inauguration ceremony took place Saturday morning at Tehran’s Roudaki Hall. In attendance were Deputy Culture Minister Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini, festival director, MP Ahmad Mazani, Head of the Institute for Development of Contemporary Art Mahdi Afzali, as well as representatives from the Iranian fashion and clothing industry, foreign ambassadors, art and culture officials, and delegates from 10 countries participating in this year’s event.