• TEHRAN. (HONARONLINE) – Seven Iranian films have been selected to premiere at Iranian theaters ahead of the Iranian New Year celebration, Nowruz, which will begin on March 20, the Screening Council of the Culture Ministry announced on Wednesday.

  • TEHRAN. (HONARONLINE) – Tehran Municipality’s Beautification Organization will decorate 10 different neighborhoods across the capital with a collection of colorful egg-shaped statues to enrich the Nowruz celebration.

  • On Monday, members of the Theater Forum attended the first edition of Nowruz festivity to mark the Iranian New Year, which begins 21 March.

  • Tehran’s Milad Tower hosted an international ceremony in honor of Persian New Year or Nowrouz on February 28. Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Science Minister Mansour Gholami, Deputy Head of Cultural Heritage Organization Ali Asghar Mounesan as well as ambassadors, diplomats and cultural attaches from various countries attended the program.

  • Special street performances by 6 theatre groups were held outside the main building of Tehran City Theater on the sixth and seventh days of Persian New Year Nowruz, which is a peak season in Iran and several other countries in West Asia.

  • Tehran’s Keshavarz Blvd is hosting a Nowruz fair every evening until Saturday in which you can watch festive programs like painting and caricature exhibitions, music concerts, and street performances. Literally meaning “new day,” Nowruz is the ancient Persian New Year festival celebrated by over 300 million people around the world, including the Middle East, Central and South Asia, and parts of eastern Europe.

  • TEHRAN.(HONARONLINE) - It’s Persian New Year, also known as Nowruz, yet another great opportunity for Honaronline to invite A-list artists and celebrities to celebrate this festive season at its iconic Haft-Seen Table. As is customary, Honaronline has once again set up its own Haft-Seen Table and created this artistic collection of blessed and lucky things. The only difference is that the traditional elements and besides will include top Iranian artists and emerging talent. Starting Wednesday, we will add Nowruz holiday cheer to our interviews with these great artisans to learn more about their personal lives and work, or area of issue being discussed, such as the ever-changing milieu in the Iranian art market. As you already know, the interview themed Haft-Seen is now a holiday tradition for Honaronline. We will begin the program with an interview with prominent painter Hossein Mahjoubi followed by Akbar Zanjanpour, Davoud Fathali Beigi, Parvin Bahmani, Ezzatollah Ramazanifar, Esmaeil Azar, Parivash Ganji, Ghotbeddin Sadeghi, Taraneh Yalda, Masoud Delkhah, Haedeh Haeri, and Ghasem Afshar among others. There will be interviews discussing various topics with new talents as well, including but not limited to Mohammad Motamedi, Ali Sarabi, and Houtan Shakiba. Don’t miss this specific interviewing block during the Nowruz holiday season. Our celebrity guests will be talking about their work and personal lives as well as their latest films, TV shows, music recordings, plays, art exhibitions, or other projects they'd like to promote to the public.

  • The first day of Iranian New Year (Nowruz) is Wednesday, March 21, 2018. Tehran is gearing itself up to say goodbye to Winter and hello to Spring!