• The 8th edition of Fajr International Fashion and Closing Festival came to a close in Chabahar Free Trade–Industrial Zone on Sunday. Deputy Culture Minister Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini, CFTIZ Director Abdolrahim Kordi, Director of Institute for Development of Contemporary Art Mahdi Afzali and a host of other officials, foreign dignitaries, fashion artists and designers were in attendance. The annual event opened a space of competition to encourage international participation and facilitate direct contacts between Iranian and foreign companies.

  • The 8th edition of Fajr International Fashion and Closing Festival came to a close in Chabahar Free Trade–Industrial Zone on Sunday. Deputy Culture Minister Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini, CFTIZ Director Abdolrahim Kordi, Director of Institute for Development of Contemporary Art Mahdi Afzali and a host of other officials, foreign dignitaries, fashion artists and designers were in attendance. The annual event opened a space of competition to encourage international participation and facilitate direct contacts between Iranian and foreign companies.

  • Culture Minister Seyyed Abbas Salehi, Deputy Culture Minister Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini, and Head of Visual Arts Department Hadi Mozaffari paid a visit to the 11th edition of Fajr Visual Arts Festival. They visited the section dubbed Four Corners of Art on Thursday.

  • On Wednesday, Saba Institute hosted the opening ceremony of the 11th edition of Fajr Visual Arts Festival. Deputy Culture Minister Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini, Head of Visual Arts Office Hadi Mozaffari, and festival’s secretary Ebrahim Haghighi attended the event, along with judges, fans and the general public.

  • Iran Music House celebrated its 19th anniversary of establishment on Saturday during a special ceremony in Eyvan-e Shams Hall. Deputy Culture Minister Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini and a-list artists and musicians were in attendance.

  • A new painting exhibition by contemporary artist Hassan Rouholamin is underway in Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Complex. Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini and Director of the Culture Ministry's Visual Arts Office Hadi Mozaffari attended the opening ceremony on Friday. The program runs until 10 January.

  • 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.

  • Deputy Culture Minister for Artistic Affairs Seyyed Mohammad Mojtaba Hosseini met with Italian Ambassador in Tehran Mauro Conciatori on Sunday to discuss broadening ties in art and culture. According to the Italian ambassador, Milan is preparing to open a cultural center in Tehran.