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The month of Ramadan begins

The month of Ramadan begins
On the occasion of the beginning of Ramadan, the Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome offers all readers, your families and the entire Islamic community in Italy and in the world its sincere and warm fraternal greetings. Hoping that God accepts our fasting, our prayers, our vigils the…

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The month of Ramadan begins

23 March 2023

Ramadan: a wish for peace to all Muslim friends.
On the occasion of the beginning of Ramadan, the Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome extends its sincere and warm fraternal wishes to all readers, your families and the entire Islamic community in Italy and around the world. Hoping that God will accept our fasting, our prayers, ours

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Spring is coming, Happy Nowruz everyone

20 March 2023

The Cultural Institute of Iran presents its wishes of Happy Nowruz.

Soul, come on, it is spring: It is happy in the heart

Dear friends

The Nowruz with its arrival which coincides with the rebirth of nature, invokes mutual respect and interchange of

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Tenth online Persian language course.

16 March 2023

Registration is open for the tenth online Persian language course.

The Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome, in the framework of its cultural and educational activities, as the only institution officially recognized in Italy with the issue of the certificate valid for all purposes, promotes the 57th course and the ninth online course of . The course has a purpose

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March 12; National Day of Nizami Ganjavi; the Great Persian poet

9 March 2023

The National day Nizami Ganjavi. A Persian poet.
Niẓāmi-ye Ganjavī (1141-1209), is the greatest Romance-epic poet of Persian literature, who for his miraculous ability to describe and imagine, created a new style in Persian literature. The use of Gnostic and logical concepts have given the mysterious aspect to his

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Contemporary Iran through literature

22 February 2023

Contemporary Iran through literature.
On the occasion of the publication of the book Eighty years of short stories. Three generations of Iranian authors published in 2023 by the Fuorilinea publishing house in collaboration with ISMEO.

The meeting "Contemporary Iran through literature", promoted by professors Fabio Macioce and Nicoletta

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Iran celebrates the 44th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic revolution

2 February 2023

The anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Yesterday the celebrations for the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution officially got underway in Iran.

This year marks the forty-fourth anniversary of the Iranian revolution, which took place on February 1979, XNUMX.

The celebrations begin every year on the first of February,

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The Woman in our Sacred Texts

January 9 2023

The Woman in our sacred texts
Speakers

Dr. Heidi Hadsell

Christianity

Rabbi Ruth S. Sohn

Judaism

Dr. Hanieh Tarkian

Islam

Participation is open to the public

Monday 16 January at 18.00

Links for connection

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Happy Holidays

25 December 2022

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
The Cultural Institute of Iran on the occasion of the arrival of the holidays wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2023, Hoping that the coming year will be better.

We thank all friends and enthusiasts of Persian culture and civilization who have supported our projects for the presentation of the

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Best wishes for the arrival of Yalda night

21 December 2022

The night of Yalda
This night will be the longest night of the year.
It is the moment when the "new sun" is born, which will shine with increasing intensity, shortening the hours of darkness, promising a flourishing spring that is celebrated in Iran with the festival of Shab-e Yalda.
Every Persian of any religion or ethnicity feasts on the night of December 21st

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In memory of Akbar Gholi

9 November 2022

Already a year after the death of Akbar Gholi.
In these days of November (November 13) a year ago Akbar Gholi died at the age of only 53, due to a fulminating disease. He colleague and the former director of the Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome.

A year has already passed since our Akbar left us too prematurely. A year in which, every single

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Unesco world heritage sites in Iran

Qara Kelisa or The Black Church

Black Church

Qara Kelisa or The Black Church is the burial place of San Taddeo. Historical sources reveal that in the Sassanid era a part of the Armenians was of Zoroastrian faith, while ... Read more
Hammam Ganjali Khan

Arg-e Bam

Arg-e Bam is the largest brick-built city in the world that is around 2200 years old. This site is located above Azarin Hill, a ... Read more
Rock inscription of Bisotun

Rock inscription of Bisotun

The rock inscription of Bisotun is located in the homonymous city in the province of Harsin (Kermānshāh region), at the foot of Mount Bisotun. This inscription is the largest in the world and the ... Read more
Golestan Palace

Golestan Palace

Golestan Palace has a monumental entrance and has several halls now used as a museum, such as the hall of mirrors, the hall of diamonds and the ivory room. In the hall of ... Read more
Tower of Gonbad-e Kavus

Tower of Gonbad-e Kavus

The Gonbad-e Kavus Tower (Qabus) is one of the tallest brick-built towers in the world, represents one of the most valuable works of Islamic architecture in Iran and is located ... Read more
city ​​of Yazd

Yazd

city ​​of Yazd: The Yazd region is one of the oldest territories in Iran and the historical works scattered in this area, each in its own way, tell the past ... Read more
Imam Mosque

Imam Mosque

The Imam Mosque, the most prestigious historical mosque in Esfahān, among the important buildings of Islamic architecture in Iran and known by other names such as: Mahdie mosque, Al-Mahdi mosque, Jāme 'Abbāsi mosque, ... Read more
NAGHSH AND JAHAN

NAGHSH AND JAHAN

The Naghsh-e Jahan square was built in the time of the Timurids, to a lesser extent than today. At the time of Shah Abbas I the square was enlarged and purchased the ... Read more
Pasargadae

Pasargadae

Along the road that connects Esfahan to Shiraz, in the plain of Morghab, there is the mausoleum of Cyrus the great. The mausoleum building includes a quadrangular room which is located ... Read more
Persepolis (Persepolis)

Persepolis (Persepolis, Parse)

Takht-e Jamshid ("Throne of Jamshid"), is the famous name of the most impressive architectural work of the Achaemenids located in the city of Marvdasht, Fārs region. The Takht-e Jamshid area which in ... Read more
Shahr-i Sokhta (Shahr-e Sukhteh)

Shahr-i Sokhta

Shahr-e Sukhte (Shahr-i Sokhta) is located 57 km west of the road from Zabol to Zahedan. Because of the vastness and the particular conditions ... Read more
Sheikh Safi-ad-din mausoleum

Sheikh Safi-ad-din mausoleum

Mausoleum of Sheikh Safi-ad-din Ardabili is composed of a series of buildings from different periods and for the first time it was for the will of Shah Tahmasp Safavide who took on ... Read more
Shushtar hydraulic system

Shushtar hydraulic system

The hydraulic system of Shushtar is located in the city of the same name (Khuzestān region) and dates back to the Achaemenid and Sassanid periods. These ancient structures considered the most important architectural and ... Read more
Soltaniyeh dome

Soltaniyeh dome

the archaeological area of ​​Soltaniyeh is located at the forty-third kilometer of the Zanjan-Khoda Bande road. Soltaniye Dome is forty-eight and a half meters high, belongs to the Il-Khanide era and was built in nine ... Read more
Apadana Palace of Susa

Apadana Palace of Susa

The Apadana Palace of Susa is located in the city of the same name (Khuzestān region) and was the winter palace of the Achaemenid kings and the main one of Darius I who by his will was ... Read more
Choqa zanbil

Choqa zanbil

Choqa zanbil (Choga Zanbil) or Ziggurat Dur Untāsh is located in the city of Shush or Susa (Khuzestān region). This ancient place of worship was built by the great king of ancient ... Read more

Bāgh, Iranian garden

 Although, according to some Iranian myths, the first to collect and cultivate in a bāgh (garden) the seeds of flowers and fruit imported from mountain areas was ... Read more

Iranian art

PERSIAN LANGUAGE COURSE

The Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome, as part of its cultural and educational activities, promotes the Persian language course

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