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National Mulla Sadra Day
The national day of the great Persian scholar Mulla Sadra. Ṣadr ad-Din Muḥammad Shirazi or Mulla Sadra was an Iranian philosopher and theologian who spearheaded the Iranian cultural renaissance in the XNUMXth century. According to Oliver ...

Omar Khayam national day
In Iran; Omar Khayam National Day is celebrated. Iran - May 18, day dedicated to the poet Omar Khayyam, the great Iranian poet, mathematician and philosopher, was born in Neishabur, north-eastern Iran, and died there ...

National Day of Persian Literature and Ferdowsi
Ferdowsi National Day is celebrated in Iran on May 15 every year. Hakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Tusi was born in Tābarān-e Tus around the year 935. Ferdowsi is the greatest poet of the Persian language, the orator, ...

Greetings on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr day
Our best wishes for Eid al-Fitr. May Allah and his beloved Prophet Muhammad (Greetings of God be upon Him and His Family) continue to protect, guide and comfort our families and ...

An evening with Saa'di from Shiraz
Saadi Shirazi National Day. Every year Iranians dedicate April 21 to commemorate the great poet Saadi. Saàdi (1184 - 1283 E./1291 AD) was one of the greatest poets of the ...

National Attar Day. The great Persian mystical poet
April 14th. The national day of the Persian poet Attar. Farid Addin Abu Hamed Mohammad 'Attar Neishapuri is one of the outstanding Persian poets and mystics of the XNUMXth century. Preparer of medical remedies, medicinal herbs and ...

Editorial news; His eyes of Bozorg 'Alavi
The only novel by Bozorg Alavi "His eyes" for the first time in Italy The Ponte 33 publishing house in collaboration with the International Association of Studies on the Mediterranean and the Orient ISMEO, publishes the only novel by ...

Editorial news; Anthology of poems by Mohammad Reza Shafi'i Kadkani.
The Second Millennium of the Mountain Gazelle by Shafi'i Kadkani. Hezāre-ye dovvom-e āhu-ye kuhi ("The second millennium of the mountain gazelle"), published in 1997 is among the ten collections of poetry published by Professor Mohammad ...

The month of Ramadan begins
Ramadan: a wish for peace to all Muslim friends. 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 ...

Spring is coming, Happy Nowruz everyone
The Cultural Institute of Iran presents its wishes for Happy Nowruz. Come on, it's spring: Be happy in the heart Dear friends Nowruz with its arrival which coincides with the rebirth of nature, invokes respect ...

Tenth online Persian language course.
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 release of ...

March 12; National Day of Nizami Ganjavi; the Great Persian poet
The National day Nizami Ganjavi. A Persian poet. Niẓāmi-ye Ganjavī (1141-1209), is the greatest epic-romance poet of Persian literature, who for his miraculous ability to describe and imagine, created a new style in ...

Contemporary Iran through literature
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 ...

Iran celebrates the 44th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic revolution
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 Woman in our Sacred Texts
Women 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 Link for the ...

Happy Holidays
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 everyone ...

Best wishes for the arrival of Yalda night
Yalda's Night This night will be the longest night of the year. It is the moment in which the "new sun" is born, which will shine with increasing intensity, shortening the hours of darkness, promising a luxuriant spring ...

In memory of Akbar Gholi
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. Colleague and the former director ...

Ninth online course of Persian language.
Registration for the ninth online Persian language course is now open. The Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome, within the framework of its cultural and educational activities, promotes the 56th course and the ninth online course of ...

Eighty years of short stories
Eighty Years of Short Stories Three Generations of Iranian Authors by Abolhassan Hatami The volume contains 22 carefully chosen short stories from a hundred short stories in an influential analogy published in Iran spanning a ...

VI Bolognese Congress of Iranian Studies
Science, philosophy and literature in the Iranian world. VI Bolognese Congress of Iranian Studies Bologna, 20-21 October 2022 Sciences, philosophy and literature in the Iranian world from Gundishapur to the present day Organized by the Department of Languages, Literatures and ...

Panj ganj. The Five Treasures of Neẓāmi Ganjavi
The restoration of a XNUMXth century Persian miniature masterpiece. edited by Daniela Meneghini and Alessandro Martoni editorial coordination Maria Giovanna Vielli authors of the essays: Renzo Bertoncello, Mario Casari, Rita Deiana, Alessandro Martoni, ...

Zurkhaneh arrives in Pescara
Zurkhaneh, intangible heritage of humanity for the first time Pescara. Zur Khaneh means "The House of Strength", it is also known as "Sport of the Ancients", it is a traditional gymnastics and wrestling discipline from Persia (Iran), originally ...

Zurkhaneh arrives in Italy
Zurkhaneh, The oldest sport in the world performs in Italy. From 15 to 18 September 2022 Tocatì International Street Games Festival returns! This year, to celebrate the twentieth edition of the festival, they will be with ...

The National Day of Persian Poetry and Literature
September 18 each year is the National Day of Persian Poetry and Literature On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of the great contemporary Iranian poet Seyed Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi (Shahryar) the ...

Professor Alberto Ventura passed away
The great Italian Islamist Prof. Ventura passed away yesterday. He passed away yesterday in Cosenza, where he lived and worked for years, prof. Alberto Ventura (Rome, September 26, 1953), one of the most notable Italian specialists ...

The month of Muharram arrives, Martyrdom Imam Hossein (as)
Iran celebrates Muharram; the memory of Imam Hossein and his companions. In Iran, a country with an absolute Shiite majority, the streets of the cities are completely 'dressed' in flags and black, green and red fabrics, colors ...

79th INTERNATIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHIC ART EXHIBITION. Venice Film Biennale
Iranian cinema is present in the 79th INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION in Venice. The 79th Venice International Film Festival is organized by the Venice Biennale and directed by Alberto Barbera; will take place at the Lido of Venice from ...

Italia participates in the Hospitex fair. Tehran, 10 - 13 December 2022
Hospitex is the largest fair in the Middle East. The ICE-Agency for the promotion abroad and the internationalization of Italian companies is the body through which the Government favors the consolidation and economic-commercial development of our companies ...

Iran and the CINELIDO festival
Iranian directors in the Cinelido festival. The second edition of the Cinelido festival in collaboration with the Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome hosts the Iranian registers Ali Asgari and Farnoosh Samadi as head selectors for the films ...