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Twelfth online course in Persian language and literature
Registrations are open for the twelfth online Persian language course. The Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome, in the framework of its cultural and educational activities, as the only body officially recognized in Italy with the issue of ...
Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF)
42nd Fajr International Film Festival. Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) Founded in 1982 and set in the heart of Iran's capital city Tehran, Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) is Iran's largest annual film festival. It ...
Middle East Now Festival 2023, the winners
The 14th edition of Middle East Now 2023 has just concluded. A rich programme, followed by a large, passionate and attentive audience, with crowded theaters in the evening, afternoon and matinee screenings, with 35 ...
Hafez; Universal poet. National Hafez Day
On October 12th every year Iranians commemorate Hafez. Great Persian poet known throughout the world as one of the main foundations of Persian culture. Hafez of Shiraz who is also known by…
World Tourism Day
September 27th is World Tourism Day. September 27th is World Tourism Day, established by the UNWTO, an acronym for United Nations World Tourism Organization, way back in September ...
Eleventh online Persian language course.
Registration is open for the eleventh 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 ...
Editorial news; Iranian Commercial Law
Iranian Commercial Law. For the first time and after several years of work and research, Prof. Pier Filippo Giuggioli, thanks to the valid translation by Francesco Petrucciano, presents the translation of Iranian commercial law into ...
80th Venice International Film Festival and the Iranian short film in competition
IN THE SHADOW OF THE CYPRESS, the Iranian short film in Venice The 80th edition of the International Film Festival is underway on the Venice Lido from 30 August to 9 September 2023, hosting the Iranian animated short ...
Fajr International Handicrafts & Traditional Arts Festival
Call for 8th Fajr International Handicrafts & Traditional Arts Festival. The Fajr Handicrafts and Traditional Arts festival is an international event which provides the opportunity for competing the most prominent and valuable handicrafts and traditional ...
THE ZENITH ON IRAN by Franco Zampetti
ZENITH PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION OF IRANIAN ARCHITECTURES. With the patronage of the Municipality of Livorno and the Cultural Institute of Iran based in Rome. The exhibition consists of 38 zenithal photographs of architectural subjects from various eras, buildings ...
Editorial news; Contemporary Iran
Contemporary Iran by Carlo Giovanni Ceretti. Iran is a mysterious country, has an extraordinary culture and is full of profound contradictions. Our readers know this. This time we decided to tell it through a collection ...
Gran Paradiso Film Festival prize goes to Iran
The Gran Paradiso Film Festival prize, awarded to "The song of a little owl's" About Mehdi Nourmohammadi's Iranian film "The song of a little owl", which won the Golden Ibex of the ...
Editorial news; A jar of jam
A jar of Hushang Moradi Kermani jam. Hushang Moradi Kermani's jam jar is the delicate story of an Iranian boy who one morning, at breakfast, unable to open a jar ...
Burning of the Koran in Stockholm, the world of Islam condemns
The world of Islam is outraged by the burning of the Koran in Sweden. President of the Organization of Culture and Islamic Relations of Iran and for Interreligious Dialogue, Dr. Imani Pour in an official communication I condemn the fire ...
THE ZENITH ON IRAN by Franco Zampetti
ZENITH PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION OF IRANIAN ARCHITECTURES. For the first time in Italy, the Zenitale photographic exhibition of Iranian architecture by Franco Zampetti in collaboration with the Municipality of Livorno. The initiative born from the idea of the architect Zampetti who ...
Editorial news; In memory of Prof. Gianroberto Scarcia
The scarlet light of time; In memory of Prof. Gianroberto Scarcia. Proceedings of the symposium in commemoration of Prof. Gianroberto Scarcia. edited by Prof. Matteo Comparteti and Prof. Maurizio Pistoso. In 2018 the academic world ...
Iran, remembers 34th anniversary of Imam Khomeini's disappearance
Imam Khomeini, 34th anniversary of his disappearance. Today in Iran and in the Islamic world we remember the 34th anniversary of the death of Imam Khomeini, leader of the Islamic Revolution and founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Imam Khomeini (1902-1989), a ...
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 eleventh 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 ...
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 ...
