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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 ...
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 ...
Eid al-Adha ": best wishes to all Muslims for the Feast of the sacrifice
Sunday 10 July 2022, is Eid al-Adha, the “sacrifice” feast The feast of the Sacrifice recalls the sacrifice made by the prophet Abraham, put to the test by God who asked him to sacrifice in his ...
Ayatollah Khamenei's message on the occasion of the month of Pilgrimage
Ayatollah Khamenei's message to pilgrims to the house of God. In the Name of God, the Clement and Merciful Praise belongs only to God, Lord of the Worlds, and peace and blessings descend on ...
The Eighth Online Persian Language Course
Registration for the 8th online Persian language course is open The Cultural Institute of Iran in Rome, as part of its cultural and educational activities, promotes the 55th course and the eighth online course of Persian language. The ...
The new edition of the Persian - Italian Vocabulary
Original title: فرهنگ واژگان فارسی ایتالیایی Author: Alessandro Coletti- Hanne Coletti Grunbaum Preface: Original language: Translator: Publisher: Istituto Per Oriente Year of publication: 2022 Number of pages: ISBN: [separator content_type = "text" text = "Summary" text_tag = "span" align = "center" content_align = "center" href = "#" ...
International Festival Crossings of Civilization and the presence of the Iranian writer Sepideh Siyavashi in Venice
The Midnight Palace and the Festival Incroci di Civiltà in Venice On the occasion of the translation and publication of the work of the Iranian author Sepideh Siyavashi for the first time in Italy entitled "The Palace of ...
The national day of Mulla Sadra
Iran celebrates the great Persian scholar and philosopher Mulla Sadra. May 22, Iran celebrates its great Mulla Sadra philosophy. Ṣadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī known simply as Mulla Sadra Shirazi was born in Shiraz (Iran) in ...
Ferdowsi's National Day. The Somo Persian poet
May 15th each year is Ferdowsi's day. Hakim Abol-Ghasem Ferdowsi Tusi was born in Tābarān-e Tus around the year 935. Ferdowsi is the greatest Persian-speaking poet, the orator, the sage of Tus, the ...
Best wishes for a serene Eid al-Fitr
Our best wishes for a peaceful Eid al-Fitr. May Allah and his beloved Prophet Muhammad (Greeting of God be upon Him and Be Family) continue to protect, guide and console our ...