Persian Summer Festival News

 
Press TV
IAF to host Iranian and Indian cultural festival in June
Tehran Times
TEHRAN – The Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) will be hosting an Iranian and Indian cultural festival, which will open on June 7. Organized by the Embassy of India in Tehran, the festival aims to expand cultural relations between the two countries.
The Iranian Artists Forum to host India-Iran Cultural WeekPress TV

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Spanish, Iranian singers team up for Barcelona festival
Tehran Times
TEHRAN -- Iranian singer Mohammad Motamedi along with Spaniard Rosario La Tremendita will be presenting the repertoire “Qasida”, a selection of popular Persian poetry, at the Ciutat Flamenco Festival in Barcelona today. Rosario La Tremendita is one of ...
Iranian, Spanish artists to perform at Ciutat Flamenco FestivalPress TV

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Urs Ajmer Sharif: Festival Honors Sufi Saint Moinuddin Chisti (PHOTOS)
Huffington Post
Thousands of Sufi Muslim pilgrims from across India converge on the North Indian town of Ajmer to mark the 'Urs' (death anniversary) Festival of Muhammad Moin-ud-din Chisti, a 12th century Sufi saint from Persia who lies buried in Ajmer.

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euronews
Farhadi – self-censorship 'real danger' for Iranian filmmakers
euronews
At the 65th Cannes Festival, Iranian film director Asghar Farhadi was, once again, the centre of attention, this time for his next film project. The European Commission has selected Farhadi's next movie for its 60000 euro 'Prix MEDIA' award.

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Iranian singer in hiding in Germany after threats
News On 6
More >> The breakout performance of the Cannes Film Festival so far is Aniello Arena's turn as a Naples fishmonger who becomes obsessed with appearing on a "Big Brother"-style TV show in "Reality."More >> The breakout performance at the Cannes Film ...

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Where being gay is a death sentence
Winnipeg Free Press
source: Iranian Railroad for Queer Refugees United Kingdom edition Manitoba's history is built on a foundation provided by settlers from the UK, who came here seeking better lives South Asian edition As city's population experiences dramatic growth, ...

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Biennial art festival transforms Cuban capital
BusinessWeek
One Cuban artist laid out a wax dummy of Osama bin Laden on a Persian rug and, shortly after the one-year anniversary of the al-Qaida leader's killing by US forces, questioned whether there's more to the story. "Is he dead or is he alive? Where is he?

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