Happy Nowruz!

When our people use the word “’Eyd (celebration)” alone, they mean “Nowruz”. Undoubtedly Nowruz is the oldest most persistent and beautiful Iranian ceremony which is celebrated now from Tibet to Crimea. Nowruz is the unifying link of a great nation whose multi-thousand years of history has a big share in the world’s heritage of civilization, literature, art and culture. We congratulate this great celebration to all Iranians, particularly our readers and wish a happy new Persian year for all of them.

Third volume of ‘Stars of the Air Fight’ authored

Brigadier General Ahmad Mehrnia said that the third volume of the ‘Stars of the Air Fight’ (on the memories of Iranian fighter pilots aces during “Sacred Defense”) has been authored. According to IBNA correspondent quoting from the website www.hhnews.ir, Brigadier General, fighter pilot, Ahmad Mehrnnia, author and university instructor, said that volumes IV and V of this series are on their way too: “Every piece of memoirs of those fighting in war can better illustrate the general scene of the war, and that we have a mission to record these memoirs to answer to many uncertainties faced by the future generation.” Announcing that the Volume IV of this series is about to be completed and that writing Volume V will follow, he described his book ‘Stars of the Air Fight’: “While teaching war strategies at the university, I noticed the existing information about the past wars like the Crusades, those related to the time of Nader Shah and many other wars fought in the past.

Revolution Story Festival ended with giving 11 awards

IBNA- The Seventh Festival of the Revolution Story held in Tehran ended with giving 11 awards (Amir Hossein Fardi Award) to the best in various categories. According to IBNA correspondent, the Seventh Festival of the Revolution Story was held this evening at the Art Center. Various categories of the festival were: Adolescents' Short Story Section Series of stories ‘Reza Badali’, by Rafi` Eftekhar Series of stories ‘Daughter of the King of Fairies’, by Roqayeh Sadat Safavi Series of stories ‘I Still Long for Your Look’, by Zeinab Emami

Minister stresses a professional look into culture

IBNA- At the opening ceremony of unveiling the book ‘The artistic treasures of Pasargad Bank’, Iran’s Culture Minister Ali Jannati said that in his opinion, the art and culture of Iran today is mostly suffering from two major obstacles. According to IBNA correspondent quoting from the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Culture, Jannati stated: “The first problem is that the authorities in the realm of art and culture do not have a professional approach to this field, and everybody, familiar or not, allows himself to comment on the most specialized issues of art and culture and even have a claim on its management.”

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