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The Iranian Academy of Arts has announced its plan to study the effects of the coronavirus on art and artists during a seminar to be held in late October.

 Sebte Akbar Publications announced on Monday that a book recounting commander Qassem Soleimani’s memories of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war will be released after the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Head of the Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari announced that the country plans to send its home-made telecommunication satellite, Nahid 1 (Venus 1), into the orbit by the end of the current Iranian year (March 19, 2021).

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Saturday that the noble Quran teaches us not to be scared of enemies and to stand firmly against them.

The short film “The Feast of the Goat” directed by Saeed Zamanian is to be shown in the 14th edition of the River Film Festival in Italy.

Millions of Muslims around the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan, during which adult people fast from dawn to dusk.

Some Persian new agencies announced that children’s author Susan Taqdis, the writer of the acclaimed story “The Eleventh Step”, died of heart disease at her home in Tehran on Friday. She was 61.

Head of the Johannesburg Islamic Center in South Africa, Seyyed Abdullah Hosseini emphasizes applying the wisdom or good advice provided by the Holy Scripture.

A senior Iranian official expressed pleasure that the country ranks first in the region in production of science.

Photojournalists in Qom, where the first cases of the COVID-19 infection in two Iranian men were reported in February, have launched an online photo exhibition to highlight efforts made by doctors, medical staff, military organizations and people in fighting the new virus.

Mahdi Mahouzi, university professor and distinguished literary researcher, said in a UNESCO event that poetry of Nezami Ganjavi is one that elevates the soul and raises enlightening in the hearts of readers.

Barekat Charity Foundation, affiliated to the Headquarters for Executing the Order of the Imam also known as Setad-e Ejraiy-e Farman-e Hazrat-e Emam, will build 120 schools in deprived areas across the country in the current Iranian calendar year (began March 21).

Over 105,000 book titles have been published in Iran during the national calendar year of 1398 (March 20, 2019-2020).

Three Iranian short films were honored at the 6th edition of the Realtime International Film Festival (RTF) in Nigeria, the organizers have announced.

 Iran’s State Post Company has recently unveiled a postage stamp bearing graphic designer Alireza Zakeri’s drawing “National Heroes” to salute doctors and medical staff fighting COVID-19.

Iranian short film ‘His Shoes’ directed by Ahmad Seyedkeshmiri will go on screen at KINOLUB Film Festival in Krakow, Poland.

Today is the day that Iranians commemorate the birth anniversary of Sheikh Bahai, prominent scholar, philosopher, architect, mathematician, astronomer and poet in 16th -century, Iran.

Human beings have put too much pressure on the Earth causing irreparable damage, however, with the onset of coronavirus outbreak, the planet seemed to prosper and relive the burden which was unprecedented over the past 50 years when the first Earth Day celebrated.

Iranian game designer Keivan Malekmohammadi is working on a new android game with COVID-19 as its main topic.

The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, affiliated to the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), will host international environment experts in an online seminar on April 21-23.

Today is the National Commemoration Day of the renowned Persian poet Saadi Shirazi, born in Shiraz around 1200 and died around 1292.

The Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) will screen “Bald Pigeon Fancier” on its portal on Monday.

All of Iran’s celebrations this year to mark Sadi Day on April 20 will be organized online due to the COVID-19 disaster. 

An online exhibition, which will open on Monday to mark Sadi Day, is scheduled to display posters representing the interest of Imam Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic Republic, in the Gulistan, the masterpiece of the Persian poet Sheikh Muslih od-Din Sadi Shirazi.

Vice President for Science and Technology Sorena Sattari said on Sun. that six contracts were concluded with knowledge-based companies in the field of producing coronavirus vaccine in the country.

Preparations were made for producing coronavirus, COVID-19, antibody in the country.

Head of Sa'adi Foundation on the occasion of the day to commemorate Sa'adi in a message described him as ever-lasting instructor of the Persian Language.

Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) Morteza Barari said on Sat. that “Nahid 1” telecommunications satellite will be sent into the orbit in the current year [started March 21, 2020].

The Center for the Study of Sadi will pay tribute to the Persian poet Sheikh Muslih od-Din Sadi Shirazi in a weeklong program commencing today, just one day prior to Sadi Day.

Bookstores across Iran were allowed to resume activities from Saturday after a nearly two-month shutdown due to the new coronavirus pandemic.

Iranian police have recently confiscated four historical objects related to Seljuk era (1037–1194) in Tehran.

As in previous years, the UNESCO-tagged Gonbad-e Soltaniyeh, sometimes referred to as Iran’s ‘Taj Mahal’, celebrated the International Day for Monuments and Sites, but this time, in an online program aimed to help stop transmission of the coronavirus, which is currently challenging the whole world.

Iranian director Farnush Abedi’s short animated movie “Malakout” will be competing in the 50th Annual USA Film Festival taking place in Dallas in May/June 2020, the Iranian Youth Cinema Society has announced. 

The World Bank (WB) will provide Iran with a $50-million loan to support the country in fighting coronavirus.

The 18th edition of the Piracicaba Humor Hall, which is organized on the sidelines of the International Humor Exhibition of Piracicaba in Brazil, has unveiled a poster designed by Iranian illustrator Saba Darabian.

The Book City Institute in Tehran announced on Thursday its plan to pay tribute to the Persian poets Sheikh Muslih od-Din Sadi Shirazi and Sohrab Sepehri during a weeklong program entitled “A Week with Sadi and Sepehri”.

A total budget of 48 trillion rials (nearly $1.1 billion at the official rate of 42,000 rials) has been earmarked to renovate schools nationwide in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), an increase of 65 percent year on year.

The Iranian Academy of Arts plans to release eight albums recorded during the Qajar period (1789–1925) online on its website during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Chief Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Hossein Salami said that IRGC has developed a homegrown device capable of detecting the coronavirus without any need for blood tests.

Iranian writer Mohammadreza Bairami’s novel “The Deceased of the Green Garden” has been published in Azerbaijan.

The Research Center and Archives of Sacred Defense in Tehran has given free access to a collection of military atlases of the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war.

Iranian plans to celebrate Sadi Day for Turkish Persian literature aficionados with a live program entitled “Sadi and a Wise Life” on Instagram.

Persian song, “Az Sharm Dar Hejabam” (I am behind the veil from shame) by popular singer Abdolhossein Mokhtabad won Gold medal of the Global Music Award in 2020.

Three Iranian knowledge-based companies are working on discovering the exclusive antibody of coronavirus known as immunoglobulin, according to an official.

Dozens of Iranian publishers have showcased their latest offerings in a movement to fill in for the Tehran International Book Fair, which was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Golestan Gallery owner Lili Golestan has launched a painting competition for children aged under 10 during the home quarantine.

Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations said in a message on Sunday that in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic, sanctions function as enemy’s “fifth column”.

Allameh Tabataba'i University will deliver online teaching of Russian language courses in the context of scientific cooperation with North Ossetian State University.