Tehran is hosting the fifth nationwide exquisite Persian carpet festival to bring different types of Persian carpets under one roof for all to marvel at.

The festival, aimed at introducing Iranian culture, is being held in Tehran's Sa'ad Abad Cultural Complex from July 6 through July 16.

"The main goal of the festival is to display the pure culture and the nomads and showcase the unique collection of Persian carpets," Mohammad Akbari, the organizer of the festival, told Press TV on

Iran is planning to hold the 17th edition of its International Youth Visual Arts Festival hosting 280 artists from Iran and around the globe.

Some 250 artists from Iran will take part in the event along with 30 international participants who will present their works in nine categories.

“The Festival will kick off on July 12, 2010 with the aim of offering a clear picture of the capabilities of the young generation all around the world,” festival director Gholam-Reza Montazeri told reporters on Tuesday.

Closing ceremony of 12th Book of the Season Award was held Tuesday evening (June 22) in Houzeh Honari.

Secretary of the event said: "According to the statistics released by the Book House Institute, during the first edition 2409 books were judged and 35 were picked up. During the 12th edition the works boosted to 6,000 book titles."

He continued, introducing 57 books as selected and praiseworthy works indicate the

edition's growth.

The previous edition's judges including Manouchehr Akbari and Mohammad Ali

The 2nd International Seminar on Religion and Theater will be held, November 18-19 in Tehran, Iran. The seminar will be focusing on origins of religion and theater, relation between religion and theater and their influence on one another. Hereby, you are invited to participate in seminar by submitting research/scientific paper.

The twenty seventh annual event on short films will be held in Tehran and 8 other provinces from 28^th Aban to 3^rd Azar (18^th – 23^rd Nov 2010).

Organizers of the festival have two sections in the festival; National and International, while the national section will hold the"National Competition" , Reflection of Faith", " Beautiful Landscape of our lands", " A Light on the Way" and side events. And International section will hold "International Competition" , " Asian Competition", " Eastern Reflection" and " Islamic World".

Sending videos, 19 troupes from Austria, UK, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Denmark and Germany have applied for the festival so far.”

The public relations of the festival reports. Being held by the Dramatic Arts Center, the 1st International Truth Theater Festival has been widely welcomed especially by Islamic counties.

The 1st International Truth Theater Festival will be held from Nov 19 to 2, on the occasion of the Eid al-Adha and Eid Qadir-e-Khumm.

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Call for 7th Book Critics Festival was issued. The festival will be held during the 18th Book Week.

It states, “The Book House is to hold the 7th round of Book Critics Festival in line with the 18th Book Week in order to help advancment  of criticism at both quantitative and qualitative levels.” It further syas, “All critics, press managers and editors, publishers, news sites as well as bloggers are welcome to send their articles

The first national calligraphy biennial of Iran ended it's work in Qazvin, with introduction of the best calligraphers of Naskh, Tholth, Nastaaligh and broken Nastaaligh.

The ceremony which was held in the presence of minister of culture ,Hosseini, and the members of jury; Amirkhani, Shirazi and Pilechi the best Nastaaligh calligrapher's place were jointly won by seyyed Heydar Musavi and Habib Rmazanpour respectively from Qazvin and Tehran.

In calligraphy-painting style, Mostafa Nourbakhsh and Kazem Khorasani won the second and third place from Shahre Kord and Mashad . No winner of the first place

Summer of 1389 witnesses the first festival of Computer Games Festival in Tehran-Iran.

The DG of the foundation for computer games announced; due to the development of the games production in the country and the world we have organized the event to increase attention to the issue and also search for talents in the provinces. He called for support of those involved in the industry to be able to compete with their counterparts abroad.