| The Vank Cathedral was one of the first churches to be established in Isfahan by Armenian immigrants settled by Shah Abbas I after the Ottoman War of 1603-05.
Church construction is believed to have begun in 1606, and completed with major alterations to design between 1655 and 1664 under the supervision of Archbishop David. » » » Continue reading Tehran – Henna Art Gallery Dec 31 2010 – Jan 14 2011
Henna Art Gallery is pleased to present the Works of four Young Iranian women: Mina Anooshei, Mahsa Tehrani, Naeeme Naeemaee and Elham Sadeghi. Their paintings reflect their own personal lives while being deeply poetic and internal. » » » Continue reading Ashoura is a period of intense grief and mourning. The word ashura simply means tenth in Arabic language, the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar.
It is commemorated by Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH (October 2, 680 CE). » » » Continue reading Ali Davari was born in Tehran in 1957 and is a retired technician from Iranian Airlines (Homa).
Saba Art and Cultural Institute exhibitioned his metal sculptures in the form of birds and humans. Davari also participated in the beautification of Tehran sculpture symposium in Barg Gallery. » » » Continue reading Plant for the Planet is a worldwide tree-planting project initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme in 2006.
Individuals, communities, businesses, organizations and governments are encouraged to participate in a global campaign advocating the planting of trees that are appropriate to the local environment. » » » Continue reading Supported by the ILEX Foundation, the annual event has become one of the most extensive showcases of contemporary Iranian cinema in the United States.
The Festival begins on January 14 with Frontier Blues. Featuring a cast of nonprofessional actors, the film weaves four men’s stories, each set in Iran’s multi-ethic region of Turkmenistan. Other highlights include: Please Do Not Disturb, All Restrictions End, There are Things You Don’t Know, Salve, and finally The White Meadows on January 29. » » » Continue reading Hi, my name is Fandogh (Hazelnut in Farsi). I am from Tehran, Iran and have only been in US for a few weeks. A lovely family in Iran sponsored and paid for my trip to the US!
I’m trying hard to learn English and have already leaned “sit” and “down” (as in lay down) really well! They tell me I’m really smart because I learn very quickly and I’m not quite 5 months old yet! » » » Continue reading 
Payvand.com organizes hundreds of titles in more than 40 categories in its Iranbooks section. Here is a list of top 10 sellers in 2010, reflecting our state of mind. » » » Continue reading With millions of article impressions on Payvand.com every year, here are the top 10 news stories most viewed, in case you missed them.
These are a relfection of what went viral and captured our attention the most in 2010. » » » Continue reading Flickr is one of the best online photo management and sharing applications on the net. This year we have looked over hundreds of photos and here are our top ten photographs posted on Flickr in 2010. It will be fun to see what has attracted viewers in 2010.
» » » Continue reading Henna Art Gallery Tehran Dec. 19 – 24 2010
“Water’s Silence” the exhibition is curated around the theme of Cactus plant, symbol of patience, endurance, persistence and nostalgia for the days of yore. The exhibition presents the works of 14 Iranian Artists exploring the theme through different mediums of art. » » » Continue reading Alfred Yaghobzadeh was born in a multicultural family of an Armenian father and Assyrian mother in Teheran, Iran.
In 1979 the Iranian revolution interrupted his university studies in interior design and incited him to begin photography in the streets of Teheran. The turmoil in his country, the raging battles on the Iran-Iraq front were dramatic, cutting-edge events that Alfred covered with the passion, courage, drive, and youthful instinct of a 19-year-old. » » » Continue reading National telephone survey of 702 Iranians between Aug 30 and Sept. 7, 2010
The poll was conducted by telephone in Farsi, from a phone bank in Istanbul, among a representative national sample of Iranians. More than 85 percent of Iranians have telephones. The margin of sampling error was 3.7 percent. You can vote on some of the IPI poll questions. » » » Continue reading “I want to show you images that will be like a slap in your face to shatter your security. You can look away, turn off, hide your identity like murderers, but you can not stop the truth. No one can.” Kaveh Golestan (1950 – 2003)
Red Light district of Shahre-No demonstrates the realities of the plight of prostitutes under the Shah’s regime. » » » Continue reading Jan. 11 – Feb 1 2011
Maryam Javanbakht works in the millennia-old style of traditional black and white Iranian calligraphy. Her hybrid practice involving watercolor, gauche, chalk and ink on paper, known as “Naghashi Khat” (painting-calligraphy) imbues classic Iranian poems like those of Molavi, Hafez, Khayyam and Baba Taher with a transatlantic contemporary flair. » » » Continue reading In March 2005, KEEMIA showed the debut collection, ‘Love on the Loire’, during Los Angeles Fashion Week.
Her first collection of intricately designed pieces defined and set the pace for the now highly covetable KEEMIA signature aesthetic. The KEEMIA woman is feminine, at ease with herself, and chic. » » » Continue reading | |