Iran is present at the 8th CMS International Children’s Film Festival (ICFF), currently underway in the Indian city of Lucknow, with a total of 50 feature and short films in different sections.
The 2016 festival will conclude on April 15 with the awarding of the best children’s feature film, best documentary film, best short film, best animation, best short animation, special jury award and audience award, Mehr News Agency reported.
ICFF is a non-commercial, non-profit-earning event, working purely for the promotion of educational films and the art of filmmaking. The sole purpose of the festival is to promote entertaining, educative cinema among young audiences and to explore the possibilities of using the visual medium as a tool for better entertaining, educational, material, human and spiritual improvement.

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The second gathering of Afghan refugees called ‘Dasht-e-Gol-e-Sorkh’ (literally ‘Red Roses Field’) will be held on April 21 at Khavaran Cultural Center in south Tehran.

Afghans living in Iran will gather on the day to sing the song “Let’s go to Mazar-i-Sharif and celebrate the New Year,” Alef News Agency reported.

People in that country celebrate Nouruz or New Year in Mazar-i-Sharif (the third largest city in Afghanistan) because it is the epicenter of festivities in the country.

Visitors from Tajikistan, India, Pakistan, and Syria also take part in the Afghan festival where the pavilions present an excellent opportunity to get familiar with the rituals, traditions and culture of Iran’s neighboring country.

Afghan traditional music, handicrafts, and apparel will also be introduced at the festival.

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The Week of Islamic Revolution Arts, a cultural event organized by the Art Bureau, opened during a special ceremony in Tehran on Saturday.

Two photo exhibits were inaugurated at the Iranian Photographers Center (IPC), an affiliate of the bureau, as part of the event.

A big model of the book “The Revolution’s Art” written by Morteza Gudarzi-Dibaj on the history of art after the victory of Islamic Revolution was unveiled at the ceremony. The book is scheduled to be published by the bureau in the near future.

“A collection of about 1,000 artworks have been selected and studied in this book, reviewing the reasons behind the formation of the art of revolution,” Gudarzi-Dibaj told the participants.

The ceremony was followed by tributes paid to 11 artists of the art bureau who were honored in various national festivals over the past year.

The busts of poet Qeisar Aminpur (1958-2007) and scholar and Quran translator Tahereh Saffarzadeh (1936-2008) made by sculptor Ali-Asghar Yuzbashi and Malek Dadyar Garusian were also unveiled at the ceremony.

In addition, an exhibition displaying the treasure trove of the bureau including paintings, graphic designs, calligraphy works, sculptures and miniatures with the central theme of Islamic Revolution was opened.

An exhibition of cartoons by Masud Shojaei Tabatabai is also underway in the Abofazl Aali Gallery of the bureau. / Tehran times /

The first motorcycle stunt riding event of 2016 was held on Iran’s Persian Gulf island of Kish, marking the first such event held in the free trade zone.

The event called “Top Rider” had over a dozen motorbike stunt riders showing off their skills to crowds of locals and tourists alike in the past couple of days, Mehr News Agency reported.

During the event, activities such as track racing and death-defying jumps were performed by Iranian professional bikers. Bikes used during the event included Kizashi and KTM, to name a few.

In one scene, a motorbike went head to head with a mock police car evading capture by doing stunts around the mock patrol car.

The event was recorded by video-enabled drones and broadcast on large outdoor screen.

Iran’s free zones, especially Kish, are making efforts to broaden their appeal to tourists as part of the latest economic plans laid out by the administration of President Hassan Rouhani. /financialtribune.com/

Within the 13-day Noruz holidays (March 20-April 1), 1,331 multiple births, including 628 twins and 25 triplets were reported nationwide, an official with the Civil Registration Organization said.

The most multiple births happened in Tehran with 217 infants, including 107 twins and one triplet, Fars News Agency quoted Ali-Akbar Mahzoon as saying.

He went on to say that, 40,945 births were registered during the same period.

Tehran, Khorasan Razavi, and Khuzestan provinces with 5,074, 4,092, and 3,129 births held the first three places over other provinces in Iran respectively, he added.  / Tehran times /

Iran will take part at the World Schools Futsal Championship which will be held in Zagreb, Croatia.

East Azerbaijan will represent Iran in the tournament.

Iran has been drawn in Group D along with Croatia B, France, Belgium, Kosovo and Cyprus.

A total of 24 teams are divided into four groups of six teams. / tehran times /

Iran Volleyball Federation has officially appointed Majda Leban Cicic as new head coach of the women volleyball team.

The Slovenian coach has penned a one-year contract with the Iranian federation.

She had reached an agreement with Iran in February.

Cicic will coach Iran volleyball team in the 2016 AVC Cup for Women which will be held in Vinh Phuc, Vietnam, from September 14 to 20.

“I am very happy to be here. It’s the first time I am in Asia. I want to help the Iranian girls develop, that’s why I am here,” Majda had already said. / Tehran times  /