A leading Iranian cleric called on Islamic countries to organize conferences during major Hajj season as part of efforts to foil enemy plots against Muslims. “Representatives of Muslim countries to Hajj should hold conferences to address political and economic issues of the Islamic world and to thwart plots hatched by enemies,” said Ayatollah Seyyed Hashem [...]

“The media must be religious centered and pivot on the holy Quran,” said Ali-Asqar Qolamreza’e, head of the Education and Research Department of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). Addressing an international conference on religion and media in Tehran, which seeks to explore and present the most recently conducted studies in the field of [...]

Head of the Iranian Cultural Heritage Organization, Hamid Baqaei in a meeting with new Secretary-General of UNESCO Irina Bokova called her for taking major steps towards campaign against trafficking of cultural heritage of countries. Criticizing weak cooperation of museums of some countries with museums in Iran, Baqaei said political considerations should not overshadow clear regulations [...]

The artworks directed by Mansour Forouzesh are scheduled to be screened in the Muslim Student Association of the University of Oregon, northwest of the US. “The association has invited me to present four of my short films,” Forouzesh told FNA. The films which are due to be showcased in the association are named Black Silence, [...]