By Charles RecknagelMany authoritarian regimes censor books for political reasons.But Iran goes so far in also tampering with books for self-claimed religious reasons that the Islamic republic’s censors form a league of their own.
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The Book of Kings
An age of invasions ◦ About 2,200 years ago, brilliant civilizations were flourishing in Asia and in Europe. While ancient Egypt was another very important cultural pole on the edges of the Mediterranean Sea, ancient Greece was rapidly expanding: the time of the great philosophers, Socrates, Plato and his disciple Aristotle was still close, […]
Humanities courses cut at Iranian university
Journalism and communication studies are among 13 undergraduate degrees which have been removed from the prospectus of one of Iran’s universities this year.
Iranian women only allowed passport with husbands’ permission
Mahmoud Sadeqi, the head of the State Security Forces Immigration and Passport Police said that those who have their passports with them can also get an individual passport.
Iranian police round up satellite dishes in West Tehran
In a swat plan in the capital, the Police cleared regions in West Tehran of satellite receiver equipment and referred those who had installed satellite dishes for a second time to the judiciary.
Iranian TV bans screening of brutal violent scenes
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) recently issued a directive strictly forbidding all domestic networks from screening brutal violence scenes.
Iranian ambassador to Damascus prepares to leave Syria, sources say
GVF — In a new blow to the Syrian dictatorship, Iran’s ambassador to Damascus has informed his Syrian hosts of his plans to leave the country as criticism of the regime’s use of brute force against protesters grows.
Making Film About His Holiness “Muhammad (S)” could help Iranian cinema evolve, U.S. cineaste
Academy Award winning visual effects supervisor and filmmaker Scott E. Anderson has said that the Iranian blockbuster “Muhammad (S)” could aid progress for the palate of the Iranian motion picture industry.
Iranian Rudaki Symphony Orchestra Closed
Tehran, August 13, 2011: The Rudaki Symphony Orchestra was shut down due to financial issues. No official comment has been made after the report published by Mehr News Agency on Friday.
Abū Hamīd bin Abū Bakr Ibrāhīm Attar of Nishabur
BiographyInformation about Attar’s life is rare. He is mentioned by only two of his contemporaries, `Awfi and Tusi. However, all sources confirm that he was from Nishapur, a major city of medieval Khorasan (now located in the northeast of Iran), and according to Awfi, he was a poet of the Seljuq period.