An Iranian government official has said Tehran will not allow star conductor Daniel Barenboim to perform there. The Berlin State Opera said August 27 that there were discussions between Tehran and Barenboim, an Israeli-Argentinian, over a proposed concert. But Iranian Culture Ministry spokesman Hussein Nushabadi said on August 28 that Iran does ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 01 (MNA) Iranian Deputy Culture Minister Hossein Noushabadi says the Saudis are evading reaching an actual sentence verdict for the two security officers accused of sexually harassing two Iranian teenagers. Spokesman of Iran's Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry Hossein Noushabadi told Mehr News correspondent that the Saudi regime ...

Tehran, April 28, IRNA The spokesman for the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance on Tuesday announced Iran will keep the Umrah Hajj pilgrimage closed as far as Saudi Arabia has not formally apologized over the recent event in Jeddah airport. Speaking to reporters in a weekly briefing session, Hossein Noushabadi called punishment of the perpetrators ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iran suspended the Umrah (minor) Hajj pilgrimage on Monday in the wake of molestation of two Iranian teenage pilgrims at Jeddah airport, saying the situation will be normalized once Riyadh hands out the maximum punishment to the offenders. Speaking to Tasnim on Monday, Spokesman for Iran's Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Hossein ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Spokesman of Iran's Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry Hossein Noushabadi strongly condemned the French weekly, Charlie Hebdo, for publishing a blasphemous cartoon of Islam's Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). "The West has misinterpreted the concept of the freedom of speech; freedom of speech does not mean sacrilege of the sanctities of a ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Portuguese officials voiced their willingness for sharing their experiences in various fields of culture, including copyright. In a meeting between Iranian Deputy Minister of Culture Hossein Noushabadi and Portuguese Secretary of State for Culture Jorge Barreto Xavier on Saturday, the two sides vowed to utilize each and ...

TEHRAN - Iranian actress Leila Hatami on Sunday angered authorities in Tehran by kissing the Cannes film festival's president on the cheek, an act seen as affront to the "chastity" of the Islamic republic's women. A photograph carried by Iranian media shows Hatami kissing Gilles Jacob at the opening of this year's festival. "Those who attend intentional ...