Turkish scholar Ali Temizel has been honored with a Shahriar Medal, a decoration that Iran gives to foreign scholars who have made outstanding contributions to Persian language studies. Selcuk University Mevlana Research Institute director Temizel received the medal from the Iranian ambassador to Ankara, Mohammad Farazmand, during a special ceremony ...

Press TV- Iranians have marked the Persian Poetry Day, which is also the anniversary of the passing of renowned Iranian poet Mohammad Hossein Behjat Tabrizi, better known by his pen name, Shahriar. An event was held Monday at the Maqbaratoshoara, or the Tomb of Poets, in the city of Tabriz, in East Azerbaijan Province, where Shahriar is buried....

[caption id="attachment_117441" align="alignright" width="224"] The tomb of Poet Shahriar in Tabriz[/caption] Iran has held an international congress on the poet Shahriar in Tabriz to commemorate the countrys renowned contemporary poet. Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati and a number of eminent poets attended the opening ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 26 (MNA) Deputy General Director of Shahriar International Foundation has said the foundation will present the 1st Shahriar Literary Award to announce winners. Seyed Hamed Madani told Mehr News that the foundation will hold the 1st ceremony of Shahriar Literary Award in remembrance of this Iranian renowned contemporary poet. The prize ...

Two Iranian and Turkish universities are planning to hold joint literary conferences on the contemporary poets Mohammad Hossein Shahriar and Abdurrahim Karakoc. Organized by Irans Shahriar International Research Foundation and Turkeys Yunus Emre Cultural Center in Tehran, the confabs will be heldduring separate programs. Iran is to host the first ...