Veteran Iranian publisher Abdorrahim Jafari dies at 96

TEHRAN - Veteran publisher Abdorrahim Jafari, the founder Amir Kabir Publications, a major Iranian publishing house, died at a Tehran hospital on Friday. He was 96.
The early part of the publishing house was shaped in 1949, when Jafari opened a small office on Tehran’s Nasser Khosro Street.

He then established bookstores nearby and branch offices around the city.


“Wittgenstein in Exile” hits Iranian bookstores

TEHRAN – American author James C. Klagge’s “Wittgenstein in Exile” has recently been published in Persian by Qoqnus Publications.

The book translated into Persian by Ehsan Sanai Ardakani, is rich and varied in content as it combines biography and cultural history with philosophy.

To make his case, Klagge, on the one hand, invokes facts about Austrian-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein’s life, the way he thought about himself and his work, while on the other hand he discusses features of Wittgenstein’s thought that may strike us as particularly difficult to embrace.


Tehran gallery to showcase works by Adolf Hitler

TEHRAN – Two paintings by Adolf Hitler along with works from some Iranian and foreign artists will be put in exhibition at Tehran’s Dafineh Gallery from October 5 to 19.

Works by French Orientalist Jean-Baptiste Eugène Napoléon Flandin and Iranian painters, including Mirzaqa Emami and Mehdi Taeb, have also been slected for the exhibition entitled “Color, Canvas, and Architecture”.

The exhibit has been organized by the Mostazafan Foundation.

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