TEHRAN--Mohammad Nazem Razavi, the CEO of Tehran Municipality Cultural Spaces Development Company, announced the approval of the plan to restore the house of the famed poet Forough Farrokhzad, and convert it into a museum.

He told ISNA that after follow-ups and continuous cooperation with the Cultural Heritage Department, initial agreements have been made for the restoration of the Forough Farrokhzad Museum House. 

The initial plans have been approved and, after notification, contractors will be deployed and work will continue, he added.

Regarding the project implementation schedule, he explained: “It is planned that the restoration operations will begin soon, and the project implementation period is expected to be about six months.”

In response to a question about decorating the interior of the house with Forough's furniture, he added: “Some of the existing works will be followed up and delivered by the poet's friends in relevant associations, but if no new works are found, it will be transformed into a poets' house with the cooperation of the Islamic Guidance Department and associations active in the field of poetry.”

Forough Farrokhzad (1935-1967) is known as a leading poet in the Iranian literary circles.

Her first book of poetry, entitled Asir (The Captive) was published in 1955. Then she met the controversial Iranian writer and cinematographer Ebrahim Golestan in 1958.

Farrokhzad made a documentary on a leper's colony in 1962 entitled "The House Is Black". The movie gained international acclaim and won several prizes.

In 1963, UNESCO produced a thirty-minute movie about Farrokhzad. The Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci also came to Iran to produce a fifteen-minute film on her life.

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