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2024-08-17 18:01
Coppersmithing in Zanjan: a craft with ancient roots and modern challenges
TEHRAN - Zanjan, a city steeped in history and tradition, is renowned for its ancient craft of coppersmithing, a tradition that dates back over a thousand years to the Sassanid era.
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2024-06-12 17:33
Davatgari: an ancient craft still thriving in modern Iran
TEHRAN - Cold forging, known as Davatgari in Iran, is considered one of humanity's earliest professions, dating back thousands of years.
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2024-02-18 07:36
By Mohammad Mahdi Rahmati
Muzzling truth on social media, why and how?
TEHRAN- Recently, Meta took the step of blocking accounts associated with the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, citing repeated violations of the platform's rules as the reason behind this act. What has been less discussed is the absence of prior warnings from Meta to the account owners before the closure.
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2023-05-10 18:02
Sassanid inscription bearing prayer for mental health discovered in southern Iran
TEHRAN – A team of cultural heritage experts have found a rack-carved Sassanid inscription that bears prayer for mental health.
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2022-11-28 18:44
Collection of antique metalwork on view at Golestan Palace
TEHRAN – An exhibition of centuries-old metalwork has opened to the public at the UNESCO-designated Golestan Palace in downtown Tehran.
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2022-10-23 21:00
Toreutics: artistic metalworking passed down from generation to generation
TEHRAN—Toreutics is a traditional form of metalworking in Iran. Despite the lack of a clear history concerning its background, some archaeologists and art historians believe it dates back to the pre-Achaemenid era when there were nomadic Iranians known as the Scythians or Sakas.
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2022-03-04 17:48
Berlin show features 5,000 years of Iranian arts and culture
TEHRAN - For the first time in a Berlin institution the cultural history of Iran – from the early civilizations through to the modern era – is the focus of a major art-historical survey exhibition.