Plaque of Iran’s Living Human Treasure handed to calligrapher Amirkhani

TEHRAN, (Iranart)- The celebrated Iranian calligrapher Gholam-Hossein Amirkhani, who was selected Iran’s Living Human Treasure in February 2020, received the plaque and statue of his title during a ceremony held at Tehran’s Sadabad Cultural-Historical Palace on Tuesday.

Uzbekistan asks Iran for copy of page from rare Quran for museum

TEHRAN – (Iranart)- Uzbekistan has asked Iran to give the country a copy of a page from the Baysunqur Quran, a rare manuscript folio of the Holy Quran preserved at the National Museum of Iran, for display in a museum.

Iran-Iraq war front-line musicians honored in Tehran

TEHRAN –(Iranart)- Members of the Tehran Symphony Orchestra who went to the front lines during the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war to give performances for Iranian troops were honored during a ceremony held at Tehran’s Vahdat Hall on Saturday.