Tehran Times, Iran
Monday, September 17, 2007

Iran’s Pavarotti to perform concerts in London

TEHRAN — Iranian traditional music vocalist Shahram
Nazeri, who has been dubbed `Iran’s Pavarotti’ by the
Christian Science Monitor, will be performing in
London from October 14 to 16.

Mohsen Nafar, Sina Jahanabadi, Soheil Aminzadeh,
Hassan Rezaiinia, and Navid Ofoqeh will accompany him
in the performances.

——–`Water Bride’ wins Kyrgyz filmfest

TEHRAN — `Water Bride’, a documentary featuring the
rituals held in a region near the Iranian city of
Semnan, won the best documentary award at the 1st
Issyk-Kul International Film Festival in Kyrgyzstan.

Another Iranian documentary `Suffering and Toranj’
received an honorable mention at the event, which was
held from September 3 to 9.

—–`All Good Days’ heads to Australian film gala

TEHRAN — Iranian short film `All Good Days’ will be
competing at the 10th Auburn Intentional Film and
Video Festival for Children and Young Adults, which is
to begin today.

Directed by Mehdi Jafari, the film tells the story of
a 7-year-old schoolgirl and an apple tree.

The festival, which is sponsored by Cinewest, a
company organizing arts and cultural activities, will
run until September 21.

——Armenia selects Iranian story for schoolbook

The Armenian Ministry of Education and Science has
chosen the Iranian story `The Little Star’ as one the
topics to be included in the literature textbook of
primary school fifth grade students.

Written by Mohammadreza Yusefi, the story has been
translated by Georg Asaturian.

The story will be read along with works by Gotthold
Ephraim Lessing, Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, and
Hans Christian Andersen.