payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news News about Iran and Iranians delivered by payvand.com en-US Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:59:01 EST Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:59:01 EST http://www.payvand.com/payvand-1995-2021.html It has been a pleasure to serve you since 1995. This has been a wonderful and rewarding journey. We started payvand.com to be a reliable source of information on Iran. During the last 25+ years we have learned so much...But it is now time for us to move on and let others continue the journey... payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/payvand-1995-2021.html Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:59:01 EST http://www.payvand.com/news/21/dec/1003.html Iran's judiciary has granted Christian prisoners 10 days' leave to spend the holidays at home with their families, in a rare move toward members of the Islamic republic's Christian minority. ";The decision is to mark the New Year 2022 and the anniversary of the birth of Jesus Christ,"; the judiciary's Mizan Online website said on December 26. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/21/dec/1003.html Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:59:01 EST http://www.payvand.com/news/21/dec/1001.html Maryam Esfandi has been selected as the winner of the Grand Prize of Iran Contemporary Painting in the first edition. She received the prize, which has been launched by the Association of Iranian Painters, during a ceremony held at the Iranian Artists Forum on December 10. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/21/dec/1001.html Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:59:01 EST http://www.payvand.com/news/21/dec/1002.html New Zealand dramatist Eric Bradwell's play ";There Is No Return"; on the aftermath of wars is being performed in the form of a stage reading at the Javanmard Hall of the Iranian Theater Forum. The story of the play is about the Forrester family, who assume they have lost their eldest son in the war... payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/21/dec/1002.html Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:59:01 EST http://www.payvand.com/news/21/dec/1000.html Iranian movies ";Makeup Artist"; and ";Water, Wind, Dust, Bread"; have been honored at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA). ";Makeup Artist"; by Jafar Najafi won the FIPRESCI Award. ";Water, Wind, Dust, Bread"; by Mehdi Zamanpur Kiasari received a special mention in the IDFA Competition for Youth Documentary. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/21/dec/1000.html Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:59:01 EST http://www.payvand.com/news/21/nov/1000.html The Persian leopard project has been chosen as the winner of the International Facilitation Impact Award (FIA), Arezoo Sane'ei, head of the Persian Leopard Research center, has said. The Persian leopard project from Iran was introduced as the winner of the first level award (Platinum) in terms of the effectiveness of executive methods in terms of quantity and quality and innovation in planning and designing actions with the appropriate benefit of the group process facilitation approach, according to Sane'ei. payvand.com http://www.payvand.com/news/21/nov/1000.html Fri, 31 Dec 2021 17:59:01 EST