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An Iranian woman walks past a mural on a street in the northwest of the capital Tehran, on October 19, 2015. (AFP PHOTO / ATTA KENARE)
by Amir Taheri | Oct 28, 2015 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Last month, tens of thousands gathered in Tabriz, capital of East Azerbaijan province, to bid farewell to a man described as “perhaps the greatest Ashik of his generation.” The funeral of Rasoul Ghorbani, who died in late September aged 80,...
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File photo of Hassan Rouhani. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 10, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—President Hassan Rouhani has promised to promote artistic freedom in Iran during a meeting with a group of prominent Iranian artists in Tehran on Wednesday. During the meeting, Rouhani said that unlike previous Iranian administrations, his...
