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  • TEHRAN –(Iranart)-Colleagues, friends, family members and fans attended Yadollah Samadi’s funeral in front of the House of Cinema on Saturday. The director and screenwriter was most famous for his epic TV series Desire to Fly on war hero Abbas Babai. Born in Maragheh, Samadi began his career in cinema as an assistant director in movies such as Hossein Zandbaf’s 1981 spy thriller “Hand of Satan” and Habib Kavosh’s 1983 thriller “Dadshah”. Shortly after, he made his debut with “The Man Who Knew Too Much” about a man who misused the power of a fortuneteller to accumulate considerable wealth for himself. His next movie, “The Bus”, about a clash between two groups in a western Iranian village, received great acclaim. Also among his credits were the comedy drama “Apartment No. 13” starring Alireza Khamseh and “Two People and a Half”. He died of heart failure at a Shiraz hospital on Tuesday. He was 66.

  • TEHRAN.(Iranart) – A charity exhibition is underway to raise funds for the quake victims in Kermanshah province. The event in the Hadish Building has been organized by Mojdeh and Iranshahr galleries, as well as a number of visual artists. So far it raised over $40,000 for the victims of November 11 quake that killed over 430 people and injured thousands more.

  • TEHRAN.(Iranart) - To mark the International Day of Peace, the 5th Art for Peace Festival will be held at the Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) in Tehran, September 12-21.

  • Iranian architect Leila Araghian won the UAE’s prestigious “Aga Khan” Award for her unique design of Tabiat Pedestrian Bridge.

  • A center offering art and cultural products from Iran opened in the Chinese capital of Beijing on Monday.