HRANA News Agency – In spite of protests staged by the Friends of Heritage and Cultural Society, three historical sites have been demolished in Yazd. The city of Yazd is known to be an important historical city in the world, only second to Venice in Italy. Yazd is also one of the largest cities build almost entirely out of adobe.
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HRANA News Agency – Mohammad Bagher Moradi, a member of Saraye Ahle Ghalam has been sentenced to 5 years of prison.
According to a report by the committee of human rights reporters, after being summoned by a telephone call to the branch 26 of the revolutionary court of Tehran, Judge Pir Abbasi has sentenced Mohammad Bagher Moradi to 5 years of prison on charge of colluding and gathering to act against the national security. Continue reading “Mohammad Bagher Moradi is sentenced to 5 years of prison”
HRANA News Agency – Turkman Music Group’s concert scheduled to be held on May 27, 2011 in Talar Andisheh Theater has been cancelled for unknown reasons.
Turkman Music Group is led by the master musician and composer Navid Mosamer originally from the city of Maragheh [in East Azerbaijan Province]. The music played by this band is a compilation of melodies whose origins can be traced to northern Khorasan, southern Azerbaijan and eastern Anatolia. Additionally, Turkman Music Group performs songs of two Iranian ethnic minorities, Qashqai and Qarapapaq.
Turkman Music Group was formed in 2006 and in recent years, has performed a wide range of diverse poems written by poets such as Mohammad Fazoli, Hakim Abulqasam Nabati, Ostad Shahriar and Younis Amare. This music band also utilizes a large number of old poems passed down orally as songs from one generation to another in Turkish regions.
