Vertoning van het stille meesterwerk Grass (1925) met live muziek van Peyman Yazdanian. Grass, een van de canonieke hoogtepunten uit het tijdperk van de stomme film van het regisseursduo Merian C. Cooper en Ernest B. Schoedsack — tegenwoordig vooral bekend van hun iconische cultfilm King Kong uit het vroege geluidstijdperk — is
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The Persian Dutch Network is pleased to announce that, for the first time, it has published the complete score of the Special Anthem for the 2,500th Anniversary of the Founding of the Persian Empire. Composed in 1971, the autograph score, with its defaced title page, was recently rescued from an
Mahsa Vahdat behoort tot de meest gewaardeerde vocalisten uit Iran. Haar stem draagt de rijke traditie van Perzische klassieke muziek, maar reikt ver daarbuiten: ze werkte onder anderen met het Kronos Quartet, Amsterdam Sinfonietta en Pacific Symphony. Nu treedt ze op met meesterpianist Tord Gustavsen, die met zijn subtiele pianospel
DUTCH VERSION BELOW ENGLISH The Persian Dutch Network expresses serious concern regarding the Dutch national television program Nieuwsuur, aired on 19 April 2026, titled “Iranians are being threatened from all sides”. Since the outbreak of large-scale anti-government protests in Iran in late December 2025, Nieuwsuur has demonstrated a consistently biased approach in its
Amsterdam, 1 March 2026 (PDN) — Less than 24 hours after the death of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a large crowd from the Persian-Dutch community gathered in Dam Square to celebrate the death of the 86-year-old dictator in their homeland.
Following the massive demonstrations in Iran against the Islamic regime, the Persian-Dutch community organised two demonstrations in The Hague over the weekend. The majority of protesters supported Prince Reza Pahlavi as the leader of the current movement in their homeland. The community feels deeply frustrated, particularly after reports revealed that