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Rezazadeh was crowned the strongest man in the world Tuesday, taking home the superheavyweight gold by equalling the heaviest lift in 80 years of Olympic weighlifting history with a massive 260kg.
••• ART Renowned Calligrapher Passes Away Renowned Iranian calligrapher Hussein Tehrani succumbed to a cerebral arrest and passed away (Sept 1 ).
The works of this loyal artist will remain everlasting in the art history of the Islamic Iran.
Tehrani, who died at the age of 40, was born in the Iranian calendar year of 1339 (1960) in Tehran.
• •• Celebrated Contemporary Poet Dies Ahmad Shamlou, Iran's most celebrated contemporary poet, died (July 24) at the age of75 after a long period ofillness, !RNA.
••• "Maritime Film Festival" to Launch in Iran in 2001 The Middle East's First "International Marine Film Festival" will be held March 14-19 next year on the Iranian Island of Kish, its organizer and Film Director Kioumars Deram-Baksh said (Oct 19).