Tehran International Puppet Theatre Festival
Tehran International Puppet Theatre Festival (est.1989) or Mobarak International Puppet Theater Festival occurs in Tehran, Iran, about every two years. It features puppetry acts from around the world. Event organizers include Rahmatollah Mehrabi and Ardeshir Salehpour.
Among the participants:Dolls Theatre, Kolkata, India
Yase-e-Tamam, Tehran
State Puppet Theatre Varna, Bulgaria
Puppetmongers, Canada
Marionettentheater Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna, Austria
Magisch Theatertje, Netherlands
Belarusian Theatre Lialka, Belarus
Strangeface Theatre Co., Kent, England
Strings Attached Puppet Theatre, Germany
Cengiz Özek Shadow Theater, Turkey
State Hand Shadow Theater, Georgia
Poppentheater De Trekwagen, Netherlands

== External links ==
Library of Congress. Poster for 10th festival. Tehran : Iranian Center for Dramatic Arts, 2004.
YouTube. Video of puppet and audience outside Tehran City Theater, Tehran, 2010.
== Further reading ==
Abbas Marouffi, ed. (1989). First International Puppet Theatre Festival. Tehran: Centre of Dramatic Arts.
Mehr News Agency (July 28, 2010). Mobarak Intl. Puppet Theater Festival wraps up. MehrNews.com. Retrieved June 28, 2012.