Data: Cinemas Proliferate Under Raisi

Date: 05 August 2023 - 21:43

News ID: ۱۱۷۹۰۵

TEHRAN – The number of cinemas in Iran has increased by 30 percent during the government of President Ebrahim Raisi, according to statistics cited by IRNA.
At the end of Iran’s previous government in 2021, there were 277 multiplex cinemas with 541 cinemas in Iran, the news agency said Saturday.
The figure reached 352 multiplexes consisting of 710 cinemas by the end of July 2023.
The Raisi administration targets to increase the number of cinemas to 1,000 at the end of its tenure in 2025.
In total, during the first two years of the government (2021-2023), 98 films were screened in Iran’s cinemas, over 1.2 million shows.
During this time, the total number of moviegoers accounted for more than 30.4 million