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The International Puppet Theater festival of Tehran-Mobarak is the first international theater festival after the Islamic Revolution in 1979. Tehran-Mobarak International Puppet Festival is one of the five main theater festivals in Iran. The festival established by Dramatic arts center of Iran in 1989 and was being held as an annual festival until 1992. Since then the festival is being held every two years as a biennale. The 17th edition of the Puppet Theater festival will be held in August 2018. The Artistic Director of the festival is Marzieh Baroumand since 2014.