IRI Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Sayyed Muhammad Husseini reckoned that the Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) runs shoulder to shoulder with its landmark peers worldwide as regards several aspects, including the vast scope of audience.   The Iranian culture minister told an inaugural ceremony of the 24 th TIBF event that per capital time of study and per capita consumption of cultural commodities are two key indicators of cultural development worldwide for the purpose of which the book ...

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Bahman Dorri, Chief Executive of the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair called the fair the national cultural rendezvous and hoped the landmark book fair would become the largest cultural event the world over, TIBF press office reported.   The chief executive was speaking to an inaugural ceremony for the 24 th book fair where he also described the fair as the largest ever cultural exercise nationwide.   Also deputy minister of culture, Dorri said the book fair ...

2011-05-08 08:30

A senior former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) called for promotion of the legacy of the Iranian Sacred Defense, the eight-year period of defense (1980-88) put up by the Iranian force against the western backed army of the executed dictator of Iraq , Saddam Hussein.   Mohsen Reza'i, the then IRGC commander general made the remarks in an interview with Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) during an inspection to the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book ...

2011-05-07 08:30

A group of Lebanese publishers currently on a visit to Tehran for the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) urged Thursday for translating and presentation of major Persian titles in vast numbers.   The Lebanese publishers made the call in a meeting with Bahman Dorri, Chief Executive of the landmark cultural event.   The Lebanese publishers acknowledged their adherence to the doctrine of Wilaya-te Faqih, the rule of a wise, devout jurisprudent, and said they advocate the ...

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A 120-strong Iraqi delegation arrived in Tehran to inspect the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) underway in the compound of Imam Khomeini Mosalla (grand mosque) north of Tehran .   The delegation was made up of college deans, university professors and members of parliament, according to the book fair's press office.   Ebtesam al-Madani, Dean of Kufa College told the press office on the sidelines of the inspection that Iran had always been on the vanguard ...

2011-05-07 08:30

A 120-strong delegation from Iraq inspected the 24 th Tehran International Book Fair on May 5 Thursday, the second day of the landmark cultural event.   The delegation was made up of Iraqi instructors, university professors, seminarian researchers, and staffs of Iraqi research centers, according to the book fair's press office.   Sheikh-el-Islami an aide to Iranian parliament speaker told the press office that the members of the academic delegation, mainly specialized in history, sociology and anthropology, had visited Tehran ...

2011-05-07 08:30

IRI Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Sayyed Muhammad Husseini urged Qatar University follow example of other Arab universities in establishing an Iran Chamber besides its already-established course in Persian Language.   The Iranian minister made the call during a meeting with a visiting Chief Executive of Doha Book Fair on the sidelines of the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), TIBF press office reported Thursday.   Husseini was invited by the Qatari side to visit an ...

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24 th Tehran International Book Fair was hosting several dignitaries in the second day of the landmark cultural event.   Missions from foreign embassies in Tehran were among the dignitaries who toured different halls of the book fair and browsed titles on stalls, according to the book fair's press office.   Ibrahim Jafari, former premier of post-dictatorship Iraq , was another dignitary who upon an inspection of the international section of the book fair expressed delight that the section was ...

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The 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair hosts has been hosting 10 different friendship groups who are available in the hall of foreign publishers, the book fair's pres office reported on Thursday.   The friendship groups represent countries from the four corners of the world, namely Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Brazil, Nigeria, Serbia, Vietnam, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Sierra Leon, all having taken a space in the international section of the landmark Tehran event.   The friendship associations, ...

2011-05-07 08:30

French publishers have put up to 400 titles on their stalls in France pavilion located in the hall of foreign publishers in the compound of the 24 th Tehran International Book Fair in Imam Khomeini Mosalla (grand mosque) north of Tehran .   Negin Negahban, curator of France pavilion told the book fair's press office Thursday that the titles on offer in the pavilion were only for show purposes and that would-be applicants shall register a book sales order and ...

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