TEHRAN -- Afghanistan’s National Archives plans to give digital copies of a large number of historical documents about Iran and an enormous collection of rare manuscripts to Iran in the near future.
The plan was announced on Monday during a press conference attended by Iran National Library and Archives (INLA) Director Es’haq Salahi and Afghanistan’s National Archive Director Sakhi Muneer at the 21st International Holy Quran Exhibition, which is currently underway at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla.
Afghanistan’s National Archive holds over 7000 manuscripts on Iran, no version of which are found in Iran, Salahi said.
Based on an agreement previously signed between Iran and Afghanistan, the manuscripts will be digitalized in order to transfer them to Iran.
In addition, the digital copies of a collection of 13,000 historical documents about Iran, which are kept in Afghanistan’s National Archive, will be given to Iran based on the agreement.
Muneer expressed his happiness over visiting the exhibit, which he believed was one of the most beautiful ones he has ever seen.
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