TEHRAN -- UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova has agreed to assign a team of experts to study Iran’s proposal for the organization to establish an international literary awards under the name of the Persian poet Ferdowsi.
The agreement was made during the recent visit Bokova made to Iran, National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) Director Reza Salehi-Amiri told the Persian service of MNA on Saturday.
The proposal was made by the NLAI in 2009. However, UNESCO refused to approve it due to a claim by another country.
In case of approval, the awards will be presented to several world Iranologists who have authored great literary works on Persian culture and literature.
Irina Bokova arrived in Tehran on April 28. She met Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and opened an exhibition of a collection of historical maps in Tehran.
She also visited a number of Iranian historical sites registered on UNESCO’s World Heritage List in several Iranian provinces of Kerman, Isfahan and Fars.
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