TEHRAN -- The director of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature and former chairman of the Majlis, Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel has said it is not clear whether children will be revolutionary like their fathers.
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the second branch of Toranjestan Behesht, a store for books and cultural products on Tehran’s Sharaiti Street on Wednesday evening, he said, “The revolution is approaching its fortieth anniversary and the generation that started the revolution is being succeeded gradually by next generation.”
“And we all ask if the revolution – with all the aims that it pursued – will be preserved by this generation,” he added.
“We cannot be sure that the children will be revolutionary for the reason that their fathers were revolutionary,” he stated.
“Even in our families, our children do not have the same image that we have from the revolution,” he lamented.
Haddad-Adel said, “The enemy with all in its power is in the field to banish the new generation from the revolution.”
He added that educating the new generation about the revolution could thwart the enemy’s plan.
“Thus, providing cultural products for this generation is an important task,” he noted.
Toranjestan Behesht was established in 2012 by Soroush Publications, which is affiliated with the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, to replace the company’s former bookstores.
The first branch of Toranjestan Behesht is located on Enqelab Ave. near the University of Tehran.
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