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Iranian, Slovenian national libraries sign MOU

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TEHRAN – A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) and the National and University Library of Slovenia (NUK).

 

The MOU inked in Ljubljana during a meeting between NLAI Director Seyyed Reza Salehi-Amiri and NUK Director Martina Roznam Salobir, IRNA reported on Saturday.

 

Based on the MOU, the libraries are scheduled to organize mutual workshops, seminars, educational courses and book fairs.

 

 

Comments on Mehdi Akhavan-Saless published in book

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TEHRAN- Interviews on Mehdi Akhavan-Saless, a pioneer of blank verse in Persian literature, has recently been published in a book by Negah Publications in Tehran.

 

Entitled “Horizons and the Mysteries of the Single Pearl,” the book contains a collection of interviews, outlooks and commentaries on Akhavan-Saless (1929-1990), who was also a musicologist.

 

Poet Simin Behbahani, painter Iran Dorudi, filmmaker Masud Kimiai, and writers Reza Baraheni and Ehsan Naragi are among those 30 Iranian figures interviewed by Mehdi Mozafari Savoji for the book. 

 

 

Fajr festival an opportunity to introduce Iranian music: culture minister

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TEHRAN – Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati has said that the Fajr International Music Festival provides an opportunity to introduce rich Iranian music to other nations.

 

In a message sent to the organizers of the festival on Sunday, Jannati said that such events can be a benchmark for annual efforts made by artists who try to promote Iranian arts and culture. 

 

Every year musicians from four corners of the globe come together at the festival that Iran organizes annually during February to celebrate the anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution.  

 

This year, in addition to many local Iranian musicians, ten groups from across the world will participate in the festival, which will be held in Tehran from February 13 to 20.

 

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