TEHRAN -- The Iran National Library and Archives (INLA) is playing host to an exhibition of documents on the Iranian Constitutional Movement.
The Iranian Constitutional Movement took place between 1905 and 1911 and led to the establishment of a parliament in Iran.
Entitled “Dawn of Awakening”, over 300 articles with the central theme of the movement including articles on the social issues of those days and revealing the roles of women and the leaders in the movement, are on display at the exhibit, Persian news agencies reported on Wednesday.
Articles on the biography of Ayatollah Sheikh Fazlollah Nuri, one of the leaders of the movement as well as his books, are also being exhibited.
In addition, Ayatollah Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani and Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad Tabatabaii were the other leaders of the movement.
Also on display is the book “Dawn of Awakening”, which contains first pages of the periodicals published during those years and active at that time.
The exhibit will be running until August 13 at the library located on Haqqani Highway.
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