TEHRAN – Copies of “Thirty Years”, a pictorial book on the history of Iran after the Islamic Revolution in 1979, has been offered for sale at the ongoing 26th Tehran International Book Fair.
Published by the Oj Artistic Media Organization, the book contains about 1400 photos annotated with Persian-English captions. The photos were taken by over 300 photographers between 1979 and 2008.
A team of experts spent five years gathering the photos from the archives of news agencies, periodicals and personal archives of photographers.
“Photos of the Islamic Revolution, the (1980-1988) Iran-Iraq war, and the liberation of Khorramshahr are some of the events, which have been registered in the book,” Reza Taherkhani, one of the members of the policy-making council of the book, told the Persian service of Fars News Agency on Monday.
The Islamic Revolution and Sacred Defense Society made great efforts in selecting the photos, he added.
Taherkhani also said that the book depicts political, social and cultural events in Iran over the three decades and contains a collection of rarely seen photos.
The book is also available in two small and large sizes, and the photos contain short descriptions of some events.
“Thirty Years” is offered at the Sarir Publications Pavilion at the book fair with 50% discount.
The book fair is underway at Imam Khomeini Mosalla until May 11.
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