TEHRAN -- The 26th Tehran International Book Fair concluded during a ceremony at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla on Saturday.
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini and a number of cultural officials attended the event.
Following a brief speech delivered by the culture minister, the best publishers of the year in various categories were announced during the ceremony.
The Organization for Researching and Composing University Textbooks in the Humanities (SAMT) was selected as the best publisher of the year in the public sector and Sokhan Publications was proclaimed the best publisher of the year in the private sector.
In addition, Qadyani Publications was named the best publisher of children’s books in the private sector and the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) was awarded as the best publisher of children’s books in the public sector.
A total of 77 publishers from different countries, including Britain, U.S., Germany, India, Syria, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon, attended the fair this year.
Over 90 publishing companies attended the World Book Market, a section which was established to boost cooperation between Iranian and foreign publishers this year.
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