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Over 6 million people inspect 25th TIBF event
Over 6 million people inspect 25th TIBF event

Over six million people inspected the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), setting a record worldwide in terms of the number of visitors to any book fair ever recorded, Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) reported Saturday. The 25th edition of the major international event kicked off in Tehran Wednesday, May 2 and ran for 10 days. It opened doors to the public on May 3 in Imam Khomeini Mosalla (grand mosque) north of Tehran and was tackling average ...

2012-05-13 08:30
IRI minister highlights case of Persian writing at TIBF closing ceremony
IRI minister highlights case of Persian writing at TIBF closing ceremony

A closing ceremony was held Saturday for the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) where the IRI Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Sayyed Muhammad Husseini highlighted the case of Persian writing style and urged the national publishing industry for strict compliance with precise Persian writing regulations. The minister renewed a call made several days earlier by the Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei in an inspection of the landmark cultural event. In his visit to the ...

2012-05-13 08:30
TIBF event stands a positive sign of development for country – 1st VP
TIBF event stands a positive sign of development for country – 1st VP

A closing ceremony was held Saturday for the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) where the IRI First Vice President, Muhammad Reza Rahimi said the event stood a positive sign of development for the country, helping earn Iran first and tenth ranks in the Middle East and the world respectively in terms of cultural indicators. Besides the first vice president, several other senior authorities and figures joined the closing ceremony, including Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Sayyed ...

2012-05-13 08:30
TIBF event moves abreast of international developments – IRI spokesperson
TIBF event moves abreast of international developments – IRI spokesperson

Spokesperson of the IRI Foreign Ministry Ramin Mehmanparast described an ‘Islamic Awakening’ marquee in the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) as a beacon of the landmark cultural event, urging the TIBF authorities to replicate such diplomatic initiatives in any next editions. Mr. Mehmanparast was speaking to TIBF press office Friday during an inspection of the special TIBF section, dedicated to the ongoing Islamic Awakening movement in the Middle East and South African countries, otherwise erroneously called by ...

2012-05-12 08:30
Senior lawmaker urges for more efforts to cut book prices
Senior lawmaker urges for more efforts to cut book prices

Qolam-Ali Hadda Adel, head of the IRI parliamentary commission in charge of cultural affairs described the 25th edition of Tehran International Bok Fair (TIBF) as a successful effort, adding that three special exhibition marquees set up in the fairground. The lawmaker was speaking to TIBF press office Friday during an inspection of the landmark cultural event. Mr. Adel singled out tow special TIBF marquees as beacons of the major international book fair, namely ‘Yas’ and ‘Islamic Awakening.’ The former marquee ...

2012-05-12 08:30
Special facilities available for violation-free foreign publishers in 25th TIBF event
Special facilities available for violation-free foreign publishers in 25th TIBF event

Those foreign publishers who have scored a violation-free performance in the 25th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) by complying with the TIBF regulations are eligible for a major discount in pavilion rental costs, TIBF President Bahman Dorri said. The TIBF president was speaking to a press conference in the ninth day of the 10-day, major international event, according to the book fair’s press office. Mr. Dorri said the authorities would not tolerate any violations of regulations, including exhibition ...

2012-05-12 08:30
Verbal history, a favorable conduit for transfer of revolutionary merits – panel discussion told
Verbal history, a favorable conduit for transfer of revolutionary merits – panel discussion told

The 1979 Islamic Revolution and the Sacred Defense (1980-88) dominates the verbal history of the Iranian nation, a renowned Iranian author told panel discussion in the 25th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), adding that the verbal history had ample potentials in carrying of such revolutionary or wartime values. Mohsen Kazemi, an Iranian author and researcher in Iran’s contemporary history was speaking to the ‘verbal history of sacrifice and martyrdom’ panel discussion held on Tuesday evening, according to Iran Book News ...

2012-05-10 08:30
TIBF panel discussion urges Muslim publishers to follow up immediate necessities
TIBF panel discussion urges Muslim publishers to follow up immediate necessities

A panel discussion in the 25th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) urged world Muslim publishers to join hands in examining and identifying the immediate needs and demands in the field and to follow up such urgent necessities, TIBF press office reported Wednesday. Organized by the IRI-based International Union of Muslim Publishers, the panel discussion was held at the union’s pavilion in north Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla (grand mosque), the venue of the book fair and was joined by representatives of ...

2012-05-10 08:30
Friday prayers leader lauds TIBF programs for promotion of ‘Islamic Awakening’
Friday prayers leader lauds TIBF programs for promotion of ‘Islamic Awakening’

Interim leader of Tehran Friday prayers services Ayatollah Emami Kashani appreciated the authorities of the 25th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) for their measures in the landmark cultural event in promoting of the ongoing Middle Eastern and North African Islamic Awakening movement. Ayatollah Kashani made the remarks in a meeting Tuesday with the TIBF President Bahman Dorri following an inspection of the book fair in the sixth day of the 10-day major international event, the TIBF press office reported. The ...

2012-05-10 08:30
Prominent Alim lauds TIBF promotion of Hijab, memory of martyrs
Prominent Alim lauds TIBF promotion of Hijab, memory of martyrs

A prominent Iranian Alim appreciated the authorities of the 25th Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) for their measures in the landmark cultural event in promoting of Hijab (Islamic code of clothing) as well as the memory of the Iranian martyrs across the fairground. Ayatollah Morteza Moqtadayi, a delegate in the IRI Assembly of Leadership Experts was speaking with the TIBF President Bahman Dorri following an inspection of the book fair in the sixth day of the 10-day major international event, ...

2012-05-10 08:30
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