A 120-strong Iraqi delegation arrived in Tehran to inspect the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) underway in the compound of Imam Khomeini Mosalla (grand mosque) north of Tehran .   The delegation was made up of college deans, university professors and members of parliament, according to the book fair's press office.   Ebtesam al-Madani, Dean of Kufa College told the press office on the sidelines of the inspection that Iran had always been on the vanguard ...

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A 120-strong delegation from Iraq inspected the 24 th Tehran International Book Fair on May 5 Thursday, the second day of the landmark cultural event.   The delegation was made up of Iraqi instructors, university professors, seminarian researchers, and staffs of Iraqi research centers, according to the book fair's press office.   Sheikh-el-Islami an aide to Iranian parliament speaker told the press office that the members of the academic delegation, mainly specialized in history, sociology and anthropology, had visited Tehran ...

2011-05-07 08:30

IRI Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Sayyed Muhammad Husseini urged Qatar University follow example of other Arab universities in establishing an Iran Chamber besides its already-established course in Persian Language.   The Iranian minister made the call during a meeting with a visiting Chief Executive of Doha Book Fair on the sidelines of the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), TIBF press office reported Thursday.   Husseini was invited by the Qatari side to visit an ...

2011-05-07 08:30

24 th Tehran International Book Fair was hosting several dignitaries in the second day of the landmark cultural event.   Missions from foreign embassies in Tehran were among the dignitaries who toured different halls of the book fair and browsed titles on stalls, according to the book fair's press office.   Ibrahim Jafari, former premier of post-dictatorship Iraq , was another dignitary who upon an inspection of the international section of the book fair expressed delight that the section was ...

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The 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair hosts has been hosting 10 different friendship groups who are available in the hall of foreign publishers, the book fair's pres office reported on Thursday.   The friendship groups represent countries from the four corners of the world, namely Australia, Italy, New Zealand, Brazil, Nigeria, Serbia, Vietnam, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Sierra Leon, all having taken a space in the international section of the landmark Tehran event.   The friendship associations, ...

2011-05-07 08:30

French publishers have put up to 400 titles on their stalls in France pavilion located in the hall of foreign publishers in the compound of the 24 th Tehran International Book Fair in Imam Khomeini Mosalla (grand mosque) north of Tehran .   Negin Negahban, curator of France pavilion told the book fair's press office Thursday that the titles on offer in the pavilion were only for show purposes and that would-be applicants shall register a book sales order and ...

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A senior Xhinese cultural official described public welcome accorded to the 24 th TIBF event as exceptional and peerless.   Deputy Chinese Director of General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP), Yu Shu Lin, who is currently in Tehran heading a delegation to visit the landmark cultural event, was speaking to the book fair's press office.   Yu Shu Lin said he was delighted at his visit to the book fair and vowed to dispatch a delegation for every next ...

2011-05-07 08:30

The 24 th edition of the Tehran International Book Fair has been accorded a rare welcome from other countries with up to 500 foreign guests joining the major cultural event.   The foreign guests would be at hand at the international section and enliven the already shining international aspect of the book event, according to the book fair's press office.   67 nations have put their titles on stalls in the 24 th TIBF event with 37 countries having set ...

2011-05-04 08:30

A World Book Corner  for book sales as a traditional section of the Tehran International Book Fair has usually been paid an enthusiastic welcome in every edition by publishers from home and abroad.   The World Center hall in the 24 th edition of the landmark cultural event has opened in an area of 1,200 square meters with 44 pavilions inside where Iranian publishers will market their publications, Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) reported Tuesday.   67 nations have put ...

2011-05-04 08:30

TIBF chief executive described President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as a brave, committed, and untiring man who is devoted to the doctrine of Wilaya-te Faqih.   Bahman Dorri also said that the president exercises a kind of relationship with the Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei unfathomable by the customary political relations of the world today .   He was commenting on the recent false propaganda by mainstream western media that the president had suffered a schism with the I.R. Leader.   ...

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