IRI Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has formulated a draft bill on protection of intellectual property rights, titled "the Comprehensive Bill on Literary and Intellectual Property and Relevant Rights," according to a senior official with the ministry who added that the bill conformed to latest modifications to copyright laws at home and abroad.   Ahmad-Ali Mohsenzada, director general of the ministry's legal affairs department was speaking to a panel discussion on intellectual property, staged on Saturday in the ...

2011-05-09 08:30

  IRI Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has decided to grant supportive facilities to any publishers which promote decency and hijab in society, the minister told the press office of the 24 th Tehran International Book Fair.   Sayyed Muhammad Husseini said the chastity-oriented measure had come in line with the motto of the 24 th edition of the book fair, namely "promotion of religious knowledge and cultural insight," adding the ministry will grant supports to any such works ...

2011-05-09 08:30

Up to 110,000 electronic voucher cards have been issued and are up for grab for university students in the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair, a banking official told the book fair's press office.   Saderat Bank, the bank in charge of the voucher card scheme, serves university students in the fairground through 16 branches and 36 Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs), Mr. Qamari, an expert with the bank told the press office.   Also up to 3,000 dial-up ...

2011-05-09 08:30

  Memoirs of Iranian war veterans have rubbed out all comers in the 24th edition of Tehran International Book Fair, according to a report by the book fair's press office.   The memoirs recount the moments of bravery and sacrifice of the Iranian forces during the eight-year robust defense they put up against the western backed invading forces of the executed, former dictator of Iraq, Saddam Hussein in the 80s (1980-88).   Several titles embodying such memoirs have racked in ...

2011-05-09 08:30

IRI Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, Sayyed Muhammad Husseini reckoned that the Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) runs shoulder to shoulder with its landmark peers worldwide as regards several aspects, including the vast scope of audience.   The Iranian culture minister told an inaugural ceremony of the 24 th TIBF event that per capital time of study and per capita consumption of cultural commodities are two key indicators of cultural development worldwide for the purpose of which the book ...

2011-05-08 08:30

Bahman Dorri, Chief Executive of the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair called the fair the national cultural rendezvous and hoped the landmark book fair would become the largest cultural event the world over, TIBF press office reported.   The chief executive was speaking to an inaugural ceremony for the 24 th book fair where he also described the fair as the largest ever cultural exercise nationwide.   Also deputy minister of culture, Dorri said the book fair ...

2011-05-08 08:30

A senior former commander of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) called for promotion of the legacy of the Iranian Sacred Defense, the eight-year period of defense (1980-88) put up by the Iranian force against the western backed army of the executed dictator of Iraq , Saddam Hussein.   Mohsen Reza'i, the then IRGC commander general made the remarks in an interview with Iran Book News Agency (IBNA) during an inspection to the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book ...

2011-05-07 08:30

A group of Lebanese publishers currently on a visit to Tehran for the 24 th edition of Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF) urged Thursday for translating and presentation of major Persian titles in vast numbers.   The Lebanese publishers made the call in a meeting with Bahman Dorri, Chief Executive of the landmark cultural event.   The Lebanese publishers acknowledged their adherence to the doctrine of Wilaya-te Faqih, the rule of a wise, devout jurisprudent, and said they advocate the ...

2011-05-07 08:30

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 ...

2011-05-07 08:30

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