30,000 editions of foreign publications sold to subsidized cards

At least 36,000 subsidy-boosted sales cards have been distributed among visitors to the 23^rd Tehran International Book Fair by which up to 30,000 editions of foreign publications have so far been purchased in the first three days of the major cultural event (May 5-7), according to a director of Saderat Bank, in charge of sales affairs in the 23^rd edition.