Mohammad Taqi Khademi, deputy of the national Foundation for Protection of Values and Works of the Sacred Defense (1980-88) has made the remarks during an inspection of the 23^rd Tehran Book Fair in an interview with the book fair's press office.

 

The military-cultural official said the 23^rd edition of Tehran Book Fair was conspicuously expanded by a sizeable degree, adding however that a fresh, vaster venue was inevitable for the cultural event as space constraints loomed large over the major festival.

 

Khademi described the book fair as a major venue for putting the existing publications in the eyes of a would-be audience. He reckoned that the book fair has limited the possibility that a certain publication becomes overseen by its target audience, adding that the foundation has found it helpful to use the major event to promote a culture of sacrifice and martyrdom in society.

 

Khademi went on to say that on account of poor quality, sacred-defense-related proved lackluster and failed to attract due attention, however in the past two years, the luster began to restore after the above-named twin bestsellers got their debut publication.

 

"One would get a more attractive outcome once a job is assigned to professionals," he opined, elaborating by saying that a military commander might hold attractive wartime memoirs however they might prove much more impressive once they are penned by a professional author rather than the commander himself.

 

In another regard, Khademi termed it a worthy cause for Iranian translation circles to take on such publications.