IRANIAN EXPERTS CONDUCT EXTRA FARSI LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE CLASSES FOR ARMENIAN STUDENTS

Armenpress
Mar 15 2006

YEREVAN, MARCH 15, ARMENPRESS: Reza Atoufi, an aide to Iranian
ambassador in Armenia on cultural issues, told today in Yerevan that
educational and scientific contacts between Armenians and Iranians
were a strong impetus for further consolidation of friendship between
the two neighbor nations.

He was speaking at a special ceremony that was organized to mark
the end of a two-week long additional Farsi language and Iranian
literature course for students of Yerevan state university majoring in
Eastern Studies. The course was conducted by two professors invited
from Iran-Zamila Azamia, an expert in literature and linguist Zohre
Zarshenas.

Garnik Asatrian, dean of Iranian Studies department, said contacts
between Armenians students and Iranian specialists were very important
in terms of obtaining knowledge from native speakers and experts. The
ceremony ended with Iranian poetry recital.