TEHRAN INTERNATIONAL BOOK FAIR UNDERWAY: NUMBER OF INTERESTED IN THE ARMENIAN PAVILION UNPRECEDENTED

Panorama.am
12/05/2010

Tehran International Book Fair got underway May 5 and is due by May
15. Over 2000 Iranian and around 1700 foreign publishers participate in
the fair. The number of visitors has surpassed 4 million, information
department of Armenian Foreign Ministry reported.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani attended the official opening
ceremony of the 23rd Tehran International Book Fair May 5.

The number of visitors and those interested in the Armenian pavilion,
established at the initiative of the Armenian Embassy in Iran and in
association with the Armenian Culture Ministry, proves unprecedented.

Particularly great is the interest in the spheres of Armenian tourism
and higher education. Foreign visitors are mostly show interest in
the Armenian Genocide.