YEREVAN, FEBRUARY 4, NOYAN TAPAN. The exhibition, which opened on February 1 at the Armenian Museum of People's Art, is dedicated to the 29th anniversary of the victory of the revolution in the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI). Works by Persian painters and photographers, miniatures with natural paints are presented at the exhibition. Nearly 100 titles of fiction, children's, and educational products are also among the exhibits. Seid Ali Saghaian, the newly appointed Ambassador Exraordinary and Plenipotentiary of IRI to Armenia, Karine Khodikian, the RA Deputy Minister of Culture, other high-ranking officials, intellectuals were present at the exhibition's opening. According to Reza Atufi, the Cultural Adviser of the IRI Embassy, after the revolution Iran entered a new development stage and in all spheres, especially in the world scientific-cultural sphere, today the country is in high positions. And Seid Ali Saghaian said that the Iranian art, in particular, cinema and theater, are progressing. "I am happy that today the Iranian art is presented to Armenian art-loving society. I am also happy that I have been appoined Ambassador to a country, which is Iran's friend, where I seem to be in my homeland," the IRI Ambassador said. As K. Khodikian evaluated, the Armenian-Iranian cultural relations become more active and efficient year by year. "The Armenian people always follows the achievements of the friend country with a brotherly feelings. This exhibition is bright evidence of it," the Deputy Minister said.

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