IRNA Islamic Republic News Agency - IranSaturday, October 27, 2007
Tehran: International Conference to commemorate the 800th birthday anniversary of Persian renowned Poet Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi kicks off here Sunday.
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad-Hossein Saffar-Harandi will deliver speeches in the inauguration ceremony.
After the opening ceremony, the 2-day meeting will start its work in seven specialized sessions.
The participants will continue their work in Tabriz, capital of Eastern Azerbaijan province, for another 2 days and on the final day, the attendants will move to Khoy city, 165 kilometers west of Tabriz, for groundbreaking ceremony of the construction of a building on the grave of Shams-e-Tabrizi, mentor of Rumi.
Majlis Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad-Adel is the Secretary General of the International Conference.
450 articles from 29 countries have reached the Conference secretariat.
Bells in all schools around the country will toll on Sunday to commemorate Rumi.
[Picture: Sun Path diagram of the city of Khoy. Image from http://www.gaisma.com/en/].
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