Tehran International Book Fair is an annual international

International

----International mostly means something that involves more than one country. The term international as a word means involvement of, interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national boundaries...

 book fair held in Tehran

Tehran

Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...

, Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

. Held in a 120,000 square meter venue at Tehran's Grand Prayer Grounds, the event also provides an opportunity for publishers to discuss future cooperation. The fair also features special sections, including the House of Literati that honors prominent Iranian cultural figures from a variety of disciplines.

23rd Edition (5-15 May, 2010)

In this book fair 2000 publisher (1,100 local and 980 international) from 80 countries took part, including publishing companies from Turkey, Azerbaijan, China, Spain, France, Greece, the US, South Korea, Malaysia, Iraq, Russia and many others.

The exhibitors have put on show an estimated 200,000 books of which 170,000 are foreign titles.

See also

• Culture of Iran
  Culture of Iran
  To best understand Iran, Afghanistan, their related societies and their people, one must first attempt to acquire an understanding of their culture. It is in the study of this area where the Persian identity optimally expresses itself...
  
  
• Education in Iran
  Education in Iran
  Education in Iran is highly centralized and is divided to K-12 education and higher education. K-12 education is supervised by the Ministry of Education and higher education is under supervision of Ministry of Science and Technology....
  
  
• Iran International Exhibitions Company
  Iran International Exhibitions Company
  The Iran International Exhibitions Company oversees and operates all international and specialized exhibitions held in Iran. Site features exhibitions calendar and provides trade laws and regulations. IIEC is affiliated with the Iranian Ministry of Commerce.IIEC is located at the Tehran permanent...
  
  
• Intellectual property in Iran
  Intellectual property in Iran
  Iran is a member of the WIPO since 2001 and has acceded to several WIPO intellectual-property treaties. Iran joined the Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property in 1959. In December 2003 Iran became a party to the Madrid Agreement and the Madrid Protocol for the International...
  
  
• Iranian language

External links

• Official Website

Videos

• Tehran International Book Fair - Part I Part II Part III (PressTV documentary)
• 18th International Press Fair in Iran (PressTV 2011)