Press Exhibition to open in Tehran on Friday

The event, which is to host 940 media outlets in 600 pavilions, will be officially inaugurated on Saturday in a ceremony with the cultural and artistic officials in attendance.

'Some 100 monthly journals, 54 weekly journals, 52 quarterlies, over 115 online media outlets, 70 local and provincial media outlets and over 60 newspapers and press institutes are participating in the event,' Deputy head of the exhibition Mehran Abbasi-Anaraki told IRNA on Thursday

In addition, over 80 political and economic as well as 80 cultural and artistic media outlets are also present in the event, he said.

Four photo displays including the Photo Exhibition ‘Hello Iran’ featuring 70 selected photos focusing on public presence in the major events over the past year will also be held on the sidelines of the Press Exhibitions, he said, noting that IRNA-Xinhua Photo Exhibition themed ‘Silk Road’ displaying selected photos of the two media outlets is another exhibit, among the others.

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