"The
accomplishment of the objectives and goals of the Islamic Revolution in culture
requires special attention to the cultural dimension of development and the emphasis
of Imam Khomeini, the Supreme Leader and all the presidents of the Islamic
Republic of Iran, was to interact the development with religious beliefs and
cultural values.” The management development and resources deputy of the
Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, said at the farewell and introduction
ceremony of the previous and new heads of the foundation in Mashhad.
Ali Asghar
Karandish added: "A homogeneous society is one in which there is a great
deal of cultural diversity and one should pay attention to produce the precise
content more than the outward form in order to meet the expectations of the society.
He said:
"It is important to pay more attention to translate and send our cultural
works abroad and to bring more countries into the field of Razavi cultural
activities by means of having the people take an active part in it and
increasing their awareness.
Referring to
the expansion of cyberspace, he said, "Cyberspace cannot be easily
confined, and therefore, the way of getting into it is content production. It
is obvious how indispensable it is to get good quality content produced and
publish on time, by planning the production process, be sure to build in a way
to establish goals for each piece of content.
Director of
Culture and Islamic Guidance of Khorasan Razavi also said: Imam Reza
International Foundation has been doing significant activities during Imam Reza
International Festival for Culture and Arts.
Sayed Saeed
Sarabi expressed his hope that during the new director’s responsibility of the
Imam Reza International Foundation for Culture and Arts, the festival will move
with a great leap forward.
The Islamic communications
and advertising deputy of Astan Quds Razavi, Hojatoleslam Seyyed Jalal Hosseini
also said at the ceremony: "The new approach of Astan Quds Razavi in
recent times has aimed to develop the international field to achieve the
cultural breakthrough and to transfer culture from marginal attention to a
driving element of development, and Astan Quds Razavi, more than ever, extend
the hands of cooperation to relevant institutions and organizations and hope It
is possible to start a new phase of co-operation with the new CEO of Imam Reza
Foundation.
During the
ceremony, the services of Akbar Shaykh, the previous director of the
International Imam Reza Foundation was highly appreciated, and Mahmoud Reza Brazash
was introduced as the new CEO of the Foundation.