Persian Language Department Inaugurated At Lebanese University

Beirut, Nov 1, IRNA – The Persian Language and Literature Department was inaugurated Wednesday at the Lebanese University in a ceremony attended by Iran’s Ambassador to that country Ghazangar Roknabadi. Addressing the ceremony, Roknabadi referred to the Lebanese University as one of the most prestigious scientific and cultural bodies of Lebanon. He said inauguration of the Persian Language and Literature Department would provide a chance for those Lebanese students who were interested in learning Persian Language and it would help promotion of bilateral cultural relations between the two countries. The ambassador said in addition to having commonalities in culture and civilization, Tehran and Beirut shared also a joint enemy, the Zionist regime, which was pursuing its aggressive and occupying policies in the region. Iran and Lebanon would confront this joint enemy too, Roknabadi stressed. Meanwhile, President of the Lebanese University Adnan Hussein voiced his full support for the Persian Language and Literature Department. He said that Persian Language was one of the optional courses in the curriculum of the university’s Faculty of Literature and Human Sciences sine 1970s./end