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Wed, 02/17/2010 - 15:57
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Iran to verify identity of national luminaries
TEHRAN, Feb. 17 (MNA) -- Iran plans to take preventive action against countries allegedly trying to appropriate Iranian luminaries.
The Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) has been assigned to provide the measures, CHTHO Director Hamid Baqaii said on Monday.
The establishment of world prizes in the names of prominent Iranian poets, philosophers, and scientists including Avicenna in the field of medical science, and Khwarizmi and Ghiyath ad-Din Jamshid Masud Kashani in the field of mathematics, is one of the actions, he said.
The CHTHO also plans to pay tribute to Iranian luminaries by organizing international conferences in their names.
In addition, the CHTHO plans to set up a museum for these personalities.
Baqaii, who is also a vice president, asked the media to help the CHTHO in that mission. However, he accused some of Iranian media of working unintentionally or even intentionally against the national interests.
He made no reference to the name of a specific media outlet in his remarks but added, “Unfortunately, some of our media regard every issue as political, attacking national interests by criticizing CHTHO’s actions. Such an orientation causes some countries to seek the appropriation of our luminaries.”
The Iranian government’s concern about the alleged foreign misuse of Persian luminaries began in 2007 when UNESCO celebrated the 800th birthday anniversary of Persian mystic and poet Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273) at the request of Afghanistan, Egypt, and Turkey.
Avicenna, Farabi and several other Iranian luminaries have been referred to as Arabian or Central Asian scientists in some Western and Arabian texts over the past few years.
The Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts Organization (CHTHO) has been assigned to provide the measures, CHTHO Director Hamid Baqaii said on Monday.
The establishment of world prizes in the names of prominent Iranian poets, philosophers, and scientists including Avicenna in the field of medical science, and Khwarizmi and Ghiyath ad-Din Jamshid Masud Kashani in the field of mathematics, is one of the actions, he said.
The CHTHO also plans to pay tribute to Iranian luminaries by organizing international conferences in their names.
In addition, the CHTHO plans to set up a museum for these personalities.
Baqaii, who is also a vice president, asked the media to help the CHTHO in that mission. However, he accused some of Iranian media of working unintentionally or even intentionally against the national interests.
He made no reference to the name of a specific media outlet in his remarks but added, “Unfortunately, some of our media regard every issue as political, attacking national interests by criticizing CHTHO’s actions. Such an orientation causes some countries to seek the appropriation of our luminaries.”
The Iranian government’s concern about the alleged foreign misuse of Persian luminaries began in 2007 when UNESCO celebrated the 800th birthday anniversary of Persian mystic and poet Molana Jalal ad-Din Rumi (1207-1273) at the request of Afghanistan, Egypt, and Turkey.
Avicenna, Farabi and several other Iranian luminaries have been referred to as Arabian or Central Asian scientists in some Western and Arabian texts over the past few years.
