Intˈl Confab On Iranian Civilization Held In Italy

Rome, Feb 26, IRNA – An International Conference on Iranian civilization: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow was held at Sciences University of Rome Monday in presence of cultural and political personalities, as well as Iranologists. According to IRNA, the two-day conference was held in the presence of 30 prominent Iranian and Italian Iranologists at the Italian capital cityˈs Sapienza University. The President of Sapienza University Professor Luigi Ferretti expressing delight for hosting the international cultural event presented a report on Ornithologist and Iranologists studies in Italy. He also emphasized the great significance of the Iranology branch research works in the greater Ornithologist studies, expressing hope that new connection ways among the Italian Orientology centers and Iran would be opened. The Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Italy, Seyyed Mohammad-Ali Hosseini, too, at the two-day conference referred to Iran and Italy as the cradles of the most ancient human civilizations on the earth, arguing, ˈIran and Italy have always played noticeable roles as two cradles of culture and civilization in the Middle East and the Mediterranean regionsˈ cultural blossoming. He added, ˈNaturally, the two Iranian and Italian nations with such historical backgrounds have had broad potentials for expansion of ties and interactions.ˈ Hosseini added, ˈUnfortunately, throughout the course of the past three decades and particularly during the past few years a well planed, goal-oriented wave of Iran phobia and Shiˈa-phobia was launched in the west, whose dimensions affected the cultural activities related to Iran, too, and quite unfortunately, presentation of wrong and sometimes fully biased information on contemporary Iran, and in Italy, too, we see the effects of that wave.ˈ The two day conference was sponsored by the Cultural Attaché of the Islamic Republic of Iran Embassy in Italy, and cosponsored by the Italian Cultural Heritage Ministry, Sapienza University, the International Studies on Middle East Organization )ISMEO), The Bologna University, the Joseph Tocci Orientalist Arts National Museum and Naples University. Iranian studies or Iranology is broader than and distinct from Persian studies, which is the study of the modern Persian language (known as ˈFarsiˈ or ˈParsiˈ to the natives) and literature specifically. The discipline of Iranian Studies focuses on broad trends in culture, history, language and other aspects of not only Persians, but also a variety of other contemporary and historical Iranic peoples, such as Baluchis, Kurds, Pashtuns, Ossetians, Scythians, Parthians, Sogdians, Bactrians, etc./end