Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Mohammad Husseini said that one of the priorities of the ministry is paying heed to literature and poetry.

“Holding impressive festivals, including Fajr International Poetry Festival will help discovering talents of young poets,” said the minister.

The 6th Fajr International Poetry Festival will hopefully flourish year by year, Husseini said.

He added that the name of Iran is mingled with poetry and its poets; which gives us a good reason to pay heed to the national art. Accordingly Fajr International Poetry Festival is held with the attendance of national and foreign poets, IBNA reported.

Husseini went on to say that Persian literature is rich and as the Leader believes a thriving future awaits Iran’s poetry and literature.

Poetry is a national treasure which should be used for conveying the Islamic Iranian culture to the young generation and the world in which negative propaganda is being spread against Iran, he added.

The 6th edition of the Fajr International Poetry Festival inaugurated on February 7 in the western Iranian city of Kermanshah and will wrap up on February 20 in Tehran.