Head of the Persian Language and Literature Academy and Sa’adi Foundation Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, Iranian Cultural Attaché Reza Maleki, head of the Persian Language Faculty of Moscow State University Vladimir Ivanovo, head of the Faculty of Literature of Allameh Tabatabaie University Nematollah Iranzadeh and Persian language and literature professors and university students attended the opening ceremony, CHN reported.
Haddad-Adel referred to Iran-Russia friendship and the vast literary treasures in Iranian literature.
Pointing to the extension of Persian language in Russia, he said 15 Russian students attended the summer language teaching program in Tehran this year and special language classes in Russia were also conducted.
The newly established center can and should further promote Persian language, he added.
