The capital city of Jakarta is scheduled to host an Iranian cultural week introducing Persian art, culture, cinema and traditions in Indonesia.
The event has been organized by the Iranian embassy in Jakarta and will be accompanied by several seminars on Iran at a number of Indonesian universities.
"We will hold this program to acquaint the Indonesian public with the culture of the Islamic Republic of Iran," said Iranian ambassador to Jakarta Mahmoud Farazandeh.
"The Iranian revolution was a cultural revolution and we want to spread it throughout the world," he added.
The event will be opened at the National Museum of Indonesia and several Iranian films will be screened at Jakarta’s Usmar Ismail Hall.
"Indonesia-Iran relations date back to thousands of years ago as proven by the discovery of an ancient grave stone bearing an inscription in the Persian language," Farazandeh noted.
The Iranian cultural week in Jakarta will kick off on March 7, 2012.
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