Tehran (IP) - Iran's Culture Minister said that soft power achieves its goals by attraction and culture is the focal point of it.

Iran PressIran news: Unveiling ceremony of the latest international publications of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization and Foreign Ministry held with the attendance of a top adviser on International Affairs and aide to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ali Akbar Velayati, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Seyyed Abbas Salehi and the head of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization in Tehran.

Salehi and Velayati attended the unveiling ceremony of the latest international publications in the research week.

Salehi and Velayati

Head of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization Ebrahimi Torkaman delivered a speech at the opening ceremony and said among the publications, 88 of them were published by the Islamic Culture and Relations organization and 30 others by the Foreign Ministry. The Culture Minister also delivered a speech at the ceremony.

"Culture is more important than politics, security, and economics. The power consists of two parts: soft power and hard power. The soft power is considered the most effective and stable one which achieves its goals by attraction. Culture is the focal point of soft power," the Culture Minister said.

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