Tehran (IP) – Following the expansion of Iran-Kenya cultural relations, the Iranian Embassy in Kenya organized four cultural and artistic exhibitions last year, said Iran's ambassador to Kenya.

Iran PressIran News: Speaking at the unveiling ceremony of seven Iranian educational, research, and skill carpet books and women entrepreneurs works in handicrafts, Jafar Barmaki elaborated on the Iranian Embassy exhibitions in Kenya.

'Africa and COVID-19', 'Iranian women artists exhibition' with the presence of artists from the Latin American', the Persian Gulf, and Asian countries, 'Silent weapons Caricature' and the last one an exhibition with more than 1000 works of art from all over the world to 'fight violence, terrorism, and weapons, he stated.

"Iran also holds the 'Iranian Baluchis Museum living in Africa', which migrated there more than 200 years ago and succeeded against Portuguese colonialism; the place is visited annually by hundreds of thousands of people from all over the world," Iran's ambassador to Kenyahighlighted. 

Barmaki noted that art is a means to meet any country's cultural, economic, and political interests.

Expressing hope to expand cultural programs even more than ever after coronavirus eradication, Barmaki pointed out that anyone can convey their message to the world through art even without physical presence. 

"Iran intends to put on show and exhibit the works of Kenyan artists in various fields in an immediate future,"  Iran's ambassador to Kenya added.

The unveiling ceremony of seven Iranian educational, research, and skill carpet books and women entrepreneurs works in handicrafts were held on Saturday, July 31, with Iran's ambassador to Kenya in attendance at IRIB Radio Office in Tehran.

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