Iran Press/ Iran News: The 14th Farabi International Award (FIA) closing ceremony was held in Tehran on Monday, July 10, in the presence of the Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf and Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, Mohammad-Ali Zolfigol.
Delivering a speech at the festival, Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf noted: "There is a need to invest in the scientific field more than ever."
He said: "Our scientists and researchers solve challenges and problems, and by relying on the path of science, one can be put on the route to development."
Production of indigenous knowledge key to superiority
The Speaker of the Iranian Parliament stressed for the country to reach independence and progress, the production of power, knowledge, wealth, and dignity is a must.
Ghalibaf criticized some people's feeling of inferiority towards the West and attributed it to ignoring indigenous culture and knowledge in the country.
Ghalibaf said: "As long as we do not pay due attention to the humanities in formulating development plans and achieve any theories which come out of our original culture, we will inevitably continue to follow the West, and we won't be an example in other sciences."
He put emphasis on the humanities as the knowledge framework which specified the roadmap for governance and criticized the lack of attention to the field in the country.
Highlighting the fact that Iran entered its second forty-year of the Islamic Revolution, he noted: "In order to realize a new governance, we need to rethink our humanities and Islamic sciences, otherwise we will either suffer from mismanagement or be caught in obsolete governance trap, the heavy burden of which will fall on the shoulders of the people."
The festival aims at introducing and honoring the best researchers in the field of humanities and Islamic studies.
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