Iran donates book on Khorramshahr to Hiroshima museum
December 21, 2008 - 0:0
TEHRAN -- The Cultural Center of Khorramshahr Sacred Defense has donated an illustrated book on the resistance of Khorramshahr residents and the liberation of the city to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum.
Released by the Foundation for the Preservation and Publication of Sacred Defense Works and Values, the book contains photos taken during 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war in this southwestern Iranian port.The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum will present a collection of photos of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to the Cultural Center of Khorramshahr Sacred Defense in near future.
“Iran will issue a series of postage stamps on the anniversary of the crimes the United States committed by the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as well as in the interval between the bombings. Stamps will also be issued to commemorate crimes committed by Saddam during the Iran-Iraq war and on the anniversary of the liberation of Khorramshahr in 2009. Copies of the stamps will be donated to Hiroshima museum,” the head of center Nader Daryaban told IRNA.
An official of the Hiroshima museum, Miki Nagahira, praised Iran’s donation and declared the book a precious work of art.