TEHRAN – About 50 to 100 cultural startups will attend the 32nd Tehran International Book Fair (TIBF), the TIBF spokesman Ayyub Dehqankar said, IRNA reported on Wednesday.

The startups at the TIFB, which will open on April 24 and will run until May 4, aim to promote the culture of using modern technologies.

By their participation, the startups will pave the way for new technologies in the publication industry, he said.

Over 800 publishers from about 30 countries, including Japan, Germany, India, Russia, Serbia, Lebanon and Armenia, are scheduled to attend the book fair.

China, which is the special guest of the event this year, will participate in the Tehran book fair with 78 publishers and a number of writers, translators and book illustrators.

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