Theater Artists to Picture Legendries of Sacred Defense

Ali Moradkhani, deputy culture and Islamic guidance minister for artistic affairs, attended a ceremony to reveal Ayoub Aghakhani's book, 'Seven Evening of Seventh Autumn', on Wednesday.

Mahdi Shafiee, director general of Dramatic Arts Center, Mohammad Esmail Saeedi, lawmaker, Hossein Mosafer Astaneh, Payman Shariati, director of City Theater Complex, Ayoub Aghakhani, Naser Aghaei, Leila Boloukat, Aram Jafari, Rahmat Amini, Manouchehr Akbarlou and members of the press took part at the ceremony at Mashahir Hall of the City Theater Complex, Iran Theater reported.

Mr Moradkhani said at the ceremony that Ayoub Aghakhani showed how much he was interested in his work, adding that it was really good that people would be attracted by such good dramatic art.

Stressing that Mr Aghakhani was successful in his writing, the official wished more success for him, saying that dramatic arts could divert attention to the less-focused important matters.

Mr Moradkhani said that theater artists could attract attention to the lives of the legendary figures of the Sacred Defense (1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war) with its pleasant searches.

Meanwhile, director of Siraf Publishing House Seddigheh Javadi said that it was the fourth book of Mr Aghakhani, which was published by her publishing house. She explained that the book was the story of Mohammad Jahanara, the legendary martyr, and Mr Aghkhani's interest to picture his life events.

Then, Behzad Zare', the war disabled and veteran, talks about his memoirs of war, adding that when one of his fellow war mates wrote a book –"When Moonlight Was Lost"- on the commander of the Sacred Defense Ali Chitsaz, last year, it gained the attention of the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Mr Aghakhani thanked for the complimenets and assistance of Siraf Publishing House, adding that he, who is 42 years old, had so far written 29 books and could still feel happiness in such compliments.