Hawzah News Agency –Hojjatoleslam Imanipour, in a meeting with President of the Saadi Foundation, Haddad Adel, described the Persian language as the gateway to Iranian-Islamic culture and civilization and said that books published by Saadi Foundation should be attractive so that foreigners after reading them to feel attached to Iran and become interested in Persian language.

According to the Public Relations Department of the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO), Gholam-Ali Haddad-Adel, the head of the Saadi Foundation, along with his deputies, met with Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Mehdi Imanipour, the chairman of ICRO.

Hojjatoleslam Imanipour, referring to the long history of learning Persian around the world, said Saadi Foundation, based on the goals, policies and strategies governing Iran’s international cultural relations, does specialized work in teaching Persian, but ICRO is always considers this responsibility as one of its important duties.

He added that the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization has in its agenda to reduce engagement in entrepreneurship and resort to out sourcing and facilitating role for public participation and cultural sector, and boost its cooperating with the Saadi Foundation to spread the Persian language throughout the world."

He also stressed the need to standardize and professionalize Persian language teaching abroad and said: "Books written by the Saadi Foundation should be creative so that the reader, after reading the book, feels a sense of belonging to Iran and strong desire to live in Iran and learning Persian.

Referring to the philosophy of forming the Saadi Foundation and specializing in teaching Persian to non-Persian speakers, Haddad Adel for his part said Saadi Foundation is the child of the Islamic Culture and Relation Organization and one of the affiliated branches of this organization.

Haddad Adel, referring to the cooperation of the Saadi Foundation with ICRO and Cultural Missions abroad regarding the dissemination of Persian language education said about 10 years have passed since the beginning of this foundation and we were able to Implement educational programs in the field of Persian language and provide various opportunities and motivations for learning Persian abroad.

He spoke about the professional and executive performance of the Saadi Foundation and said one of the important strategies of this foundation is to be recognized as a world-renowned authority in teaching Persian language.