Source: CHN, Tehran
Iranian
philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Sheikh Bahai is among the
world luminaries to be commemorated this year |
The Research Center of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts, and Tourism
Organization (ICHHTO) is to introduce 200 luminaries as Iranian nationalities to
UNESCO.
The center aims to preserve Iran's cultural heritage and prevent
some other countries from claiming these figures as their own, the head of the
center, Taha Hashemi told CHN.
He added that the short biography of each figure has been prepared and will be
submitted to the UNESCO headquarters in
Paris.
Hashemi continued, "These figures will be studied at three different stages,
namely international, national and regional. The international list has been
prepared for UNESCO, and on the national and regional levels, their names and
biographies will be introduced in school textbooks. We are also planning to
order statutes of these figures to be installed in their birth or death places."
UNESCO has declared 2009 the International Year of Astronomy, and Iranian Muslim
scholar, philosopher, mathematician and astronomer Sheikh Bahai is among the
world luminaries to be commemorated this year, he went on to say.
Iran is also planning to commemorate
the 400th anniversary of the death Sheikh Bahai and has invited scholars from
around the world to write papers and send them to the websites
www.sheykhbahaie.com and
www.sheikhbahaee.com, he concluded.
