The ceremonies hall of the historic complex of the Blue Mosque of Yerevan has been named after the famous Armenian poet and friend of Iranian culture and literature, Yeghishe Charents.
Seyyed Hamid Pourmohammadi of Iran, who is in Armenia on a working visit, also took part in the ceremony of naming the ceremonies hall after Yeghishe Charents.
Pourmohammadi solemnly unveiled the naming plaque of the hall.
“The aim of this initiative is to pay tribute to Charents’s literary legacy, to his special interest in Iranian culture and literature, as well as to his contribution to the preservation of the Blue Mosque of Yerevan.
Yeghishe Charents, one of the notable figures of modern Armenian literature, was deeply interested in Iran’s cultural and literary heritage, in particular Ferdowsi’s epic poem “Shahnameh”, and he also made his contribution to the preservation of the Blue Mosque of Yerevan as one of the symbols of the historical and cultural heritage of Iran and Armenia.
It is also planned, in continuation of this cultural initiative, to install and solemnly unveil the bust of the famous Armenian poet in the ceremonies hall of the Blue Mosque.
“The naming of the hall is an initiative aimed at perpetuating the memory of figures who have made a significant contribution to the preservation of the common cultural heritage, as well as at strengthening the historical and cultural ties of the peoples of Iran and Armenia,” the statement of the Iranian Embassy in Armenia said.
