The 2nd Islamic Resistance Congress opened in Bushehr in the presence of cultural officials of the country and the ministry of Culture and Islamic guidance.

IBNA: Ayatollah Safaei Bushehri, Bushehr's Friday prayer Imam, Bahman Dorri, cultural deputy of Guidance Ministry, brigadier general Mohammad Hejazi, deputy of the armed forces' general administration, Mohammad Hussein Jahanbakhsh, Bushehr governor, and commander Fathollah Jomeiri, commander of Imam Sadegh Sepah, were some of the guests who were present in the opening ceremony of the congress.

In his address, Bahman Dorri, cultural deputy of Guidance Ministry, endorsed the works presented to the congress by resistance poets from around the world and highlighted poetry as the most crucial, artistic tool and national wealth and that "we are committed to protect this wealth for rear young poets."

Dorri praised the congress as the source of omen and bliss [to the country] and added "the post-revolution poetry has settled its debts to the Islamic Revolution and it should be honored for this reason. We must constantly pay tribute to the resistance poetry and other artists may enjoy resistance poetry and poets in their works because pieces have passed Iran's borders and have been exported to other countries in the world Islam."

He further added that the doctrines of the Islamic Revolution have been welcomed in the world and its results are now evident in world events.

"The pieces that are rehearsed in the congress for the first time will be endorsed by the cultural department of the ministry and their publication and translations into other languages will be put on the agenda," he stated.

The poetry pieces that are recited in the congress are heard all over Iran, as many of the countries involved in the Islamic awakening are thirsty for such pieces, he asserted. "Today, we need to translate the works by these poets and export them to all parts of the world."

Later in the ceremony, a number of poets including Javad Zahtab, Abbas Bagheri, Mohsen Khodayar and Saber Emami rehearsed some of their poetry pieces to the audience about the Islamic awakening.

Resistance poetry is the most divine poetry style, asserted Ayatollah Safaei in his address. "The Islamic resistance poetry reminds us of the anti-Islamic poetry composed during the beginning years of Islam in wars like the wars of Ohod and Khandagh (ditch).

The congress will run till Friday in Bushehr.

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