Thousands visit art exhibition depicting resistance icons at Imam Reza shrine
More than ten thousand non-Iranian visitors are among many more visiting the exhibition marking resistance icons in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad.
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The exhibition entitled "Life Stories of Great Figures of Resistance Front" was held at the holy shrine of Imam Reza, Taqrib News Agency (TNA) reported Astan News as saying.
Hujjat-ul-Islam Sayyed Mohammad Zolfaghari, the director of the Office for Foreign Pilgrims’ Affairs at Imam Reza shrine said the exhibition focused on introducing martyrs of the resistance front including Iran’s counter-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, Iraq’s deputy of Hashad al-Shaabi, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, former leader of Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, former leader of Hezbollah resistance group, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and other martyrs of the resistance movement.
According to the cleric the works also depicted the resilience of the oppressed people in Gaza and Lebanon.
Zolfaghari also said that the visitors were from Arab countries like Iraq, Bahrain, the UAE, as well as pilgrimage groups from India and Pakistan, along with a number of Lebanese veterans injured in Israeli pager attack.
The cultural event has been co-organized by Hodhod Media Institute showcasing 18 posters.