Iran Embassy Councellor calls on Prince of Arcot

Thursday, February 7, 2008, 22:03 [IST]

Chennai, Feb 7 (UNI) The Cultural Counsellor in the Iranian Embassy Karim Najafi called on the Prince of Arcot Nawab Mohammed Ali at the latter's official residence Amir Mahal here today.

During the discussions, Dr Najafi expressed his desire to the Prince to establish an Indo-Iran friendship society in Tamil Nadu to promote socio-cultural activities, a press release from the Prince said here.

The society could also preserve old historic documents, relating to old cultures and tradition of two great countries, which were available in Persian, Arabic and Urdu languages, it said.

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