Iran’s digital media fair kicks off

Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has officially inaugurated the fifth edition of its annual International Digital Media Fair, hosting 60 foreign guests from 27 countries.

“Iran’s Digital Media Fair is the biggest exhibition in the field of digital media in the Middle East,” IRNA quoted Head of the Digital Media Center of Iran’s Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance Isa Zarepour as saying on Thursday.

Zarepour also said this year’s exhibition features a special section on the Islamic Awakening and digital media whose goal is to deepen focus on the Islamic Awakening in the region.

The fair, scheduled to run until October 16, hosts Iranian as well as international companies at the site of Tehran’s Grand Prayer Grounds.

Participants will present media software, internet sites and blogs, digital arts as well as new technologies in the field of digital media.