Iran, China staging joint stamps exhibition in Tehran

Iran and China are staging their first joint exhibition of the two countries’ stamps at the Post and Communications Museum in Tehran.

The joint exhibition, which was inaugurated on January 10 to the hearty welcome of many stamp lovers, makes the second cultural event on the field of stamps in the current Iranian calendar (to be ended on March 20, 2022).

Chinese Ambassador to Iran Chang Hua, the president of Iran's National Committee of Museum Ramezanali Sobhanifar, Iran's deputy minister of information and communications technology Ahmad Mohit Tabatabaee attended the opening ceremony of the exhibition.

“The stamps, as cultural messengers, have encapsulated the dialogue and integration of the ancient civilizations of China and Iran, and recorded their friendly exchanges since the establishment of diplomatic relations five decades ago,” Chang said in his speech at the inauguration ceremony.

Two commemorative stamps depicting Guangji Bridge in China and Khajoo Bridge in Isfahan were recently unveiled during a ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

“Selected as representatives of bridges in the two countries, China's Guangji Bridge is an open-and-close style bateau bridge, parts of which are connected by floating boats that can be opened to let the ships get across, while the Khajoo Bridge, located in Iran's Isfahan, features a multi-functional structure, which not only spans the Zayandehrud, but also acts as a weir and a recreational building,” writes New China News Agency.

Organized in cooperation with the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage & Tourism, Post and Communications Museum and Iran National Post Company, the exhibition will run until Friday.

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