Tehran International Book Fair (Persian: نمایشگاه بینالمللی کتاب تهران) is an annual international book fair held in Tehran, Iran. Held in a 120,000 square meter venue at Tehran's Grand Prayer Grounds, the event also provides an opportunity for publishers to discuss future cooperation.[1] The fair also features special sections, including the House of Literati that honors prominent Iranian cultural figures from a variety of disciplines.[2]
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In this book fair 2000 publisher (1,100 local and 980 international) from 80 countries took part, including publishing companies from Turkey, Azerbaijan, China, Spain, France, Greece, the US, South Korea, Malaysia, Iraq, Russia and many others.[3][4][5][6]
The exhibitors have put on show an estimated 200,000 books of which 170,000 are foreign titles.[7]