Tehran Book Fair Hosts the First Meeting of the Roja Literary Association

TEHRAN-TARNA: The poetic gathering of the Roja Association, attended by a group of Iranian poets and cultural figures, was held at the Tarna Media Station. On the second day of the Tehran International Book Fair, the first meeting of the specialized literary association Roja was conducted under the management of Zohreh Rezvani and hosted by Danial Fathi Lataran at the Tarna Media Station.

This meeting featured prominent cultural and artistic figures such as Professor Abbas Rahimi, Dr. Nasrin Teimorian, Professor Dariush Shahbazi, Professor Mohammad Dastgheib, Dr. Hossein Qalandari, and Dr. Mohammad Ali Ezzatzadeh. Zohreh Rezvani explained the naming of her association as Roja:

"The book Roja is in the mother tongue of Nima Yushij, which is Tabari. Nima's Roja contains 450 poems that hold significant literary value and are also an important source for linguistic research. In the Tabari collection of Roja, Nima expresses his concerns, which is why the Roja group chose this name, as their focus and goal is poetry and literature. The name Roja means the brightest star of the night, the last star that shines until dawn. This name has been given by the people of Mazandaran to the morning star, which has also guided nighttime caravans, akin to the star Venus."

In this literary meeting held at the World Poetry News Agency Media Station, poets such as Akram Mohammadi, Kourosh Hosseini, Mahmoud Mohammadi, Mehdi Shahsavari, Javad Shokrizadeh, Saeedeh Vosough, Sara Rajabpour, Masoumeh Javid, Farideh Ehteshami Rad, Shadi Asgari, Maryam Mohammadi, Sahar Dorvishi, Ashkan Samet, Ali Mohammadi, and Diba Bakhto recited their poems.