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FM: Women entrepreneurs showcase Iran’s creative potential, foster cultural ties
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Thursday that women entrepreneurs and female heads of households are helping showcase Iran’s productive capacity, creativity and ingenuity to foreign visitors while fostering closer human and cultural ties, as he visited a charity exhibition in Tehran.
Araghchi made the remarks during his visit to the 16th Charity Exhibition of the Diplomatic Ladies Association, held at the Abgineh Hall in the capital on September 3. The two-day event, which opened a day earlier, brought together Iranian entrepreneurs and artisans alongside members of Tehran’s diplomatic community, Mehr News Agency reported.
The exhibition featured products from leading Iranian businesses and producers in handicrafts, clothing, gold and jewelry, food and confectionery. Proceeds from the event are being directed toward charitable causes.
Araghchi described the exhibition as an expression of “solidarity,” social responsibility and support for Iranian capabilities.
He said the participation of women entrepreneurs and female heads of households had strengthened ties between the diplomatic community and Iranian producers while offering foreign guests a closer look at the country’s creative and productive potential.
A symbolic reconstruction of a school in Minab was also displayed along the route to the exhibition. Araghchi said the installation commemorated children who lost their lives at the school and helped visitors understand the circumstances surrounding the incident.
“I sincerely thank” the Women’s Diplomatic Association, organizers, entrepreneurs, the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation and all those involved, Araghchi said, expressing hope that such initiatives would promote a culture of philanthropy, support people in need and expand equal opportunities for Iranian children.
The opening ceremony was attended by government spokeswoman Fatemeh Mohajerani, Zahra Pezeshkian and Arezou Ahmadvand, wife of the foreign minister and head of the Women’s Diplomatic Association. Several foreign ambassadors accredited to Tehran also attended with their spouses.