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The ceremonial hall of the historical complex of Yerevan's Blue Mosque has been named after prominent Armenian poet Yeghishe Charents, whom the Iranian Embassy in Armenia described as “a friend of Iranian culture and literature.”
Iranian Vice President Seyyed Hamid Pourmohammadi, who is in Armenia on a working visit, attended the ceremony marking the naming of the hall after Yeghishe Charents.
Pourmohammadi unveiled the hall's new nameplate.
“The initiative aims to pay tribute to Charents' literary legacy, his particular interest in Iranian culture and literature, as well as his contribution to the preservation of Yerevan's Blue Mosque. Yeghishe Charents was a prominent figure in modern Armenian literature. He was deeply interested in Iran's cultural and literary heritage, particularly Ferdowsi's epic poem Shahnameh, and also contributed to the preservation of Yerevan's Blue Mosque as one of the symbols of Iran's and Armenia's historical and cultural heritage. As a continuation of this cultural initiative, it is also planned to install and ceremoniously unveil a bust of the prominent Armenian poet in the ceremonial hall of the Blue Mosque. The naming of the hall is an initiative aimed at commemorating figures who have made significant contributions to the preservation of shared cultural heritage, as well as strengthening the historical and cultural ties between the peoples of Iran and Armenia,” the Iranian Embassy said in a press release.