Tehran october 21, 2020. In the framework of the celebrations for the National Culture Day, the Embassy of Cuba in the Islamic Republic held an emotional act of recognition to the Iranian intellectual Hadi Khansari, president of the Iranian Friendship Association. Cuba and founder of the Cuba Cultural Center in Iran.
In the presence of the collective of the Diplomatic Mission, the Ambassador of Cuba, Alexis Bandrich Vega, delivered heartfelt words of appreciation and gratitude, on behalf of our people and government, for the valuable work carried out by Hamid Khansari over 18 years in order to disseminate Cuban culture in the Islamic Republic of Iran and for the closer ties of friendship and solidarity between the two peoples. Ambassador Bandrich presented a diploma of recognition, and a donation of works by Cuban artists for the Cuba Cultural Center. For his part, the poet and supportive Khansari, praised the development, scope and prestige of Cuban culture in the world, thanked the permanent support of the Cuban diplomatic headquarters for its management and the work of the Cultural Center that it directs, and the plans for its expansion .
This center proposes among its most important objectives the increase of the membership of the Iran-Cuba Friendship Association, and the realization of a permanent program of cultural activities that gracefully mix the cultures and the most genuine values of both nations. cubano ”has a 150-piece aerial photo gallery, (1 * 1 m), from all angles of Cuba, which reflect landscapes, passages and personalities of the Revolution, art, sports, nature, education, etc. . It also has a collection of 70 pieces of analog and classic cameras, as well as a collection of 70 handcrafted pieces that reproduce classic cars that still roll in Cuba. This picturesque place welcomes indoor and outdoor spaces where you can enjoy a Cuban garden with banana trees, Cuban tables and chairs, pop art and a variety of paintings from the Greater Antilles. The center offers hot and refreshing drinks, dishes from different nations and a menu of Cuban cigars.