National Day of Persian Literature
Every nation has its treasures. For Iran, one of the greatest is poetry, the heartbeat of a culture, echoing through a thousand years.
This week, Iran Today tells the story of Shahryar the poet whose words spoke to leaders and laymen alike, whose verses became the voice of a nation, and whose death is now honored as Iran’s National Day of Poetry and Literature.
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