TEHRAN -- The 28th Tehran International Book Fair will be opened in Tehran in Imam Khomeini’s Grand Mosalla on Tuesday by President Hassan Rouhani.

Iraqi, Bangladeshi and Omani culture ministers will also be present in the opening of the fair, which will also feature opening speech of Iran's Culture Minister Ali Jannati, IRNA reported on Saturday.

Last year, some 600 foreign publishers from Germany, France, Turkey, Japan, Lebanon, Syria, China, Qatar, and several other countries presented nearly 160,000 of their latest publications at the event.

Over 2,500 domestic and 1,700 foreign publishers attend the exhibition and more than 5 million people visit the fair every year.

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