TEHRAN -- Tourism and Handicrafts Organization Director Esfandiar Rahim-Mashaii dismissed on Wednesday the reports that Dialogue Among Civilizations Institute has been disbanded.

“Dialogue Among Civilizations Institute has only been combined with Globalization Studies Center,” he stated after the cabinet meeting.
Rahim-Mashaii, who has recently been appointed as the head of the Globalization Studies Center also said Iran has played an important role in the process of globalization.
Khatami was the former head of the Dialogue Among Civilizations Institute