* Head of the committee in charge of holding an exhibition displaying works and achievements created in the Year of Imam Ali (AS) called on the people to send their works to the secretariat of the exhibition.

* A gathering entitled "Imam Ali (AS), the Complete Model" was held in the city of Zahedan last month. The gathering aimed to familiarize the audience with the life-style and personality of the First Imam of the infallible household of holy Prophet Mohammad (S).

* A congress titled "Imam Ali (AS) and Manifestation of Velayat" was held in the city of Sari, Mazandaran Province. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the congress, the governor of the province said that it is a source of pride for the Iranians that Islamic rules are enforced in their country.

* On the occasion of the Year of Imam Ali (AS), some 10,000 copies of Nahj-ul-Balagheh were presented to the mosques in the Central Province, according to Hojjatoleslam Abbas Ali-Yari, the deputy head of the provincial Islamic Propagation Office. He underlined that the books were presented to the mosques in both urban and rural areas of the province.