TEHRAN -- A package comprising 600 books was donated by the Iranian Embassy in Armenia to the central library of Yerevan State University (YSU) during a ceremony last week, the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization announced on Sunday.

The package comprised source books on Persian literature and Iranology and included 30 books translated into Armenian by the Iranian cultural attaché’s office in Yerevan.
“These books are rare and thus difficult to procure, so they are very valuable to us,” YSU’s Iranian Studies Department director Garnik Asatryan said during the ceremony.
He described the package as very helpful for the development of studies in the field of Iranian culture.
According to Iranian cultural attaché Reza Atufi, YSU’s officials have agreed to establish a special section for books on Iranian studies at their central library and Iran is willing to collaborate with the YSU on this project.
“Students regularly requested that we supply them with books on Persian literature, but we could not provide any reliable sources due to the fact that our library lacked books on this subject,” library director Ashot Alexanyan said.
“From now on, as a result of this donation of works we will be able to provide our students with resources,” he noted.