31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

31st Quran Exhibition - Tehran

Visitors use VR headsets to experience a virtual depiction of Karbala during the 31st Quran Exhibition at Tehran’s Mosalla, Tehran, Iran, March 21, 2024. Photo by Hossein Beris/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

Tehran residents mourn female victim of terror attack

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IRAN-TEHRAN-BOOK FAIR

IRAN-TEHRAN-BOOK FAIR

(230521) -- TEHRAN, May 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the 34th Iran International Book Fair in Tehran, Iran, May 20, 2023. The annual fair, which was held at the halls of Imam Khomeini's Mosalla, ran for 11 days and featured a virtual version that was accessible round the clock. (Xinhua/Shadati)

Int'l book fair concludes in Iran's capital

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