The Iranian nation is determined to keep its flag flying high in all aspects of modern life, says the Iranian Foreign Ministry’s Spokesman Nasser Kanaani on the occasion of the Islamic Republic Day.
Kanaani made the remarks in a flag commemoration ceremony in Tehran on Sunday, the 12th of Farvardin, a national holiday in Iran which marks the day when the Iranians voted “yes” to the Islamic Republic after a two-day referendum that ended on March 31, 1979.
The ceremony was held in the Abbas Abad Tourism Zone with foreign ambassadors and Iranian government officials.
During the event, Kanaani said Iran had a year of booming foreign relations in the calendar year 1402, ending on March 20.
“In the new (Persian) year, Iran is determined to expand its relations with countries willing to expand their relations with Iran within the framework of joint interests and mutual respect,” he said.
Iran’s minister of tourism Ezzatollah Zarghami also said in the ceremony that the Iranian flag is “a symbol of national unity and coexistence” among various ethnic and religious groups in the country.
“The green is a sign the country is flourishing and thriving, the white is a sign of peace and the red is a sign of courage and bravery of the Iranian people,” said Zarghami.
This year is the 10th successive year that Iran’s Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Tourism and Handicrafts is holding a flag commemoration ceremony where a 1,024 square meter flag is hoisted at a height of 150 meters in Abbas Abad hills in northern Tehran.
Ambassadors and chargé d’affaires representing dozens of countries in Iran were present in the Sunday ceremony.
