University of Ankara to hold conference on Attar

TEHRAN, Nov. 3 (MNA) -- The University of Ankara will host a conference on the Persian poet Attar Neyshaburi (1145-1221) on November 4.

Iranian scholars Ebrahim Khodayar, Mohammad-Jafar Yahaqqi, Karim Zamani and Seyyed Javad Mortezaii will be attending the envent.

They plan to leave Iran today and will also visit Rumi’s shrine during their sojourn in Turkey.