The Tehran Storytellers’ Trade Union is the first independent and official organization of storytellers in Iran, which after nearly two years of follow-up in December 2017 under the supervision of the Ministry of Cooperatives; Labor and social welfare were registered in Iran. In 1399, according to the decision of the associations of creators of works of art, with the change of residence in Tehran to the whole of Iran, it became the Association of Iranian Fiction Writers, all members of which are novelists living and working in Iran, and at least two adult fiction books. Or novel) have been published. The association is registered as a non-profit organization (NPOA) as well as a public interest organization (NPOA) and operates solely on the basis of receiving membership fees and collecting donations from members. The association was established with the aim of bringing together Iranian professional storytellers and empowering them with union support such as legal services, insurance, free education, contract representation, retirement plan, welfare fund, international introduction of Iranian writers and books, etc. The Storytellers’ Association is also determined to pursue key issues for Iranian storytellers, such as copyright and censorship, and to help address existing issues.
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Reza Shokrollahi: A few days ago, the official news of the establishment of the Storytellers’ Guild Association with the full and legal title of “Tehran Province Storytellers’ Workers’ Guild Association” was published to recruit members and hold a general assembly. Mohammad Hosseini, a member and spokesman of the founders ‘association…
Condolences of the Association on the eve of the establishment of storytellers in mourning for Kourosh Asadi
The event was heartbreaking and bitter: our Cyrus died. The author of all those southern words, all those current sentences about the hard lead of the puddles, the nostalgic green of the national gardens and the kind walk of the…
Brief report of what happened in the first meeting of the Tehran Storytellers Guild
The first meeting of the Storytellers’ Guild Association was held on Wednesday with the participation of the majority of members and the presence of a representative of the Ministry of Labor. More than two-thirds of the members were present at…
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