The ceremony was attended by a number of officials, including Minister of Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Seyed Reza Salehi Amiri, and representative of Leader of the Islamic Revolution in Fars Province Ayatollah Dezhakam.
Abu Muhammad Muslih al-Din bin Abdallah Shirazi, better known by his pen name Saadi, was a major Persian poet and prose writer of the medieval period.
Saadi (1200-1292 AD) is recognized for the quality of his writings and for the depth of his social and moral thoughts.
His best known works are the Bostan (The Orchard) and the Golestan (The Rose Garden). The Bostan is entirely in verse (epic meter) and consists of stories aptly illustrating the standard virtues recommended to Muslims (justice, liberality, modesty, contentment) as well as of reflections on the behavior of dervishes and their ecstatic practices. The Golestan is mainly in prose and contains stories and personal anecdotes.