Chairman of the Arbaeen Cultural and Educational Committee:
Ready to present more than two thousand messages in cyberspace and media in the Arbaeen

As reported by Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Information Base, These remarks were made at today's meeting of the Council of Deputies and Managers of Supreme Leader Delegation Office and the Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, chaired by Supreme Leader's representative in Hajj and Pilgrimage Hojjat al-Islam Seyyed Abdul Fattah Navvab.
Head of the Arbaeen cultural and educational committee pointed out that in the current situation, the Arbaeen ceremony will probably not be held this year as in the past, saying: thus, programs in the fields of culture, education, advertising and interaction of institutions are designed internally and internationally and are carried out with the cooperation of various institutions.
Hojjat al-Islam Hamid Ahmadi pointed to the types of messages produced in accordance with the atmosphere of Arbaeen this year and said cooperation in the production of Arbaeen, education, culture, youth and drama radios, as well as drama productions, narration, holding competitions and reading books and paying attention to children and adolescents among the activities mentioned by the Arbaeen Cultural and Educational Committee are on the agenda.
Head of the Arbaeen Cultural and Educational Committee reminded the coordination made with Utbah Hosseini to support and cover the committee's programs during the Arbaeen Hosseini season and referring to the broadcast of Ziyarat Arbaeen, Du'a Kumayl and speeches in different languages from the media and holding Quranic circles in cyberspace, he said: "We are trying to take the recitation of Ziarat Arbaeen to the homes this year."
In the continuation of this meeting, Supreme Leader's representative in Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs stressed the need to use the media and virtual space on Arbaeen days to convey the color and smell of this spiritual ceremony and called for efforts to implement the plan of each house as a Hosseiniyah.
He also added: in this year's Arbaeen ceremony, the role of Ghasem Soleimani should not be forgotten in opening the Arbaeen walking and creating a sense of brotherhood between the Muslims of the two countries.
At this meeting, Director of Information Technology and Organizational smart making Mr. Bahman Jahani and Director of Education in the Supreme Leader Delegation Office Hojjat al-Islam Mohammad Ali Akhavian reported on their area of responsibility.
Updating the infrastructure of network, hardware, software, equipment and security protocols, digitizing information, setting up a media center and several sites and a comprehensive international system have been among the priorities in the field of information technology, Mr. Jahani stated.
According to Hojjat al-Islam Akhavian, training of Hajj pilgrims and clerics and panegyrists of Atabat, in-service training of Hajj and Umrah clerics, Supplementary training and in-service training of Supreme Leader Delegation Office staff and attendance at various occasions in cyberspace are also under management.
At the meeting, the representative of Supreme Leader in Hajj and Pilgrimage Affairs also called for education based on the needs of the audience and stressed the need to pay more attention to cultural activities in the months of Muharram and Safar in a situation where people are infected with the corona virus.
The meeting ended with a detailed report by Director of the Hajj and Pilgrimage Research Institute, Mr. Ali Akbar Ziaei.
Referring to the goals and necessities of forming a document unit, he said: "Since Mordad 1397, 4447 documents in more than seventy thousand pages have been cataloged and indexed and researchers can use it."