
Some people in Tunisia are picking Iranian names for their newborns. On Sunday, November 2, the Iranian Student News Agency (ISNA) ran a brief report that credited the interest Tunisian people have developed in Iranian culture and literature over the years for the practice. The following is the translation of the report:
Ties between Iran and Tunisia date back to the pre-Islamic era. Shiraz, Shirin, Niloofar, Ferdows and Rostam are some of the Iranian names the Tunisian couples choose for their children.
Sadegh Ramezani Golafzani, Iran�s cultural attach� in Tunisia, says the positive statements the Muslim Prophet made about Salman [one of his closest disciples who was of Iranian origin] and the Iranians at large have found their way into Sunni religious texts too. �Iranians will access science even if it is in the heavens,� is one such statement. [�] Thanks to Prophet Muhammad�s placing of Iranians in a good light, many Tunisians are giving their children Iranian names.
By ISNA, translated by IFP
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