According to the Secretariat of the 6th International Persian Gulf Poster Festival, the winners were introduced and honored at the opening ceremony of the festival’s exhibition.

Mohammad Ardelani, Secretary of the 6th International Persian Gulf Poster Festival, noted that the festival’s works focused on topics such as the Three Persian Gulf Islands and the Persian Gulf as a key factor in Middle Eastern security. He added that the pre-selection and jurying of the works admitted to the exhibition were conducted by Byung Choi (South Korea), Rafiq Al-Mansi (Egypt), Maria Papifstachio (Greece), Anwar Uskan (Turkey), Iraj Mirzaalikhani, Arash Tanhaei, Homa Delourai, and Hossein Mohammadi Vahidi (Iran).

The final selection of top-ranking works and award winners was carried out by Finn Nygard (Denmark), Sergey Serov (Russia), Richard B. Dabbled (USA), Orhan Ardahanli (Turkey), Ryszard Kaja (Poland), Ebrahim Haghighi, and Mohammad Ardelani (Iran).

He expressed hope that by expanding the dissemination of works produced for this event on social media, searches for the term “Persian Gulf” on the internet would increase, thereby further reinforcing the legitimacy of the Persian Gulf nationally and internationally, while highlighting the name of Iran and Iranians.

Iraj Mirzaalikhani, one of the festival judges, also emphasized the importance of public attention to national topics, such as the Iranian flag and the Persian Gulf. He expressed hope that local and national authorities would take measures to further display the festival’s works in order to preserve national identity and confirm the legitimacy of the Persian Gulf both nationally and internationally.

He also hoped that the International Persian Gulf Poster Festival would continue and, through its global reach, demonstrate the truth of the “Always-Persian Gulf” and Islamic Iran to the world through graphic art.

According to the report, due to the very close competition and efforts to ensure fairness, the first prize, the festival’s trophy, and 40 million IRR were jointly awarded to Bahareh Farast Kia, Iman Yazdan Pazhooh, and Narges Ghyoomian.

The second prize, the festival’s trophy, and 30 million IRR were jointly awarded to Mojtaba Noubahar and Sadat Akouchkian.

The third prize, the festival’s trophy, and 20 million IRR were awarded to Alireza (Arasto) Moazami.

Additionally, the Secretariat recognized Amirhossein Gheysari, Mohammad Shafagh, Reyhaneh Alaei, Navid Achgan, Behzad Nohossini, and Dariush Vareh for special commendation due to close scoring differences.

The exhibition of the works of the 6th International Persian Gulf Poster Festival was officially opened during this ceremony.