According to the Public Relations Office of the Ardabil Art Bureau, the grand Youth Day celebration was held in honor of Youth Week and the birth anniversary of Hazrat Ali Akbar (A.S.), with the focus on honoring the selected winners of the “Outstanding Youth of Iran” Festival, and in remembrance of the Congress of 3,400 Martyrs of Ardabil Province, at the Fadak Cultural and Art Hall.

This ceremony, held on Saturday, March 4, 2023, with the presence of Seyyed Hamed Ameli (Governor of Ardabil), provincial executive officials, secretaries and members of Ardabil youth NGOs, and a large audience of young people, included programs such as a live music performance by the Erfan Music Group led by Mohammadreza Erfani, featuring Dariush Shah-Nazar (piano), Amin Mousavi (tar), Mohammadreza Erfani (violin), and vocals by Yashar Hashemi, as well as a theatrical performance by the Ardabil Shadi Theatre Group led by Mirjalil Mirhamidzadeh, starring Hamid Hamrang, Mohsen Bahaminpour, Yahya Pouramini, Mahdi Sadeqi, Mirjalil Mirhamidzadeh, and Davoud Ronaghi, focusing on the theme of “informed marriage,” followed by the honoring of the 12 selected youths of the festival and a book unveiling.

In this ceremony, the following twelve outstanding youths of the “Iran Zamin” Festival were honored:

• Navid Achgan (Visual Arts)

• Mohammad Esmaeili (Quranic Activities)

• Amir Rostam Nejad (Literature – Poetry)

• Sajad Dadpour (Film)

• Majid Asri (Music)

• Seyyed Sajjad Ya’qubi (Active Virtual Media Engagement)

• Amir Hossein Abdollahzadeh (Servant of Ahl al-Bayt)

• Vahid Shaker (Entrepreneurship)

• Babak Rezaei Afshar (Knowledge-based Innovation)

• Milad Sadeqi (Youth with Special Abilities)

• Jafar Shirzad (Sports)

• Reza Tadayyon (Social Activities)

Additionally, books by Dr. Vahid Hosseini Jahan (“The ABCs of School Sports; Physical Education for Children and Adolescents”) and Pari Maleki (“Psychotherapy; The Death of the Heart”)—both active youth NGO leaders—were unveiled during the ceremony.