Iran has hosted a conference on the philosophy of the Islamic physician and philosopher Avicenna in the country’s midwest city of Hamedan,
Press TV reports.
Iranian Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Ali Jannati, Avicenna Cultural and Scientific Foundation Director Ayatollah Ghiaseddin Taha-Mohammadi, and a number of clerics and scholars attended the conference held at the Hamedan University of Medical Sciences.
Organized by the Avicenna Cultural and Scientific Foundation, the one-day conference was held to commemorate the ancient scientist Avicenna (Ibn Sinna) on Iran’s National Physicians’ Day, August 23.
