Ministry adviser says printing industry serves as cultural defense and infrastructure for books

What happened: The printing industry is more than an economic sector and functions as part of the country’s cultural infrastructure and capacity for cultural defense, the ministry adviser said. Attribution and details: The adviser for scientific, cultural and managerial affairs at the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance’s cultural deputy told ISNA that printing is not merely an economic industry but a component of the country’s cultural infrastructure and a necessity for the circulation of books, ideas and literature. Additional reporting: In Mashhad, IRNA quoted the adviser to the cultural deputy of the ministry saying the printing industry has acted, at difficult moments, as part of the country’s cultural defense capacity and served as a cultural defensive stronghold during the recent imposed-war. (Sources: ISNA; IRNA)