The group consists of 30 celebrated cultural and sports figures and
artists from the Cooperatives of Contemporary Iranian Artists. They will
organize a global campaign against poverty and hunger.
Secretary
of the International Department of Contemporary Artists Policymaking
Council said the Iranian artists and athletes would launch big and
global activities from Iran and definitely, the movement would spread to
other countries regarding the high power and influence of the Iranian
artists and sportspersons.
Majid Majidi, Parviz Parastoui, Reza
Kianian, Homa Roosta, Ali Daei, Behdad Salimi, Hamid Sourian, Saeed
Maroof, Salar Aghili, Homayoun Shajarian, Seyed Hesameddin Seraj, Naser
Nazar, Leili Rashidi, Soroush Sehat, Katayoun Riahi, Houshang Moradi
Kermani, Mahnaz Afshar, Fatemeh Motamedaria, Golab Adineh, Seyed
Shahabeddin Hosseini, Taha Behbahani, Majid Aghaie, Aydin Aghdashloo,
and Mehran Modiri are members of the group.
United Nations
Resident Coordinator Gary Lewis, the WFP Iran envoy Negar Gerami, and
about 60 ambassadors and envoys of other countries and international
agencies of the UN in Iran were present in the ceremony marking
inauguration of the charity group.