The legacy of the "Persigo poet of the East"; Iqbal's prophecy about Iran's position and the dream of an independent nation.
Afzal Reza Sarvari - IRNA correspondent in Islamabad.
On the occasion of the 149th birth anniversary of Allama Iqbal Lahori, tributes to this Persian-speaking philosopher and poet began across Pakistan and the cultural communities of the region. Iqbal, who spoke of introversion, salvation from colonialism and the dream of an independent world for Muslims in his Persian poems, with a forward-looking view, presented Tehran as the "Geneva of the East" and the center of awakening; Thoughts known today as the central axis of cultural diplomacy and people relations between Iran and Pakistan.
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