National Library and Archive of Iran

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The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) or National Library of the Islamic Republic of Iran is located in Tehran, Iran, with twelve branches across the country. The NLAI is an educational, research, scientific, and service institute authorized by the Islamic Consultative Assembly. Its president is appointed by the President of Iran. The NLAI is the largest library in the Middle East and includes more than fifteen-million items in its collections.Kent, Allen and Lancour, Harold and Daily, Jay E. (eds.). "Iran, Libraries". Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. vol. 13. New York: Marcel Dekker. pp. 26–28 Read more on Wikipedia

type: library
date from: 1937
official website: https://www.nlai.ir/

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