Tehran, Oct 16 – Twenty Iranian popular figures were selected as celebrity partners of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) to fight against hunger around the world.
Director of WFP Country Office in Iran, Negar Gerami, presented certificates to the celebrities during a ceremony held at Iran’s National Library and Archives on Sunday, Iran’s Mehr News Agency (MNA) reported.
The celebrities included actresses Katayun Rihai, Homa Rusta, Fatemeh Motamed-Arya, Golab Adineh and Mahnaz Afshar, actors Reza Kianian and Parviz Parastuii, ex-football star Ali Daei, vocalist Homayun Shajarian, pop star Khashayar Etemadi, and writer Hushang Moradi Kermani.
They will help the World Food Program in its campaign to fight hunger among children in famine stricken regions of the world.
The WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organisation addressing hunger and provides food aid to 90 million people every year.
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