TEHRAN, Aug. 08 (MNA) – Mehr News Agency's journalist Zeynab Rajaei and photographer Ahmad Hassani were awarded at the 21st National Media Festival of Iran.

Iranians mark August 8 as National Journalists’ Day every year to commemorate the martyrdom of nine Iranian citizens including a reporter and 8 diplomats in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998.

The 21st edition of the National Media Festival of Iran was held on Tuesday morning in Tehran with Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi in attendance.

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