The 9th edition of Bismillah Festival was inaugurated at Tehran’s Niavaran Cultural Center on Friday.

Works by masters and veterans are on display in the competitive and non-competitive sections of the festival, organizers announced on Saturday.

Over 70 works mostly focusing on calligraphy and illumination are on show in the competition section, while 120 are on display in the non-competition section.

Works by veterans including Gholamhossein Amirkhani, Esrafil Shirchi and Jalil Rasuli as well as two calligraphy works by Iranian First Vice President Mohammadreza Rahimi are among the displayed works at the exhibit.