Russian Language and Literature Association Chairman Janolah Karimi-Motakhhar invited Anton Maslakov, Associate Professor of the Department of Russian as a Foreign Language and Teaching Methods of the International Institute of Interdisciplinary Education and Ibero-American Studies of the Southern Federal University, to participate in the forum.

The forum was held at the sites of three Iranian universities: Al-Zahra University, Tehran Pedagogical University and Mazendaran University.

Within the framework of the forum, a conference of Russian speakers from different countries was held, at which Anton Alexandrovich made a presentation on the teaching of the Russian verb by Farsi speakers. In addition, Anton Maslakov attended master classes, round tables and creative meetings.

As a result of communication with representatives of universities on the sidelines of the forum, preliminary agreements were reached on cooperation with the Southern Federal University in the fields of education, science and popularization of the Russian language and culture in the Islamic Republic of Iran.