Mohammad Tavana Hosseini is a Kurdish librarian from Marivan, Iran. In an altruistic move, he and his wife donated the money they had saved for their wedding ceremony to the orhpans of Marivan: they held a very simple, down-to-earth ceremony in the library of a small village near Marivan, called Sardoosh. Their family members, friends, and active members of the public library in Sardoosh joined them in their celebration.
The Leader of the Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei, showed his appreciation for the couple by giving them a copy of the Holy Quran. He wrote inside of the front cover in his own handwriting:
To the book-loving couple:
Congratulations and may you have a blessed life, God Willing.
Sayyid Ali Khamenei
