According to Kanoon General Directorate for Public Relations and International Affairs, Mohammad Reza Zomorrodian, in an order to Soroush Sehat, has stated that reviving the tradition of storytelling according to the taste of the audience, using Kanoon potentials and experience in this area in holding storytelling festivals for two decades, also to make an increase in people, artists, authors and storytellers participation and to promote the artistic level of the festival are among the duties of the secretary of the festival.

Kanoon Cultural Assistant, in a separate order, appointed Majid Tavakoli, a cinematographer who was the executive director of the storytelling festival for the past two years, for the same position.

The head of the 23rd International Storytelling Festival appointed Elham Darabi, a top storyteller, as the Head of the Secretariat. Bahareh Jahandoust, Narrator, TV presenter and a top storyteller as the Head of the Provincial Committee of the Festival. 

Moreover, Vahid Khosravi and Alireza Aghaie, experienced Kanoon storytellers, are selected as the Head of Top Storytelling Committee and Podcast, the two sections recently added to the storytelling festival.

Based on the news, Mohammad Reza Zomorrodian, through another order, has appointed Seid Mohammad Hossein Hashemi, a media activist, as the Head of Public Relations and Propaganda for the festival.

The 23rd International Storytelling Festival will start in March-April due to Corona virus pandemic. It is going to be virtual.