Iran Int’l Quran Competition to Return to Tehran Summit Hall
While the conference hall used to host the competition for many years, the event’s venue changed in recent years for different reasons.
Now, according to Hamid Majidimehr, head of the Quran and Etrat Deputy of the Iranian Awqaf and Charity Affairs Organization, the competition will return to the Tehran Summit Hall in its 39th edition.
He said the large capacity of the hall, its good infrastructural and technical facilities, and its experienced managers are among the reasons why it has been chosen again to host the prestigious event.
This hall had been built to host foreign guests in the first place and is therefore good for hosting international events like the Quran competition, he added.
Holding the competition in the Tehran Summit Hall will be proof that in the Islamic Republic of Iran, the best facilities are at the service of the Holy Book and that the Quran is the top priority in the Islamic Iran’s society, Majidimehr went on to say.
The final round of Iran’s 39th International Quran Competition is scheduled to be organized in person on the occasion of Mab’ath, which falls in mid-February 2023, the official had earlier stated. Mab’ath marks the anniversary of the day Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) was chosen as God’s messenger.
Majidimehr had described Iran’s competition as the largest and most credited international Quranic contest in the world in terms of not only the number of contenders but also its organization and its technical aspects.
Iran’s Awqaf and Charity Affairs Organization holds the competition annually with the participation of Quran reciters and memorizers from various countries.
A total of 62 qaris and memorizers from 29 countries competed in the final round of the last edition, which was held virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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