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Qasrizadeh Named Iran Quran Radio Chief

14:34 - January 25, 2021
News ID: 3473801
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Prominent Iranian Qari Mansour Qasrizadeh was appointed as the head of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Quran Radio.

 

The IRIB’s Audio Networks Deputy appointed him as the new head of the radio channel.

He replaced Mojtaba Izadi who served in the post since June 2019.

Qasrizadeh was born in 1967 into a religious family in Tehran.

He started learning Quran recitation at the age of 9, imitating the style of Egyptian legendary Qari Abdul Basit Abdul Samad.

Qasrizadeh is also a memorizer of the entire Holy Quran.

He came first in Iran’s national Quran competition twice and won the top title in Malaysia’s international Quran contest in 1991.

 

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