Iran’s Representative in Turkey Quran Contest Knows Little about Regulations
Hosseini told IQNA that he is fully prepared to compete in the Quranic event but noted that despite his efforts, he has failed to obtain much information about the contest is going to be held and how the participants are going to be scored.
He said the only information he has received from Iran’s representative in last year’s edition of the event is that it used to be held in one round but the last edition had two rounds.
It is not clear how many rounds this edition will have or whether Qaris are scored based on how long or how many pages they recite, he wondered.
If one is aware of such details, he would be better prepared to have a good performance, he went on to say.
Hosseini, and Mostafa Esfahanian, Iran’s representative in the competition’s memorization category, will leave Iran for Turkey on Thursday.
The contest will kick off in Istanbul on Wednesday.
In the last edition of the contest in 2016, Iran’s Mehdi Gholamnejad came fourth in recitation.
Saeed Aliakbari, the other Iranian contender, failed to win any title in the category of memorization.
