Late Iranian Qari to Be Commemorated
TEHRAN (IQNA) – An online program will be held in Khorramabad, western Iranian province of Lorestan, to commemorate Houshang Yari, a prominent Quran activist and reciter who died last week.
The Quranic community of Khorramabad will hold the event on Thursday.
It will be attended by a number of prominent Iranian Qaris, including Jahanbakhsh Faraji and Mehdi Gholamnejad.
Yari died of the coronavirus on November 9 at the age of 52.
He was a veteran Quran activist from the western Iranian city of Kermanshah and a retired school teacher.
He won top prizes in various national and international Quranic events, including the first title in Syria’s international Quran contest in 2005.
Yari also recited the Quran in presence of Leader of the Islamic Revolution several times.
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