Iran Int’l Quran Contest Wraps Up, Winners Awarded

TEHRAN (IQNA) – The closing ceremony of Iran’s 38th international Quran competition, in which winners of different categories were announced and awarded, was held here in Tehran Saturday evening.  

A number of senior officials, including Minster of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Mehdi Esmaeili and Head of the Awqaf and Charity Affairs Organization Hojat-ol-Islam Seyed Mehdi Khamoushi, attended the event.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi had been scheduled to officiate the closing ceremony but could not make it due to a minor illness.

After recitation of the Quran and speeches by a number of officials, the winners of the contest, as well as international Quran competitions for women, school students and visually impaired, were announced.

According to the panel of arbiters, the winners were as follows:

Men’s Section

Recitation:

1. Hadi Movahed Amin from Iran
2. Samareddin Samadov from Tajikistan
3. Ovais Ahmadian from Afghanistan

Tarteel Recitation:

1. Seyed Hojat Tarahomi from Iran
2. Hussain Ibrahim from Egypt
3. Mustafa Zahed from Morocco

Memorization of Entire Quran:

1. Hissan Muhammad Bakour from Syria
2. Muhammad Rafat al-Bina from Indonesia
3. Haitham Safar Ahmad from Kenya

Women’s Section (Memorization of Entire Quran):

1. Tahereh Naebi Movahed from Iran
2. Zahra Abdul Jabbar from Iraq
3. Ashura Amani from Tanzania

International Quran Competition for School Students

Boys:

Recitation:

1. Amir Ali Yadegari from Iran
2. Mohammad Sadeq Mohammadi from Afghanistan
3. Ali Taha Latifi from Germany

Memorization of Entire Quran:

1. Saleh Ahmad Takrim from Bangladesh
2. Mohammad Reza Jafarpour from Iran
3. Su Ibrahim from Ivory Coast

Girls:

Recitation:

1. Maryam Sabzezari from Iran
2. Nadiya Noor Fatima from Indonesia
3. Fatima Salami from Lebanon

Memorization of Entire Quran:

1. Zahra Khalili from Iran
2. Asma Saleh from Tanzania
3. Humaira Kunec from Turkey

International Quran Competition for Visually Impaired

Men (Memorization of Entire Quran):

1. Omid Reza Rahimi from Iran
2. Rami Tahami al-Hamidi from Syria
3. Ahmed Yarullah Abdullah from Iraq

Women (Memorization of Entire Quran):

1. Fatima Yunus from Tunisia
2. Maryam Shafiei from Iran
3. Fatima Ali Jabour from Iraq

The final stage of the 38th international Quran competition of Iran had kicked off on Monday.

A total of 62 qaris and memorizers from 29 countries competed in this stage of the event, which was held virtually.

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