Iran Names Representatives in Int’l Quran Contest for Muslim Students

IQNA – Mohammad Hossein Behzadfar and Mostafa Ghasemi were introduced as Iran’s representatives in the 7th International Holy Quran Competition for Muslim Students.

The selection stage of the international Quranic event in the two categories of memorization and recitation was held on Tuesday, August 26, thanks to the efforts of the Iranian Academics' Quranic Organization.

In this stage, 11 winners of various editions of the Quran and Itrat Festival for Iranian Students competed in the presence of a panel of judges comprising masters like Mohammad Hossein Saeedian, Abbas Imamjomeh, Moataz Aghaei, Saeed Rahmani, and Mohsen Yarahmadi.  

After a detailed review of the scores by the competition secretariat and the final evaluation by the panel of arbiters, Mohammad Hossein Behzadfar in the category of memorization of the entire Quran and Mostafa Ghasemi in the category of Quran recitation received the highest scores and were named as representatives of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the upcoming contest.

The International Quran Competition for Muslim Students is organized by the Iranian Academics’ Quranic Organization under the Academic Center for Education, Culture, and Research (ACECR).

Launched in 2006, it remains the only global Quranic competition dedicated specifically to Muslim students.

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