INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-- Iranian reciter Amir-Hossein Rahmati has actually won initially reward at the 39th edition of Irans International Quran
Competition.He received his prize from President Ebrahim Raisi during the closing ceremony of the competition on Wednesday evening at
Tehrans Islamic Summit Conference Hall.Seyyed Amir Hashemi from Afghanistan was picked as runner-up and Abdullah Fikri from Indonesia won
third prize in the reciting section.Rahmati has actually been granted in a number of other global and Iranian competitors
He won the first prize at the 6th International Quran Competition for School Students in 2019
He also took top place at the 44th edition of Irans Nationwide Quran Competition in 2021.Mohammad-Javad Javari from Iran took top place in
the tarteel competitors of the 39th International Quran Competition.Mohammad Yar from Kyrgyzstan and Ismail Hamdan from Lebanon won the
runner-up prize and third prize in this area respectively.First reward in the remembering classification was also given to Iranian reciter
The runner-up and 3rd prizes went to Abd al-Alim Abd al-Rahim from Kenya and Sheikh Mahmud Hassan from Bangladesh.In the ladiess memorizing
competition, very first reward was provided to Amina Ibrahim from Ghana
Hajar Mehralian from Iran and Nasrin Khalidi from Algeria won second and third prizes.First prize in the womens tarteel competition was
offered to Fahimeh Asgharzadeh from Iran.Layla Afara from Lebanon and Amaneh Shirzad from Afghanistan won 2nd and 3rd prizes.In order to
support the local currency, he noted that the winners will be granted cash in rials, the standard unit of cash in Iran.Top winners in
various classifications are granted 1.5 billion rials (over $2,800 based on Irans free-market currency exchange rate: $1 = 530,000 rials)
Runners-up got cash prizes of 1.2 billion rials and third-place winners were awarded prize money of 900 million rials.Fifty-two reciters and
memorizers from throughout the world participated in the competition, which ran with the slogan One Book, One Ummah for four days.Photo:
Iranian reciter Amir-Hossein Rahmati performs throughout the closing ceremony of the 39th International Quran Competition at Tehrans Islamic
Summit Conference Hall on February 22, 2023
(Fars/Mehdi Marizad)MMS/YAW
