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Tehran opens 33rd Int’l Holy Qur’an Fair with 20 foreign delegations
Iran opened the 33rd International Holy Qur’an Fair on February 02 at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini Mosalla, with representatives from 20 countries attending the two-week event, the Islamic Culture and Relations Organization said.
The exhibition, held under the motto “Iran in the Shelter of the Qur’an”, runs through March 6, IRNA reported.
Hojatoleslam Seyyed Mostafa Hosseini-Neyshabouri, director of the fair’s international section, said foreign participants are active across artistic, academic and cultural product segments. 10 countries, including Turkey, Oman, Egypt and Bahrain, are present in the artistic division, while seven are taking part in scholarly programs and three are showcasing Qur’anic cultural products.
Delegations have arrived from North Africa, the wider Arab-Islamic region, neighboring states, Indonesia, ASEAN members and the Indian subcontinent, reflecting a deliberate push for geographical diversity.
Organizers have scheduled around 20 book unveilings and 20 specialized sessions within the international program. Two prominent non-Iranian Qur’anic figures will be honored alongside domestic contributors in coordination with national Qur’anic institutions.
The fourth Tehran Qur’anic Meeting will convene scholars to address “The Qur’an and the Prophet” in commemoration of the 1,500th anniversary of the birth of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Among the invited guests is Algerian scholar Sheikh Abu Jarrah Soltani, author of a 25-volume Qur’anic exegesis.
Alongside Qur’anic works, the fair also presents research and publications related to Nahj al-Balagha (a collection of the sermons, letters and short sayings of Imam Ali (PBUH)) and Sahifa Sajjadiya (hymns of Imam Sajjad (PBUH)) within the broader framework of Qur’an and Ahl al-Bayt scholarship.