Iran Press/ Iran news: According to Iran press "Mohammed Mahdi Esmaili", Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran yesterday evening (Thursday) at the opening ceremony of the 40th edition of the National Qur'an Competition and the 8th edition of the Student Qur'an Competition of the Islamic World in Tehran, stating that the Islamic Republic of Iran through the great movement of Imam Khomeini (RA) ) is known as a Quranic movement, he said:
"The message of the Quran is the message of resistance and jihad, and today we are witnessing the strength and excellence of jihad and resistance in the Islamic world."
"Ismaili" added: "Today, the people of Gaza have been subjected to the most severe attacks and invasions of the Zionist regime for more than four months, and children who have lost their families stand in front of the camera with strength and say about resistance, this is the power of the Quran that this It has marked the space of resistance."
Iran's Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance said: "Today, the Islamic resistance movement of the people of the region has brought the Zionist enemy to its knees, and we have seen all the divine promises during this period of resistance."
The 40th edition of the national Quran competition and the 8th edition of the student Quran competition of the Islamic world with the motto "One book, one nation, the book of resistance" with the presence of Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Speaker of Iran's Parliament, and a group of national officials and managers of Quranic affairs in the summit hall in Tehran kicked off.
The 40th edition of the national Qur'an competitions will be held in two categories, women and men, in the age group above eighteen years old, in the fields of research, reading, recitation of the Qur'an and memorization of the entire Qur'an for men, and recitation of the recitation and memorization of the entire Qur'an for women.
The participating countries in this tournament are the Islamic Republic of Iran, Malaysia, Egypt, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Indonesia, Lebanon, India, the Netherlands, Germany, America, Tunisia, Russia, Ivory Coast, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Senegal, Syria, Iraq, Canada, Palestine, Philippines, Jordan, Pakistan, Comoros, Burundi, Libya, Afghanistan, Niger, Somalia, Bangladesh, Tanzania, Mauritania, Thailand, Tajikistan, England, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Uganda, Oman, Brunei, Gambia and New Zealand.
The closing ceremony of this competition will be held on February 21.
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