Tehran to host 30th Intl. Quran Competition in June

TEHRAN,May 14(MNA)-- The 30th International Quran Competition will be held at the Summit Conference Hall in Tehran from June 1 to 7. Hashem Soltan-Nejad and Vahid Vakili from Iran will compete in the memorization and recitation categories, the State Endowment and Charity Affairs Organization announced on Monday. A seminar on Quranic research has also been arranged on the side section of the event, and interested applicants are asked to submit their works to the secretariat of the completion before May 20. Last year, Qasem Moqaddami received the first prize in the recitation category and Hossein Motamedi won the first prize in the memorization category.