Iran Names Representative for 62nd Malaysia’s Int’l Quran Competition
Nouri claimed second place in the men’s recitation category of the 44th national Quran competition of Iran runner-up in late December 2021.
After two years of hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Malaysian contest is set to be resumed this year.
The screening stage of the event is set to be held virtually and the main contest will be staged in October in person.
Here is Nouri’s recitation of verses 9-18 of Surah Az-Zumar in a meeting of university students’ with Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on April 26, 2022, in Tehran.
The 61st edition of Malaysia’s international Quran competition was held in the Southeast Asian country’s capital in April 2019 and Iran’s representative Hadi Movahed Amin finished fourth after qaris from Malaysia, Algeria, and Morocco. More than 100 qaris and memorizers from 71 countries had participated in the last edition.
