The 30th Tehran International Quran Competition organizers have released the names of jurors selected to judge in various categories of the years competition.
A number of Iranian and international reciters were selected to serve at the jury panel of the 2013 Tehran International Quran Competition, the State Endowment and Charity Affairs Organization announced.
Rizwan Darwish from Syria, Junaidin Idris from Indonesia, Ikmal Zaidi bin Hashim from Malaysia, Adel Khalil Mahmoud from Lebanon, and Abdel Monem Ahmed Mohammad from Sudan are among the foreign jury members.
The panel is also to host five other foreign reciters and nine Iranian members.
Prominent Iranian reciter Abdul Rasoul Abaei was selected to preside over the jury members of this years competition.
Hashem Soltannejad and Vahid Vakili have been named to represent Iran in the memorization and recitation categories at the upcoming event.
This years competition is also slated to host a seminar on Quranic research that will be held on the sidelines of the international contest.
The 30th International Quran Competitions is scheduled to take place from June 1 to 7, 2013.