TEHRAN, Nov. 08 (MNA) – Organizers of France’s Louis François Visual Arts Competition have sent more honorary diplomas for its Iranian winners.

Back in September, 10 Iranian children and adolescents, members of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA), had won the competition’s first and seventh place while the others bagged the competition’s honorary diplomas. Now the event has announced eight other Iranian winners.

Samin Abbasi, Fatima Zahra Hemmati, Amir Abbas Parast , Aynaz Shadmanesh, Soheil Kargar, Kiarash Samimi Tabar, Fatima Abiri and Mohammad Mahdi Khoshhal were named recently.

IIDCYA had attended the Louis François Visual Arts Competition by submitting 911 paintings.

Totally 5200 works from 53 countries were sent to the event.

By Mehr News agency