TEHRAN – Iranian reciter Mehdi Gholamnejad has won the second prize at the 9th Kuwait International Award for Quran Memorization.

He received the prize in the reciting category, in which Malaysian and Moroccan reciters took first and third places respectively, the Persian service of FNA reported on Wednesday.

The contest opened on April 10 and came to an end by awarding the top Quran reciters and memorizers on Wednesday.

Mohammad-Javad Delfani, another Iranian reciter who attended the event, failed to win a prize.

Photo: Iranian reciter Mehdi Gholamnejad in an undated photo
    
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