A number of religious and cultural figures including Hojat-ol-Islam Hassan Khomeini, Hojat-ol-Islam Mohsen Qara’ati, Quran and Etrat Deputy of the Culture Ministry Hojat-ol-Islam Mohammad Reza Heshmati, Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf and Head of Tehran Municipal Council Ahmad Masjed-Jamei will be present at the opening of the event.
Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani is also expected to send a message to the congress.
Several Quranic research papers will be presented at Thursday’s event, all related to the theme of the congress, which is Surah Yasin of the Holy Quran.
Foreign guests from countries like Lebanon and India will also take part in the 11th edition of the Congress of Women Quran Researchers.