New Head of Iran’s Quran Museum Appointed

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Hojat-ol-Islam Amir Lohrasbi has been appointed as the new director of Iran’s National Quran Museum.

He replaced Hojat-ol-Islam Fakhreddin Saberi.

The hail and farewell ceremony for the new and previous directors of the museum was held in Tehran on Monday.

Speaking at the ceremony, Hojat-ol-Islam Saberi elaborated on the measures taken to develop the museum during his term, IRIB News reported.

He said the National Quran Museum was established in 2006.

At that time, he said, the museum only contained some 40 Quran manuscripts and valuable Quranic items.

Now, though, there are over 700 items, including 270 rare Quran copies, on display there, he went on to say.