The deputy custodian of Imam Reza holy shrine said Nowruz pilgrims are welcome to the holy site as it has prepared to receive visitors on the occasion of the Persian New Year.

Mostafa Feizi, speaking at a press briefing detailed the plans to welcome New year visitors as the coincidence of the Persian New Year and the fasting month of Ramadan have doubled the spiritual ambiance at the holy shrine, reported Taqrib News Agency (TNA).

He said prayers and choirs are among the special programs to be performed for the New Year ceremonies.

Feizi further pointed to Qur’an-centered programs as a special part of Ramadan programs at the shrine and said,” To this end, some 16 different programs such as recitation, interpretation, memorization of the Holy Quran for boys and girls are ongoing in the shrine”.

 Elsewhere in the session, the Chief Director of the shrine, Reza Khorakian, highlighted an increase in public cooperation in providing services to pilgrims.

 “Public participation in programs is voluntary; however, the shrine seeks to attract elites and talented artists to participate individually and collectively as well”, added he.

Also, the head of Scientific and Cultural Organization of the shrine spoke in the press briefing, saying that all the activities of the organization were in line with transcendent pilgrimage.

According to Hamid Abutalebi: “This year’s slogan of our programs is ‘Ultimate Peace, Spring in Shrine, Spring in Life’, which harkens back to a hadith from Imam Reza on social ethics and helping the oppressed”.

Talking about some 260 promotional and cultural programs during the holy month of Ramadan, Abutalebi said: “16 Quranic programs, 11 pilgrims services programs, 124 programs by affiliated institutes, etc.”