TEHRAN – A new Russian version of the Holy Quran was unveiled during a ceremony at the 24th International Holy Quran Exhibition in Tehran on Thursday.

Russian Shia scholar Nazim Zeynalov is the translator of the edition, which was published by the Center for Translation of the Holy Quran in Qom.

Fifteen Russion translations of the Holy Quran by Christian and Sunni scholars have previously been published, the center announced at the ceremony.

Zeynalov won an Iran’s Book of the Year Award for work last year.

The 24th International Holy Quran Exhibition is running at Imam Khomeini Mosalla until June 28.

Photo: Russian translator Nazim Zeynalov holds a copy of a Russian version of the Holy Quran after being unveiled after at Russia’s stand during the 29th Tehran International Book Fair on May 8, 2016. (IQNA/Mohammad Namazi) 

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