Talking to reporters, Seyyed Javad Ja’fari said the programs will be held in various sections of the festival which is slated for September 18-28.
The programs all feature lifestyle of Imam Reza (AS), he said, noting that the festival will be organized in 48 other countries and 186 different points across the world simultaneously.
Some 15 working groups have been set up to organize the programs, Ja’fari said.
Compilation of Imam Reza (AS) encyclopedia in 11 volumes by 60 noted instructors from seminaries and universities will also begin simultaneous with the festival, he noted.
Imam Reza’s (AS) shrine is located in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi province. Millions of people from Iran and abroad go on pilgrimage there each year.
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