Turkish Director to Make Documentary About Imam Reza (AS)

TEHRAN (IQNA) – Turkish filmmaker Shner Dan Yildiz is planning to make a documentary about the life and virtues of Imam Reza (AS).

Date: 18 April 2015 - 20:53

News ID: ۱۲۸۷۴

Speaking in a meeting with Iranian Cultural Attaché in Turkey, Hassan Safarkhani, Yildiz said he and his assistants will travel to the holy city of Mashahd in the near future to make parts of the documentary in the city.
He added that the documentary will also feature interviews with Turkish scholars, prayer leaders and university professors.
The Iranian official in this meeting voiced readiness to facilitate the team’s visit to Mashhad to make the documentary.
Imam Reza’s (AS) Holy Shrine in the city of Mashhad in the northeastern Iranian province of Khorasan attracts nearly 30 million pilgrims from Iran and other countries, including Iraq, Bahrain, Lebanon, and Pakistan.
The 8th Infallible Imam was martyred after being poisoned by the Abbasid Caliph Ma’mun in the year 818 AD and buried in Sanabad, which later came to be known as Mashhad (place of martyrdom).