Hawzah News Agency (Qom, Iran) – Ayatollah Alireza Arafi, head of the Iranian seminaries, met with the chairmen of Islamic seminary's scientific Forum in Qom on Wednesday, May 3, ۲۰۱۷.

During the meeting, Hujjat al-Islam Husseini Kashani, Head of the forum asserted, "There are currently 19 associations under the supervision of secretariat of seminary's scientific forum all of which have an exclusive statute and defined plan of action."

The cleric went on, "We're planning to establish 8 new associations in areas of philosophy, jurisprudence, medicine, women's studies, astronomy, literature, futurology as well as cultural studies."

Reporting on the secretariat's 12 years history in scientific activities, Hujjat al-Islam Husseini added, "During these years, we have organized and held 626 scientific meetings, 11 debates, 80 book review sessions and 60 round tables."