Hawzah News Agency (Qom, Iran) – Mr Ismael Mutahhari, head of the international relations department at Jamiat al-Zahra University told reporters, "Professor Ivan Ortman is a University lecturer in the field of Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn, Germany and she paid a visit to Jamiat al-Zahra along with some of her students on Saturday, May 27.

"Professor Ortman is the founder of the Iranology course and a Persian Linguist at the University of Bonn, Germany; she has visited Jamiat al-Zahra once before and become familiar with the center's current activities in Islamic sciences.

"This time the German scholar paid a visit to one of the research workshops held at Lady Masuma's (sa) research institute in Qom." Mutahhari added.

"Professor Ivan Ortman expressed her willingness to expand mutual cooperation between Jamiat al-Zahra (sa) University and the Department of Islamic Studies at the University of Bonn in Germany.