{"id":103380,"date":"2026-05-14T13:05:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=103380"},"modified":"2026-05-14T13:05:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:35:11","slug":"qom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/qom\/","title":{"rendered":"Qom"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Qom Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qom is home to one of the largest Indian communities in Iran with over 3,000 to 3,500 nationals, many of them students enrolled in religious seminaries and universities.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Qom<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> capital of Qom province<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>north-central Iran.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It serves as a <\/span><b>link between<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>central provinces of Iran and Tehran.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Qom Significance\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is primarily known for its significance as the<\/span><b> center of Shia Islamic scholarship<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and theology.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Qom <\/span><b>became a center of Shi\u2019ite Islam in the 8th century<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> AD and a place of pilgrimage in the 17th century.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is home to many <\/span><b>important religious sites<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including the <\/span><b>Shrine of Fatima Masumeh, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which is one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in Iran.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The city is the site of the<\/span><b> largest theological college in Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a <\/span><b>petroleum distribution center,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with petrochemical, cement, textile, and other industries.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>It was at Qom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that the <\/span><b>Iranian army surrendered to Islamic revolutionary militia in 1979.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Following the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/1979-islamic-revolution-fall-of-the-pahlavi-dynasty-in-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\">Islamic Revolution<\/a> i<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">n Iran early in 1979, the revolution\u2019s principal figure, the <\/span><b>Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> again <\/span><b>took up residence in Qom,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from where he <\/span><b>ruled the Islamic republic <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">until his death in 1989.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/in-irans-holy-city-of-qom-indian-volunteers-serve-sharbat-amid-war-fears-and-protests\/article70975038.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Qom is the capital of Qom province, north-central Iran. 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