ABWA Official Website – During his visit to Georgia, Ayatollah Reza Ramazani, Secretary General of the AhlulBayt (a.s.) World Assembly met with Archbishop Andrea. It is also worth mentioning that in this meeting, the following people were also present: Dr. Adib, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr. Rashed, Deputy for International Affairs of the Assembly, Mr. Mehri, Honorable Cultural Advisor of Iran to Georgia, Hojat al-Islam Zare, the head of the Propagation Center of the Islamic Culture and Communication Organization, Mr. Yousefzadeh, representative of the Al-Mustafa (p.b.u.h) international University, and Sadeqian, Head of the office of the Commonwealth countries. /345/
The Ahl al-Bayt World Assembly is an international non-governmental organization (INGO) that was established by a group of Shiite elites under the supervision of the great Islamic authority of the Shiites in 1990 to identify, organize, educate and support the followers of Ahl al-Bayt.