Iran president: Insulting Prophet Muhammad, disrespect to entire human values
President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday that insult to Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) is an insult to all the divine prophets and the…
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A world-wide-web fight against a terror group on the ground
Ghost Security, a hacking group, says its mission is to eliminate the online presence of extremist groups such as ISIL, stymie their…
Man shot dead by Copenhagen police after gun attacks
Copenhagen (AFP) – Copenhagen police said early Sunday they had shot a man dead hours after fatal gun attacks targeting the Danish…
Free speech no excuse for insulting religions: Pope
Pope Francis has lashed out at those in the Western societies who keep justifying their insults against religions by resorting to notions…
acrilege to Prophet Mohammad serves to spread Islamophobia: Cleric
Tehran, Feb 6, IRNA – Tehran Substitute Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani said sacrilege to Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) serves to…
Indian police arrest editor over Charlie Hebdo reprint
MUMBAI: Police have arrested and bailed the editor of an Urdu-language newspaper in Mumbai for reprinting an anti-Islam cartoon from satirical French…
Islam has the right to protest: Larijani
TEHRAN, Jan. 26 (MNA) – General Secretary of High Council for Human Rights in Iran’s Judiciary System while stressing that desecration of…
Photos of the week
18 January-25 January Iranian officials go to work by underground on Clean Air Day Iranian National Museum of Graphic Arts…
Iranian minority MPs condemn Charlie Hebdo’s cartoon
TEHRAN (FNA)- Representatives of Iranian religious minorities at the Parliament in a statement on Sunday deplored the blasphemous cartoon of Islam’s prophet…
Minister: Western religious bodies blast Charlie Hebdo
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Justice Minister Mostafa Pourmohammadi condemned the French weekly, Charlie Hebdo, for publishing a cartoon of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad (PBUH),…
Iran head counters media portrayal of Islam
Iranian leaders have rejected the representation of Islam by the Paris shooters and in Western media, encouraging people instead to look in…
Iran’s Khamenei urges Western youth to examine Islam for themselves
Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has urged Western youth to examine Islam for themselves rather than swallow prejudiced views, in a…
Politics and rivalry shape Iranian response to Paris attack
(Reuters) – The deadly attack by Islamist gunmen on the offices of French newspaper Charlie Hebdo drew a somewhat unexpected response from…
France to sue Fox News channel for broadcasting false reports
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo says she will sue Fox News channel for broadcasting false reports that the French city has “no-go zones”…
‘Freedom of speech not freedom to insult’
TEHRAN, Jan. 21 (MNA) – In the wake of Charlie Hebdo’s desecration of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), Iranian foreign minister reiterated that freedom…
Cameron defends ‘reasonable’ letter to mosques
The Prime Minister says that anyone opposing a letter sent to UK mosques after the Paris terror attacks “really has a problem”.…
Hundreds of thousands protest in Chechnya against Mohammad cartoons
(Reuters) – Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Russia’s Chechnya region on Monday against what its Kremlin-backed leader called the “vulgar…
France begins jailing people for ironic comments
It may sound like an ironic joke, but it isn’t. Less than a week after the massive rallies in defense of “free…
Protesting people in Iran ask for expulsion of French envoy
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A large group of Iranian students and people, in a final statement released at the end of Monday protest…
Leader’s military aide: Sacrilegious moves against Islam led by Zionists, West
TEHRAN (FNA)- Senior Military Aide to the Iranian Supreme Leader Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi condemned the French weekly, Charlie Hebdo, for…
Iranian FM: Western insult to Islam pushing extremism forward
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif condemned French weekly Charlie Hebdo’s sacrilegious cartoon of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), and said…
Iran students to protest at French embassy against Charlie Hebdo
Iranian students plan to protest outside the French embassy in Tehran today against the new Charlie Hebdo cover lampooning the Prophet Muhammad. The…
Iran warned West about exploiting terrorism: Top diplomat
An Iranian deputy foreign minister says the Islamic Republic had warned the West about the repercussions of exploiting terrorism well before the…
Turkey prime minister likens Netanyahu to Paris gunmen
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has likened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the gunmen in the recent attacks in the French…
Iranian foreign minister voices concern about anti-Muslim protests in Europe
GENEVA — Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed concern Wednesday about “extremely dangerous” anti-Muslim demonstrations taking place in Europe and called for…
Muslims main victims of fundamentalism: French president
French President Francois Hollande says Muslims are the main victims of fundamentalism and intolerance, as the European country grapples with the fallout…
Iranian culture ministry slams Charlie Hebdo’s sacrilegious cartoon
TEHRAN (FNA)- Spokesman of Iran’s Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry Hossein Noushabadi strongly condemned the French weekly, Charlie Hebdo, for publishing a…
Iranian FM urges respect for sanctities
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday highlighted the necessity for respect for sanctities of all religions and…
Yemen’s Al-Qaida claims responsibility for Paris attack
CAIRO (AP) — Yemen’s al-Qaida branch on Wednesday claimed responsibility for last week’s deadly attack on a Paris satirical newspaper, with one…
Iran’s Zarif suggests Charlie Hebdo makes dialogue harder
(Reuters) – Iran’s foreign minister said on Wednesday serious dialogue with the West would be easier if it respected Muslim sensitivities, ruffled…
French MPs okay extension of military campaign against Islamic State
The French parliament has unanimously approved the extension of the country’s military intervention in Iraq, which is being directed against Islamic State…
Netanyahu’s Paris appearance was a PR disaster
Benjamin Netanyahu finds out he missed the bus: An uncomfortable look at the prime minister’s embarrassing trip to France. The Paris trip…
US admits mistake in missing Paris unity rally
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The White House acknowledged it should have sent a senior official to the massive rally against terrorism in Paris,…
Basij commander: Paris attacks aimed at stopping Europeans’ enthusiasm for Islam
TEHRAN (FNA)- Commander of Iran’s Basij (volunteer) Force Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Naqdi blasted the masterminds of the recent terrorist attack in…
Charlie Hebdo to feature Prophet Muhammad cartoons this week
This week’s special edition of the Charlie Hebdo magazine, which recently came under a shooting attack in Paris, will feature caricatures of…
Turkish PM expects a similar reaction to attacks on Muslims as Paris rally
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu praised the rally against terror in Paris, adding that he would expect a similar reaction to attacks…
German minister: Religious terrorism, Islam are quite different
Berlin, Jan 12, IRNA – German Interior Minister Thomas de Mariziere said extremism and religious terrorism are different from Islam and making…
Press campaigners condemn presence of certain world leaders at Paris rally
Press freedom campaigners have condemned the presence at a mass unity rally in Paris of certain world leaders who hold poor human…
Italian daily hails Iran President for condemning violence in France
Rome, Jan 11, IRNA – Italian daily, Corriere della Sera, on Sunday hailed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani for condemning terrorism and violence…
Hollande asked Netanyahu not to attend Paris memorial march
Absence sought as part of attempt to keep Israeli-Palestinian conflict out of European show of unity; After Netanyahu insisted on coming, French…