Insults at Prophet Muhammad reveal hostility with Islam: Cleric
Tehran, Jan 16, IRNA – Tehran Substitute Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Movahhedi Kermani said recent insults at Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in…
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Iranian top cleric condemns anti-Islamic cartoons as ‘modern ignorance’
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A senior Iranian cleric condemned the publication of new cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) by French satirical magazine…
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…
Turks protest paper publishing Charlie Hebdo cartoon
Turkish demonstrators have gathered outside the premises of a newspaper, protesting the publication of French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s cover in the…
Syria president holds West responsible for Paris attacks
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says recent terrorist attacks in France were the repercussion of Western support for “terrorism”. “We need to remind…
Muslim Association says condemnation of Paris terrorist incident not to justify Islam desecration
Tehran, Jan 13, IRNA – The Association of Muslim Journalists said on Wednesday that condemnation of Paris terrorist incident will not justify…
Makarem: Islam prohibits terrorism, crimes against humanity
Qom, Jan 14, IRNA — Religious leader Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi on Wednesday condemned the terrorist act in France and said Islam…
Iran blasts desecration of Prophet by French magazine
TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) – Iran’s Supreme National Security Council spokesman has blasted publication of a cartoon of the Prophet of Islam…
Iran’s judiciary chief slams West’s stance on terrorism, Human rights
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani on Wednesday deplored double-standard attitude adopted by the western countries towards the…
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…
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…
Charlie Hebdo depicts Prophet Mohammed in new cartoon
French magazine Charlie Hebdo has once again published a cartoon depicting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad on the cover of its new edition amid…
Iran condemns Charlie Hebdo’s insulting cartoon as “provocative”
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry on Wednesday lashed out at the satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo for printing a cartoon of…
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…
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…
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…
World leaders head for Paris to attend rally in solidarity with recent attacks victims
Leaders from the four corners of the world are set to join a mass demonstration in France in solidarity with the victims…
Hollande: French attacks have nothing to do with Islam
TEHRAN (ISNA)- French President Francois Hollande rejected any links between the perpetrators of the recent terror attacks around the capital Paris with…
Iranian cartoonists slam Paris attacks
TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – In the wake of the deadly attack on the office of the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in…
Iran daily: “West’s intervention in Syria to blame for mass killing in France”
Iran’s Speaker of President Ali Larijani (pictured) has blamed this week’s killing of 12 people at the French magazine Charlie Hebdo on Western intervention in Syria.…
Muslim unions, leaders condemn Paris attack
TEHRAN (FNA)- In the aftermath of Wednesday’s extremist attack in Paris, Muslim unions and leaders expressed outrage at the “barbaric” targeting of…
Anonymous declares #OpCharlieHebdo campaign against ISIL, Qaeda
A Belgian branch of the hacker group Anonymous has declared a war on ISIL and al-Qaeda terrorist groups in revenge for a…
Terrorists threaten Islam, Prophet, Quran: Nasrallah
The leader of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah says terrorist groups threaten Islam, Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) and the holy Quran by committing…
Two dead in Paris shoot-out
A shootout, followed by a hostage-taking at a kosher grocery shop northeast of Paris, has left at least two dead amid police attempts to hunt…
Terrorism, violence in name of Islam reprehensible: Rouhani
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has censured terrorism and violence in the name of Islam in any part of the world. “We condemn…
ISIL claims responsibility for Paris attack, warns US, UK
The ISIL Takfiri group has claimed responsibility for the recent terrorist attack on a satirical French weekly in the French capital, Paris,…
Paris attack Suspect Trained with Al-Qaeda in Yemen: US Officials
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Said Kouachi, one of the two brothers being sought by French authorities in the massacre at Charlie Hebdo magazine,…
Top Iranian cleric condemns Paris shooting
A top Iranian cleric has decried a recent deadly gun attack on the office of a satirical French weekly in Paris. “We strongly…
Hostage-taking underway in Paris amid manhunt: Sources
A hostage situation has allegedly developed in Paris amid the police’s pursuit of the suspects of the recent deadly terror attack in the…
Syria: Paris attack price of French politics
Syria says the recent terror attack in Paris was carried out by terrorists who previously enjoyed the backing of Western and French officials. Speaking to…
Iran’s coverage: Iran, OPEC states pursuing sliding oil prices, Zanganeh says
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Iran, OPEC states pursuing sliding oil prices: Minister Iran and other members of…
Paris shooting: French far-right leader Le Pen calls for death penalty
The leader of France’s rightwing Front National (FN), Marine Le Pen, has announced she would reintroduce the death penalty if she wins…
Iran press says France must review policy after deadly attack
France must review its policy towards the Middle East and the Muslim world following the deadly attack on the Charlie Hebdo satirical…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan. 8
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 14 of them. IFP has…