Photos: People of Qom celebrate birth anniversary of 7th Shia Imam
MNA | Mehdi Bakhshi: People of Qom participated in a ceremony at the shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh on Sunday night to mark the…
Tag Archives: Qom
Photos: Qom mourns for martyrdom anniversary of Imam Jafar Sadiq (PBUH)
ISNA | Ahmad Zohrabi: The mourning ceremony of the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Jafar Sadiq (PBUH), the sixth Imam of Shi’ite world,…
Photos: Heavy rainfall, flood in Qom
ISNA | Mohammad Mohsenzadeh: Heavy rainfall has flooded many streets in Qom and caused damage to some vehicles and increased the water…
Iranians to make it through these tough days together: President
Tasnim – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani highlighted the major role of the country’s medical staff in containing the coronavirus epidemic and said…
‘Virus at Iran’s gates’: How Tehran failed to stop outbreak
AP | JON GAMBRELL: Appearing before the cameras coughing and sweating profusely, the man leading Iran’s response to the new coronavirus outbreak…
Revolutionary Guards to enforce coronavirus controls in Iran
The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards are to clear streets, shops and public places in the country within the next…
Qom capable of overcoming coronavirus: WHO official
IRNA — Emergency Director of the Regional Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Eastern Mediterranean Richard Brennan on Sunday…
Qom’s officials cancel Saturday shutdown
March 5, The Iran Project – Earlier, Qom’s headquarters of Crisis management in a statement on Thursday announced the closure of all…
Fire kills 5 in residential building in Iranian city of Qom
AP – A fire erupted in a residential building in the Iranian city of Qom before dawn on Friday, killing at least…
Fast-spreading coronavirus pushes Iran closer to lockdown
Al-Monitor – Iran is closer to an effective shutdown amid a worsening coronavirus epidemic that was first reported last Wednesday in the…
Coronavirus fears grip Middle East as Iran denies cover-up
The Guardian | Martin Chulov and Mohammed Rasool: Shrine city of Qom believed to be virus hub, as concern grows for region’s…
Iran says Qom ‘almost stable’ after coronavirus outbreak
Al-Monitor – Iran’s Interior Minister Abdulreza Rahmanifazli said that the coronavirus outbreak may have contributed to record low participation rates in Iran’s…
Photos: Disinfection of public transportation fleet in Qom
ISNA | Ahmad Zohrabi: Given the outbreak of ‘coronavirus’ in the religious city of Qom and for the prevention of spread of…
Iran lawmaker says 50 dead from new virus in city of Qom
AP — A staggering 50 people have died in the Iranian city of Qom from the new coronavirus this month, a lawmaker…
Iran says 43 infected with coronavirus, eight dead: official
Reuters – Iran has confirmed 15 new cases of the new coronavirus, taking the total to 43 with a death toll of…
People of Qom cast ballots despite Coronavirus fears
Tasnim – Iranian clerics and ordinary people residing in the holy city of Qom have taken part in the parliamentary elections, despite…
Two Iranians die after testing positive for coronavirus: official
Reuters – Two Iranians have died in hospital after testing positive for the new coronavirus in the holy Shi’ite city of Qom,…
Two test positive for coronavirus in Iran: health ministry spokesman
Reuters – Preliminary tests on two suspected coronavirus cases in Iran have come back positive, a health ministry spokesman said on Wednesday,…
Photos: Leader receives thousands of people from Qom
ISNA – On the anniversary of people of Qom’s January 9, 1978 uprising, thousands of people from Qom met with Leader of…
Photos: Qom receives martyr Soleimani on Monday evening
ISNA | Mohammad Asadi & Ahmad Zohrabi: Hundreds of thousands of people in Qom packed the streets of the holy city to…
Qom receives Martyr Soleimani on Monday evening
MNA – Hundreds of thousands of people in Qom packed the streets of the holy city to bid farewell to the Iranian…
Iran hoists blood-red ‘flag of revenge’ in holy city of Qom as thousands mourn Soleimani across the region
RT – A blood-red flag, symbolizing the call to avenge the dead, has been hoisted atop the Jamkaran Mosque in the Iranian…
Photos: Martyrdom anniv. of Imam Reza in Qom
ISNA | Ahmad Zohrabi: On the martyrdom anniversary of the eighth Shia Imam, Imam Reza (PBUH), a mourning ceremony was held at…
Nasrallah’s family visits religious figures in Qom
MNA – The family of Secretary-General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah Movement Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah visited some maraji and religious figures in Qom on…
Photos: Qom’s police special unit training
Tasnim | Mohammad Ali Marizad: Iranian Police Special Force (NOPO) holds regular training to maintain readiness. Here are photos of NOPO forces…
Public transportation gets a boost in Tehran, Qom
Financial Tribune – From adding new vehicles to the public bus fleet to purchasing new wagons for the subway, urban managers across Iran…
Photos: Several unidentified martyrs laid to rest in different cities
Mizan | Rahimi, Heshmati & Mohsen Zade: The remains of Iranian soldiers, who became martyred during eight years of Iraqi Saddam Hussain…
US challenged with Islamic Rev. power, resistance culture: Safavi
MNA – Top Military Aide to the Iranian Leader, Major General Yahya Rahim Safavi, said that the United States has been challenged…
Police seize 55kg of opium in Qom
MNA – The police forces of Qom province have seized 55kg of illicit drugs during an operation in the Iranian central city.…
Photos: 30th demise anniversary of Imam Khomeini (RA) observed in Qom
Tasnim |Mohammad Ali Marirzad: The 30th death anniversary of the founding father of the Islamic Revolution Imam Khomeini (RA) was held today…
Photos: Iftar banquet at Hazrat Masoumeh (SA) Mausoleum
MNA | Mohammad Ali Haqshenas: Shrine of Hazrat Fatima Masumeh in Qom every night hosts thousands of fasting people for Iftar banquet…
Iranian cleric slams Int’l circles’ silence on Saudi mass execution
Tasnim – Senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi deplored the international organizations’ silence on the mass execution of 37 political prisoners…
Photos: Fields of wild poppy flowers in Qom
Mizan | Mohammad Mohsenzadeh: We are witnessing the growth of large wild poppy flowers in different parts of Iran due to the…
Photos: Jamkaran Mosque prepares to host 12th Shia Imam’s birth anniv.
Mizan | Mehdi Mohebi pour: A day before the anniversary of the twelfth Shia Imam, Muhammad al-Mahdi (AS), people from across Iran…
Iran: FM informs Qom religious references about FATF
Asharq Al-Awsat – The Iranian government is attempting to convince conservatives to approve the bill to join the Financial Action Task Force…
Photos: Iran’s FM Zarif meets senior clerics in Qom
ISNA | Ahmad Zohrabi: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif held talks with senior clerics in Qom on Monday.
Iran President’s visit to Iraq puzzles out knots: Zarif
IRNA – President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to Iraq solved many age-old problems, said Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif in Qom on Monday. ‘Dredging…
Seminary scholars, students stage rally in support of Leader’s statement
Tasnim – A large number of Iranian Islamic seminary scholars and students staged a gathering to voice support for a recent statement…
Funeral held for senior cleric in Qom
IQNA – The funeral for senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Momen was held in the holy city of Qom on Saturday. A…
Photos: Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces meets senior clerics in Qom
Tasnim | Mohammad Ali Marizad: Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri has met with senior…