Nimr’s execution sparks angry reactions among Shia, Sunni senior clerics
Tehran, January 2, The Iran Project – The execution of Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a leading Shia cleric and a prominent critic of the Riyadh…
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A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 29
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Thursday and picked headlines from 22 of them. IFP has…
Iran’s Rafsanjani warns against execution of Sheikh Nimr
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said that Saudi rulers have made a “historic” mistake by…
Londoners decry Nimr sentence outside Saudi embassy
Activists have once again gathered outside the Saudi embassy in London calling on Riyadh to halt the execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqi al-Nimr and…
Ayatollah Janati: Blood of martyrs in Mina will topple Al-Saud regime
Tehran, Oct 28, IRAN – Secretary of the Guardian Council Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati on Wednesday sharply criticized death verdict issued for Sheikh…
Sheikh Nimr’s death sentence to intensify global disgust at Saudi regime: Iranian MP
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The head of the Iranian parliament’s Sunni commission warned against the consequences of a recent decision by the Al…
Story of Sheikh Nimr; Saudis attempt to muffle voice of freedom
Alwaght- As the Supreme Court in Saudi Arabia upheld the death penalty for Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, all eyes are now on the…
Iranian MP deplores Int’l silence on Sheikh Nimr’s death sentence
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An Iranian lawmaker rapped the international community’s silence over the death sentence handed to prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr…
Iran’s grand Ayatollah warns Saudis against execution of Sheikh Nimr
Tehran, Oct 26, IRNA – Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi on Monday warned the Saudi government against execution of Saudi national Shia…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Oct. 26
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 20 of them. IFP has…
Execution of Sheikh Namar to cost Saudi gov’t dearly: Deputy FM
Tehran, Oct 25, IRNA – Deputy foreign minster for Arab and African affairs expressing regret over hearing news on upcoming execution of…
Sheikh Nimr’s execution hinges on Saudi King’s order
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Saudi Arabian appeals court has upheld the death sentence of the prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr,…
Iranian senior clerics warn Saudis over death sentence for Sheikh Al Nimr
Tehran, May13, The Iran Project – Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom has urged Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to reconsider the death…