UN Syria envoy travels to Saudi Arabia and Iran for talks
The UN special envoy to Syria headed off to Saudi Arabia and Iran on Monday for talks to diffuse tensions between the…
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Tehran governor-general: Saudi embassy attackers to be brought to justice
Tehran, Jan 4, IRNA – Tehran Governor-General Hossein Hashemi said on Monday that attackers of the Saudi embassy will be brought to…
Execution of Nimr, a message by Riyadh to Tehran
Dr. Abdolamir Nabavi says he believes the execution of Nimr was part of a ploy by hardliners both inside the kingdom and…
Germany calls for dialogue between Saudi Arabia, Iran – Gov’t spokesman
According to government spokesman, Germany regrets that Saudi Arabia decided to cut diplomatic relations with Iran. BERLIN (Sputnik) – Germany regrets that…
US activist: Sheikh Nimr’s execution meant to ensure Israeli security
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An American human rights activist believes Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr was aimed at…
Saudi footprint in all regional crises: Iran’s Judiciary chief
Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli-Larijani has slammed Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, saying all conflicts in the…
Senior cleric: Nimr execution aims at Shia and Sunni division
Tehran, January 4, The Iran Project – A senior Iranian cleric says the execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr aims at…
A look at Iranian newspaper front pages on Jan. 4
IFP has taken a look at the front pages of newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 19 of them. IFP has…
Saudi Arabia sees survival in escalating tensions: Iran
Iran says the Saudi bid to sever ties with the Islamic Republic shows Riyadh’s belief that the kingdom’s survival hinges on mounting tensions. “It…
Cutting ties with Riyadh, no harm to Tehran: VP
Tehran, Jan 4, IRNA – Cutting ties with Iran is detriment to Riyadh not to Tehran, First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri said here…
Sheikh Nimr execution is against international law: UN
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has deplored the Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as a…
Iran warns of extremism fallout in Mideast
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned against the repercussions of extremism in the Middle East region following Saudi Arabia’s execution of…
S. Arabia, Iran tensions boost oil futures
Tehran, Dec 4, IRNA – Tensions between major oil producers Saudi Arabia and Iran sent oil prices sharply higher in the first…
Saudi foreign ministry informs UNSC of embassy attacks in Iran
Saudi Arabia has briefed the UN Security Council and a range of regional organizations of overnight attacks on its diplomatic missions by…
US should ask Riyadh ‘serious questions’ over executions: Clinton
US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says the United States should ask Saudi Arabia “serious questions,” following the Saudi regime’s execution of 47…
Iran diplomat: Saudi Arabia cannot bury cleric’s execution by cutting ties
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said that Saudi Arabia cannot evade its “big mistake” of executing a prominent Shia cleric by…
Salehi deplores execution of Shia religious leader
Tehran, Jan 3, IRNA – Vice-President and head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi on Sunday deplored martyrdom of…
Saudi Arabia’s first mass murder in 2016: Regime executes 47 people including Sheikh Nimr
After launching its war on the impoverished Persian Gulf country Yemen in 2015, killing, injuring and displacing thousands of innocent civilians, it…
Saudi’s killing of Sheikh Nimr to backfire
Alwaght- “We have the determination to resist your injustice, and we will not surrender. The most you can do is kill us,…
EC chief terms Nimr execution an unwise move, condemns attack on Saudi embassy
Tehran, Jan 3, IRNA – Expediency Council Chairman Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Sunday that execution of prominent Saudi Shia cleric…
Iran’s Zarif, EU’s Mogherini discuss regional security issues
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and European Union’s Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini exchanged views on regional security…
Photos: Tehran names a street after Sheikh Nimr
‘Boustan’ street in Iranian capital city of Tehran, that Saudi Arabia’s embassy building located in, named after ‘Sheikh Nimr’ following Saudis execution…
Iran’s coverage: Iran leader sees ‘divine vengeance’ for Saudi cleric execution
Daily look at Iran’s late-breaking news and upcoming events: Leader condemns Saudi execution of Sheikh Nimr Leader of the Islamic Revolution…
Nimr execution won’t be taken lightly: Nasrallah
Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah, the secretary general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah, says the execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr…
Execution of religious leader violation of international norms
Tehran, Jan 3, IRNA – Head of the Strategic Research Center of the Expediency Council Ali-Akbar Velayati said on Sunday that execution…
Hezbollah slams Saudi execution of Shia cleric, blames U.S. support of Riyadh
Lebanon’s Shia Hezbollah condemned the execution of a prominent Shia cleric in Saudi Arabia on Saturday, calling it an “assassination” and blaming…
UAE summons Iran ambassador over “row” in Saudi affairs
DUBAI, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — The United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Sunday summoned Iran’s Ambassador Mohammad Reza Fayyad to protest at Iran’s…
Photos: Iranians protest outside Saudi Arabia embassy
Iranian protesters angered by Saudi Arabia execution of a prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr gather in front of Saudi Arabia embassy, condemning…
Ayatollah Sistani condemns execution of Sheikh Nimr
Tehran, Jan 3, IRNA – Iraq’s most senior Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani on Sunday strongly condemned the execution of prominent…
IRGC condemns Saudi execution of Shia cleric
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has strongly condemned the execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, saying the move by…
Iranian President condemns execution of prominent Saudi cleric
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani condemned Saudi Arabia for killing prominent Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr Baqir al-Nimr, but meantime, vowed to…
Photos: Iranians protest to Sheikh Nimr’s execution nationwide
Iranian protesters strongly condemned Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric, Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr across Iran. By IRNA
Weekly Report: From the 9th of Dey anniv. to Sheikh Nimr’s execution
Tehran, January 3, The Iran Project – Ceremonies to commemorate the anniversary of the 9th of Dey across Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks…
Tehran names a street after Sheikh Nimr
Tehran, January 3, The Iran Project – Tehran city council has approved the double-emergency plan to name one of the streets of Tehran…
Iran president says Saudi embassy attack ‘totally unjustifiable’
Tehran (AFP) – Iran’s president Sunday condemned the Saudi execution of a Shia cleric but also denounced attacks on the Sunni kingdom’s…
Iran changes name of street near Saudi consulate in Mashhad City to Sheikh al-Nimr
TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iran changed the name of an street near Saudi Consulate Mashhad City, northeastern Iran, to Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in a…
Iran clerics, seminary students in Qom, Mashhad slam Nimr execution
A group of Iranian clerics and seminary students have held demonstrations in the holy cities of Qom and Mashhad in condemnation of…
Saudis’ killing of Sheikh Nimr similar to Daesh executions
If Saudi Arabia included a video of the executions of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr and the 46 other people they…
Iran in photos: Dec.27-Jan.3
Tehran, January 3, The Iran Project – Ceremonies related to the Islamic Unity Week, Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks in meeting with the participants of…
Riyadh using execution to settle political scores: Amnesty
Human rights group Amnesty International says Saudi Arabia’s execution of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr shows Riyadh is using death penalty…