Photos: Carpet washing ceremony in Iran’s Mashhad-e Ardehal
The Carpet Washing [Ghali Shuyan] Ceremony, one of the religious ceremonies of Shia Muslims, is annually held in Mashhad-e Ardehal, near the…
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Leader urges Shia-Sunni solidarity
Tehran, Sept 20, IRNA – Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Tuesday urged Shia-Sunni solidarity and avoid…
Millions of Muslims mark Eid al-Ghadeer across world
Millions of Shia Muslims across the world, including in Iran, are celebrating the Eid al-Ghadeer, which marks the appointment of the first…
Sheikh Salman to UN: Make Bahrain stop persecuting Shias
The secretary general of Bahrain’s al-Wefaq National Islamic Society has called on the UN high commissioner for human rights to put an end…
Al Khalifa trying to sideline all Bahraini Shias: Activist
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A Bahraini political activist took a swipe at the Al Khalifa ruling regime for its plans to create sectarian…
Nigerians protest Sheikh Zakzaky’s illegal detention
Over 2,000 Nigerians have taken part in a protest rally calling for the release of prominent Shia Muslim cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.…
Bahrain starts sentencing top cleric supporters to prison
Bahraini authorities have started handing down prison sentences to those holding sit-ins in protest at the regime’s decision to revoke the citizenship of prominent Shia Muslim…
Future political outlook for Shia Muslims in Saudi Arabia
Shia Muslims constitute the most important minority, and of course the most discriminated group of people, living within the national borders of…
Bahraini protesters slam Al Khalifah regime’s ban on Friday prayers
Dozens of protesters have rallied in Bahrain to condemn a ban on holding Friday prayers and to denounce the Al Khalifah regime’s crackdown…
Nigerian army killed 348 Shias during Zaria carnage: Government report
A government-commissioned report says the Nigerian army killed 348 Shia Muslims during an attack on a religious ceremony last year. The Monday…
Shia, Sunni unity “a fundamental principle of Islamic Revolution”
TEHRAN, Jul. 26 (MNA) – President Rouhani said Sunni and Shia unity is among the fundamental principles of political thought of the…
Bahrain jails five Shias, strips them of citizenship
Judicial authorities in Bahrain have sentenced five Shia Muslims to prison and revoked their citizenship on alleged charges of terrorism. A prosecution statement said…
Saudi Arabia sentences 14 Shias to death: Report
Saudi Arabia has sentenced 14 people to death after convicting them of attacks on police in the Shia-populated area of Qatif in Eastern Province. Another nine…
Leader: US in a fight on Islam, Iran, Shias
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the US is currently in a fight against Islam, Iran and Shia…
Nigeria Army killed 100s of Shias: Report
Nigeria’s Army mowed down as many as 347 Muslims last December while swooping on the followers of the country’s leading Shia cleric, a…
Saudi Arabia puts Shias on trial for spying for Iran
Saudi Arabia has put 32 people on trial, including 30 members of its own Shia Muslim minority, accused of spying for Iran,…
Preventing spread of Shia teachings behind Nigeria massacre: Senior cleric
Tehran, December 31, The Iran Project – Iran’s senior cleric says preventing the spread of Shia teachings by Ibrahim Zakzaki in Nigeria is…
Iran’s senior clerics urge justice for perpetrators of Nigeria massacre
Tehran, December 16, The Iran Project- Top Iranian clerics continue to react over the massive killing of Nigerian Shia Muslims by the…
Nigeria Massacre and Muslim world reactions
Tehran, December 15, The Iran Project- Two days after the brutal crackdown of almost a thousand of Nigerian Shia Muslims and detention…
Grand ayatollah criticizes silence on killing of Shia muslims
Qom, Dec 15, IRNA – Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani expressed his deep dismay over the killings of Shia Muslims in Pakistan…
Iran denounces terrorist attack on Shia Muslims in Nigeria
Iran has denounced a recent terrorist attack in Nigeria that targeted Shia Muslims during a religious ceremony in the northern state of…
Arbaeen mourning ceremony planned in London
Tehran, Nov 14, IRNA – The Islamic Center of England in London plans to hold a mourning ceremony on the occasion of…
Shias, Sunnis unanimous on Palestinian issue: Senior Hezbollah official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The Lebanese Hezbollah Resistance Movement’s second-in-command, Sheikh Naim Qassem, underlined that the Palestinian issue is something on which Shias…
Millions of Iranian Shia Muslims commemorating Tasu’a
Iranians are holding mourning ceremonies to commemorate Tasu’a, which marks the ninth day of the lunar month of Muharram, on the eve…
Iran condemns terrorist attack on Pakistani Shia prayers
TEHRAN, Jan. 31 (MNA) – Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman denounced recent terrorist acts against innocent people in a Shia mosque in Pakistan,…
Religious leader: Wahhabism publicizes Takfiri mindset by Saudi fund
Qom, Jan 3, IRNA – Religious leader Ayatollah Hossein Nouri Hamedani said on Saturday that Wahhabists are publicizing Takfiri mindset by a…
Yunesi: Imam Ali’s personality unity factor for all world nations
Tehran, Dec 31, IRNA – Imam Ali’s personality should be introduced to world nations as a factor that can unite them all,…
Iran, Germany sign coop accord on Shia studies program
Berlin, Dec 23, IRNA — Iran and Germany have signed a cooperation agreement to launch a Shia studies program at a German…
Muslims marking passing anniversary of Islam Prophet
Millions of Muslims across the world are holding special ceremonies to mark the anniversary of the passing of Islam’s Prophet Mohammad (Peace…
Grand Ayatollah hails Iran, Egypt closeness
Qom, Dec 15, IRNA – Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi on Monday said good chance currently exists for approchement of Iran and…
Iranian Muslims hold Arba’een mourning rituals
Millions of Iranians have held mourning rituals on Arba’een, which marks the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein, the…
Shia Muslims heading to Iraq to mark Arba’een
Millions of Shia Muslims from across the globe are making their way toward the holy city of Karbala in Iraq to commemorate…
Iraqi Shia cleric urges support for Bahrain’s Sheikh Qassim
Muqtada al-Sadr, an influential Iraqi Shia cleric, has called on the Iraqi people to hold rallies in support of Bahrain’s prominent Shia…
Iranian-backed Shiite militias in Iraq just beat ISIS in key battle and that’s threatening US leverage in nuclear talks
A battle between the Islamic State group and Iraqi government forces in an obscure Iraqi town is helping highlight an issue that…
Massive funeral for killed mourners in eastern S Arabia
TEHRAN, Nov. 08 (MNA) – Tens of thousands of Arabs attended funeral for seven people killed in Monday attack. According to Al-Manar,…
Shia cleric raps terror attack on mourners in S Arabia
Prominent Bahraini Shia cleric Sheikh Issa Ghassem has strongly condemned the recent deadly terrorist attack on Muharram mourners in Saudi Arabia. Sheikh…
Iran censures terrorist attack against Shia mourners in Saudi Arabia
Iran has strongly condemned a terrorist attack in Saudi Arabia on a gathering of Shia worshippers mourning the martyrdom anniversary of Imam…
Ashura sculpture set up at Tehran’s square
A three-dimensional work of art in the form of a sculpture depicting the Ashura tragedy has been unveiled in the Iranian capital…
Gunmen kill five Shia mourners in Saudi Arabia
Unidentified gunmen have attacked a gathering of Shia Muslims and killed five mourners commemorating Ashura, the tenth day of the lunar month…
Shia Muslims commemorating Ashura worldwide
Millions of Muslims across the globe are holding mourning ceremonies to mark Ashura, the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH),…