Mizan | Hamed Ataei: Christmas shopping has gained growing popularity among Iranian people from all religions and walks of life during the past years. During the last days of December every year, one can see huge crowds of people in those streets and neighbourhoods of Tehran where Christians, mostly Armenians and Assyrians, are in the majority. Christians,...

MNA President Rouhani sent a message of congratulations to the Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, on the birthday of Jesus Christ (PBUH) and beginning of year 2019. Here is the full text of President Rouhani's congratulatory message to Pope Francis: In the Name of God, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful Your Holiness Pope ...

MNA President Rouhani in a messages, congratulated the world leaders on the birthday of the prophet of peace and friendship, Jesus Christ (PBUH) and the beginning of year 2019. In a separate message late on Monday, President Hassan Rouhani said, I hope that on the eve of New Year, we benefit the teachings of the divine prophets to work with solidarity ...

IRNA Irans Ambassador to Iraq Iraj Masjedi in a message on Monday congratulated Christian officials and followers of the divine religion in Iraq on the new year. In separate messages to the Christian officials in Iraq, he congratulated them on birth anniversary of Jesus Christ and new year. In the messages, he hoped that all the Iraqi people ...

IFP - Christians and Muslims get together in Christian New Year celebrations in Iran in a show of solidarity and rapport between followers of the two religions. A ceremony marking the beginning of the New Christian year was held in Iran, bringing together a host of high-profile Muslim and Christian officials. The ceremony was titled The Manifestation ...

ISNA | Mona Hoobehfekr: New Year's Eve celebration were held late Monday at Targmanich Church of Tehran.  

Press TV - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has congratulated the country's Christians ahead of the new Gregorian calendar year. "We honor an Iran which is the home to all Iranians, including Muslims, Christians, Jews and Zoroastrians," Rouhani said in his congratulatory message on Sunday ahead of New Year 2018. He added that respect for all ...

Tasnim | Alireza Vasigh Ansari: Armenian residents of Isfahan, the majority of whom live in Jolfa neighbourhood, hold annual celebrations on Christmas and the new Christian year. Each year, the Vank Church, a historic and sacred site in Jolfa, is decorated on the birthday anniversary of Jesus Christ and the New Years Eve. Here are Tasnims ...

MNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, First VP Eshagh Jahangiri, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sent separate congratulatory messages to their Belarusian counterparts. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, First VP Eshagh Jahangiri, and Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif sent separate congratulatory messages to their Belarusiancounterparts,...

MNA You will be surprised, or you wont, depending on how much you know of Iran (and from reliable sources, too, which okay, it now does sound like a real challenge), but Christmas is celebrated in Iran. It may be surprising because for a predominantly Muslim nation where Christians make up less than 1% of the country's population, you may think ...

MNA Young Muslim girls offer hundreds of roses to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Healthcare staff on Christmas Eve. For this years RosesForPeace campaign, Birmingham Ahlulbayt Society (ABSoc) dedicated it specifically to the hardworking nurses and healthcare assistants at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, one of the largest hospitals in ...

ISNA | Mona Houbehfekr: Christmas shopping has gained growing popularity among Iranian people from all religions and walks of life during the past years. During the last days of December every year, one can see huge crowds of people in those streets and neighbourhoods of Tehran where Christians, mostly Armenians and Assyrians, are in the majority. ...

MNA Irans FM Spokesperson Ghasemi has issued a message congratulating the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ and the eve of New Year. Bahram Ghasemi, Spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, forwarded a message of congratulations to the leaders of Christian countries offering greetings on the birth anniversary of Jesus Christ. I ...

Press TV - Pope Francis has used the Christmas Eve Mass to call on the world not to ignore the plight of millions of refugees who are driven from their land. Leading a ceremony on Sunday for about 10,000 people in St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican City, the head of the Roman Catholic Church compared refugees to Mary and Joseph, who had to travel ...

MNA President Rouhani visited the family of Armenian martyr Edwin Shahmirian on Christmas Eve and spoke with them in a cordial atmosphere. In a visit that took place late on Sunday, Rouhani congratulated the birthday of Jesus Christ (PBUH), adding the Iranian nation appreciate the devotion and self-sacrifice of the martyrs and their respectful ...

MNA Irans President Hassan Rouhani visited family of Armenian martyr Georgekeshish Harutun on Christmas Eve and spoke with them in a cordial atmosphere. In the visit that took place late on Sunday, Dr Rouhani congratulated birthday of Jesus Christ (PBUH) expressing hope that character and teachings of Jesus Christ can lead humanity to peace and ...

IRNA Iranian Majlis (Parliament) speaker in a message congratulated the birth anniversary of messenger of peace and kindness, the Jesus Christ (PBUH). In his message to the Christian speakers which was released on Sunday, Ali Larijani pointed to holding negotiations among followers of divine religions as a necessity in today's world to reach peace,...

Press TV - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has send congratulatory messages to Pope Francis and other world leaders ahead of Christmas and the new Gregorian calendar year, expressing hope that the world would see the eradication of discrimination and poverty. In his message to Pope on Sunday, the Iranian president expressed his felicitations ...

IRNA Foreign Minister of Iran Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated new Christian year (2018) to world Christians in a message on Saturday hoping that all would accept Christs global message of peace in the new year. 'The angles said, Mary, God gives you glad-tidings of a Word from Him whose name is Christ, Jesus, son of Mary; highly honored in this ...

IFP - Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri in separate messages on Saturday congratulated world military officials on Christmas and the beginning of the new Christian year. In these congratulatory messages, General Baqeri said undoubtedly humanitys return to the teachings of divine religions and holy prophets,...