MNA Iranian Parliamentary Director General for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has condemned the killing of peaceful Shia Nigerians by the army.
The massacre of peaceful marchers attending Arbaeen procession is by no means justifiable, Amir-Abdollahian wrote in a tweet on Tuesday, few days after the killing of 16 Shia marchers ...
Press TV - Nigerian government forces have opened fire on demonstrators demanding the release of prominent Shia cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.
On Tuesday, during the third day of consecutive protests, one person was severely injured during clashes with Nigerian forces and another 50 people were detained in Abuja.
Nigerian sources told Press ...
IFP - Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi has strongly denounced the recent terrorist attacks in Nigerias Maiduguri, which killed and wounded over 100 people.
In a statement on Wednesday, Qassemi condemned the deadly explosion in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, and expressed sympathy with the bereaved families of the victims....
Tasnim Irans Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi condemned recent suicide bombings in Nigeria that killed and injured dozens of innocent people.
Qassemi on Saturday expressed sympathy with the West African countrys government and people and the bereaved families of the victims of the tragic event
The Islamic Republic of Iran always ...
Tehran, Oct 12, IRNA Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qasemi on Wednesday strongly condemned the terrorist attack on Ashura mourners in different cities across Nigeria.
'It is necessary that the savage and violent acts of extremist forces and the affiliates of Wahhabi circles against Shiites and Imam Hossein (PBUH) mourners be stopped and their ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Nigerian forces open fire at Shia mourners taking part in Ashura processions, killing at least nine people in the cities of Kaduna and Funtua.
The killings on Wednesday came as mourners defied a state ban, holding processions in several cities to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shiite Imam, Press ...
A government-commissioned report says the Nigerian army killed 348 Shia Muslims during an attack on a religious ceremony last year.
The Monday report confirmed claims made by the Islamic Human Rights Commission that 347 of those killed were secretly buried in a mass grave.
On December 12, 2015, Nigerian soldiers attacked Shia Muslims attending ...
Tehran, December 15, The Iran Project- Two days after the brutal crackdown of almost a thousand of Nigerian Shia Muslims and detention of Shia leader by the Nigeria military forces, the condemnations of the atrocity by Iran and Muslim world continue.
Top Shia clerics in Iran and Iraq released separate statements, urging the immediate release of ...
Tehran, December 31, The Iran Project Irans senior cleric says preventing the spread of Shia teachings by Ibrahim Zakzaki in Nigeria is the main reason behind the Shia Muslims massive crackdown in past weeks.
Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Mohammad-AliAlavi-Gorgani on Wednesday noted that the prominent Shia Nigerian cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky introduced ...
Tehran, Jan 7, IRNA - The London-based Islamic Human Rights Commission (IHRC) said it is applying pressure on various international organisations to help secure the release of the detained leader of Nigeria's Islamic Movement, Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky.
Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky was shot and detained last month when soldiers attacked the movement ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Boko Haram extremists struck the northeast Nigerian city of Maiduguri for the first time in months Monday with rocket-propelled grenades and multiple suicide bombers, witnesses said. At least 15 people were killed but the toll was feared many times higher.
Nigerian troops "intercepted and destroyed" 10 suicide bombers, according ...
TEHRAN (Tasnim) Thousands of Iranian people from every walk of life held protest rallies in various cities across the country on Friday to condemn the recent killing of dozens of Shia Muslims in Nigeria by the African Countrys army.
During the demonstrations held after Friday Prayers in various cities, including the capital, the Iranian worshippers ...
Tehran, December 16, The Iran Project- Top Iranian clerics continue to react over the massive killing of Nigerian Shia Muslims by the country's army. Inseparateremarks, Irans senior clerics strongly slam the killings, demanding justice forthe perpetrators ofthe massacre.
Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirzi on Wednesday urged Muslim world to declare ...
A senior Iranian official has called on the Nigerian government to bring to justice those involved in the militarys bloody crackdown on the Shia Muslim community in the African country.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Secretary General of the World Assembly of Islamic Awakening Ali-Akbar Velayati expressed deep regret and sorrow over theNigerian ...
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