Press TV- At least seven Iraqi police officers have been killed when militants detonated their explosive belts in two police stations in the holy city of Samarra. According to security sources on Monday, clashes are currently underway at both of the police stations in the central Iraqi city. Iraqi interior ministry spokesman Saad Maan said,...

Muslims from around the globe have been converging on the Iraqi city of Samarra to mark the martyrdom anniversary of the 10th Shia Imam, Ali Bin Muhammad al-Hadi. As our correspondent in Iraq Altaf Ahmad reports, officials in Samarra where Imam Hadis shrine is located have adopted tight security measures to ensure the mourners safety. By Press TV...

[caption id="attachment_150480" align="alignright" width="188"] Corpse of slain Iranian commander Reza Hosseini Moghadam[/caption] A commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has been killed in Iraq, Iranian media reported. The Tasnim news agency, said to be affiliated with IRGC, says Reza Hosseini Moghadam was in Samarra to confront ...

Iran's official IRNA news agency says an Iranian pilot has been killed while fighting in Iraq. The news agency said Colonel Shoja'at Alamdari Mourjani was killed while "defending" Shi'ite Muslim holy sites in the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad. It did not say whether the pilot died while flying sorties or fighting on the ground. His death ...

TEHRAN, June 25 (MNA) Irans General Manager of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization has said 73 Iranian pilgrims of Iraqi holy shrines who had been captured by terrorist ISIS are back to Iran safe and sound. Terrorist ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) captured 73 Iranian pilgrims who had traveled to Iraq on their own. The pilgrims were taken ...

TEHRAN, May 3 (MNA) Imam Hadi, Shiites 10th was born in Madina 5th Rajab 214 Hijri (8.9.829 AD). He died in Samarrah, Iraq 3rd of Rajab 254 Hijri (1.7.868) when he was only 40 years old. He was Imam for 34 years. The period of Imamate of Imam Hadi coincided with the decline of the power of the Abbasid Empire. They were threatened by the Turks and ...