Reuters - A senior member of Irans Revolutionary Guards, Farhad Dabirian, was martyred in Syria on Friday, Fars news agency reported, without giving details of how he died. The agency, which is close to the Revolutionary Guards, described Dabirian as a defender of Sayida Zainab shrine, the holy Shiite Muslim site south of Damascus, and as a former ...

MNA Head of Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization Alireza Rashidian said that talks are underway between Iranian and Syrian authorities for sending Iranian pilgrims to Syria. Constructive talks were made in this regard, the result of which would be specified in less than a month, he maintained. Necessary feasibility studies have been carried out ...

IRNA Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who is on a visit to Damascus, went to Zeinabiyeh District of Syria's capital city on Monday to pay tribute to the holy shrine of Hazrat Zeinab (S). Zarif arrived in Damascus earlier in the day and was warmly welcomed by Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad and Iran's Ambassador to Damascus ...

At least eightpeople have been killed in acar bomb explosion at an army checkpoint to the south of the Syrian capital of Damascus. The Lebanon-based al-Mayadeen televisionchannelsaidthat the car bomb went off near themilitary checkpoint in the area of the Sayeda Zeinab Shrine to the south of Damascus on Monday. No group has so far claimed responsibility ...

IFP has taken a look at the front pages of Iran newspapers on Monday and picked headlines from 23 of them. IFP has simply translated the headlines and does not vouch for their accuracy. The Supreme leader honoured the IRGC commanders who played a role in the capture of the American trespassers inthe Persian Gulf in January; almost all Iranian dailies ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by the AEI Critical Threats Project's Iran research team. Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) Deputy Hojjat al-Eslam Ali Khazaei, addressing Mashhad Friday Prayers,announced the arrest of 30 individuals connected to the Islamic State of ...