Shia Muslims across Iran are marking Tasua, the eve of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), by holding mourning rituals. The occasion falls on the ninth day on the lunar month of Muharram, July 27this year. Every year for more than a thousand years, in the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar called Muharram, Muslims and liberated ...

MNA Iranian parliament speaker has congratulated Eid al-Ghadir to the political and religious figures of the Shia world. In messages to political and religious figures of the Shia world on Saturday, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf congratulated the arrival of Eid al-Ghadir. The speaker added, "In the current critical situation of the Islamic world ...

IRNA Extremism, religious bias as well as ShiaSunni dispute could not be found in the glorious history of Iran, but it is a so-called history which is unfairly attributed to our nation, Iran's foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarid said on Wednesday. Zarif made the remarks at meeting with the professors of Persian language from Bangladesh,...

IRNA The 15th of Shaban is the birthday of Imam Mahdi (AS), the last of the Shias Imams. With his advent, he will rise the flag of justice and liberation throughout the universe, destroy the foundations of the oppression and save people from injustice. Prophets and Imams have always made the treasures of wisdom of mankind blossom throughout history ...

IRNA - Iranian Ambassador to Baghdad emphasized that Iran's friendship with Iraq is not limited to Shias, and limiting the support of Iraqi people and government by Iran just to protect and have close relation to Al-Hashd al-Sha'abi (Popular Forces) is false. In a warm-hearted conversation with the Iraqi activists at a joint meeting with a number ...

Press TV - The head of a powerful Shia group in Iraq says Shia paramilitaries in the Arab country should have a formal role in securing the border with Syria and defend the Iraqi people against terror outfits, particularly the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group. Qais al-Khazali, the leader the Asaib Ahl al-Haq group, which is part of the Popular ...

Reuters - Iran said on Tuesday it arrested three militant groups planning attacks on Shia Muslims at the annual pilgrimage of Arbaeen, which marks the end of a 40-day mourning period for the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, Imam Hussein. Hundreds of thousands of Iranians travel to the Iraqi city of Kerbala each year, where Shias believe the remains ...

Tasnim Millions of Iranian Shia pilgrims crossed the borders with Iraq on Saturday, in order to take part at the worlds biggest religious march to arrive in Karbala on October 30 that marks the 40th day after martyrdom of Imam Hussein (AS) more than 1400 years ago. Footage broadcast by Iranian state TV captured the pilgrims in Babylon Govornorate,...

IRNA Lebanon Assembly of Muslim Scholars comprising dozens of Shia and Sunni scholars of the country in a statement on Saturday denounced terrorist attack in Ahvaz, describing it as one of the US plots to undermine Irans campaign for helping oppressed people. What happened today revealed full coordination between the US and Takfiri groups which serve ...

Alwaght - Saudi Arabia's development plan, known as Saudi Vision 2030, which was introduced by the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2016 has been subject of the Saudi media news and analyses ever since. The program, which is praised as bringing to the Arab kingdom the economic and social development equally, is expected to develop the oil-dependent ...

ISNA | Mahdi Qassemi, Shima Masjedi, Rouhollah Vahdati, Hamid Amlashi and Kimia Nik: Shia Muslims in Iran and other countries held massive mourning ceremonies on Thursday, the day of Ashura, to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS) and his companions.    ...

IFP - The rituals practiced in the lunar months of Muharram and Safar are not just basic traditions to Shia Muslims. They rather impact all cultural and social dimensions of their lives, and their lessons can help believers solve many social and political problems. Senior journalist Seyyed Ali Mirfattah, in an editorial in Etemad daily, has ...

Sputnik - The outcome of the May 12 parliamentary vote in Iraq plays directly into the hands of Tehran, analysts told Sputnik predicting that Iran's influence in the region would increase as Iraq's leading Shia parties are about to take the majority of the seats in the country's parliament. The success ofShia parties inthe May 12 Iraqi ...

Press TV - Britains ambassador to Riyadh has defended the Saudi regimes heavy-handed crackdown on the minority Shia Muslims in Eastern Province, drawing criticisms from human rights activists. Last year, Awamiyah, mainly populated by Shia Muslims, witnessed angry protests against the Riyadh regime over its controversial campaign to raze the ...

Tasnim A prominent political analyst based in Russia described Saudi Arabias continued crackdown on the Shia population in the Arab country as being ideologically motivated and said, the Wahhabi ideology of sectarian supremacism is behind the Saudi crimes against its own people. The Wahhabi ideology of sectarian supremacism is the driving force behind ...

Press TV- Iranians, along with ShiaMuslims across the world, are celebrating the birth anniversary of Islams Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), the last messenger sent by Allah to mankind. Prophet Muhammad was born on the 17th day of the lunar calendar month of Rabi-ul-Awwal in 570 CE. The date coincides with the birth anniversary of Imam Jafar ...

Press TV- Gunmen on a motorcycle have killed at least five Pakistani Shia Muslims in Balochistan Province, in the second terror attack targeting members of the Hazara community in less than a week. Senior police officer Malik Nisar said the assailants opened fire on a pick-up truck carrying a group of Hazara Muslims in the provincial capital,...

IFP - Carrying the Sword Alam is among old Islamic rituals in Iran whose performance provides the countrys Shia and Sunni populations with a chance to come together regardless of their religious differences. Carrying the Sword Alam, a traditional rite which dates back to 900 years ago, is one of these old rites that unite Sunnis and ...

ISNA l Hamid Foroutan, Shima Masjedi, Ahmad Zohrabi & Mohammad Alerasoul: Shia Muslims across Iran are marking Tasua, the eve of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), by holding mourning rituals. The occasion falls on the ninth day on the lunar month of Muharram, 30 Sep. this year.   ...

IFP - A huge number of Iranian Shia Muslims have set out on the worlds longest Arbaeen pilgrimage walk to the city of Karbala, 62 miles southwest of Baghdad, after a farewell ceremony was held on Friday to mark the beginning of the religious march. The farewell ceremony of the worlds longest mass pilgrimage walk of Arbaeen, the 40th ...