TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei once again raised the alarm over enemies plots to sow discord among Muslims. Addressing a gathering of religious poets in Tehran on Sunday, Ayatollah Khamenei said the enemies of the Islamic Revolution have launched massive campaigns to undermine peoples ...

What is the current state of Sunni-Shiite tension in the Gulf? How has it changed over the last 15 years? Sectarian tensions have become a major part of political life in the Gulf Arab states, particularly in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait. Shiites in each state suffer varying degrees of religious discrimination and political marginalization. Tensions ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Saudi Arabia has all the vices and none of the virtues of an oil rich state like Venezuela. The country is governed by a family dictatorship which tolerates no opposition and severely punishes human rights advocates and political dissidents. Hundreds of billions in oil revenues are controlled by the royal despotism and fuel speculative ...

An Iranian Sunni cleric has called on Shias and Sunnis to close ranks against enemy plots which aim to intensify sectarian division among Muslims. Mowlavi Abdolhamid urged Shia and Sunni Muslims to set aside their differences within the framework of Islam and embrace brotherly relations instead. The cleric made the remarks in his sermon before ...

Iran has condemned the latest wave of bombings in Iraq, saying the deadly terrorist attacks are aimed at creating a rift in the Muslim country. On Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyyed Abbas Araqchi described the violence as a crime against humanity which is aimed at creating divisions among Iraqi people and undermining the countrys ...

The Lebanese parliament speaker has dismissed accusations that link holding parliament sessions to the issues between the Sunni and Shia Muslim communities in the country. Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Nabih Berri lashed out at critics accusing him of paralyzing the country. We are seeking to help the state institutions to rise again,...

Irans Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has warned that the United States and Israel are the sole beneficiaries of sectarian division in the Muslim world. In a Wednesday interview, Vahidi condemned the recent killing of four Shia Muslims by Takfiri extremists in Egypt, noting, The US and the occupying regime of al-Quds (Israel) are the only parties which ...

[caption id="attachment_32009" align="alignright" width="240"] Iran Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani (R) and head of Iran-Kuwait Parliamentary Friendship Group Ahmad Abdulmohsen al-Mulaifi meet in Tehran on June 9, 2013.[/caption] Iran Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has warned against plots to sow discord among Muslim nations, stressing the importance of ...

[caption id="attachment_31605" align="alignright" width="240"] Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting with Iranian officials, and ambassadors of Muslim countries in Tehran on June 7, 2013.[/caption] Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has warned against enemy plots to create ...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says under the pretext of establishing democracy, imperialist powers occupy nations across the world. Addressing a gathering of people in the city of Sari in north Iran on Wednesday, Ahmadinejad pointed to efforts made by certain powers to start conflicts between Shias and Sunnis. Ahmadinejad added that the ...

[caption id="attachment_6720" align="alignright" width="300"] Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem-Shirazi[/caption] Senior Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem-Shirazi has warned of US and Israeli plots to create a religious rift in the Muslim world through encouraging the violation of Islamic sanctities. In a Saturday statement,...

(AhlulBaytNewsAgency) - In the occasion of Unity Week, Al Mostafa public meetings have been holding in more than 10 countries in Middle East, and 12 Iranian cities. In one important gathering in Zahedan, an Iranian city with Sunni majority population, tens of tribal leaders and scholars from both Shiite and Sunnis participate, Mehr News reported. Attending ...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the West has launched a new campaign to expand its presence in the African continent. The leader made the remarks in an address to a group of Iranian officials and the foreign participants of the 26th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran. The two-day conference started ...

BOSTON We are often told that Gulf states like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are deeply worried about Iran, and eager for the United States to take care of the problem. This is usually framed as a reflection of the Sunni-Shiite divide, and linked to concerns about Iranian subversion, the role of Hezbollah, and of course the omnipresent fretting about Irans ...