The 13th day of Rajab, the 7th month of the lunar calendar, is the birthday anniversary of Imam Ali (PBUH), the 1st Imam of Shia Muslims. Iran's calendar marks the date as Father's Day. Imam Ali, whose birthday is an occasion to celebrate manhood, is respected by both Sunni and Shia Muslims for his honesty, belief, courage, knowledge, loyalty to ...

IRNA On Wednesday (March 20) Iranian people will visit their fathers to honor them and celebrate the day with gifts, flowers and cookies. The Father's Day in Persian calendar coincides with the birth anniversary of Shia Muslims' first Imam Ali (AS) which is Rajab 13 in Hijri calendar. Imam Ali is the father of other eleven Shia Muslim imams,...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has granted clemency or eased the sentences of a number of convicts. The Leader on Tuesday agreed to a request by Iran's Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani to pardon some convicts on the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Ali (PBUH), the first Shia Imam. The 13th ...

Tehran, May 1, IRNA Interim Friday Prayers leader of Tehran said in his 1st sermon that Iran's persistence on preserving its peaceful nuclear activities and its opposed stand against nuclear weapons is due to our system's pursuance of Imam Ali's thoughts, logic and policies. 'Those who argue that the Iranian side's words are not to be trusted in ...

TEHRAN, May 14 (MNA) The Leader of the Islamic Republic has said love of Islam, Quran, and nationalism are prevalent norms among the young people. Ayatollah Khamenei addressed a group of people, mainly of western province of Ilam in the occasion of the birth anniversary of Imam Ali (as) at Imam Khomeini Husseinieh in Tehran yesterday. Ayatollah ...