TEHRAN (IQNA) – Following the death of Chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, international figures and officials of different countries have issued statements offering condolences to the Iranian nation.
News ID: 3461893 Publish Date : 2017/01/09
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Four people were injured after a bus carrying Umrah (minor Hajj) pilgrims crashed in Saudi Arabia.
News ID: 3461890 Publish Date : 2017/01/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Iraq’s special forces closed in on the Tigris river that runs through central Mosul on Saturday, advancing in parallel with other troops and forcing Daesh (ISIL or ISIS) to retreat in its last major stronghold in the country.
News ID: 3461889 Publish Date : 2017/01/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – People in the village of Diraz, near the Bahraini capital of Manama staged yet another rally on Saturday in support of top Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim.
News ID: 3461888 Publish Date : 2017/01/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The 8th edition of Sudan’s international Quran competition got underway in the African country’s capital, Khartoum, on Saturday morning.
News ID: 3461887 Publish Date : 2017/01/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Palestinian resistance movement Hamas blasted Facebook for colluding with the regime in Israel after the social networking giant closed more than 100 pages and accounts promoting the Gaza-based Palestinian resistance movement.
News ID: 3461886 Publish Date : 2017/01/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The holy mausoleum of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad, northeast Iran, is a pilgrimage site annually visited by millions of Shia Muslims from around the world.
News ID: 3461884 Publish Date : 2017/01/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A parliamentary delegation from the Islamic Republic of Iran met with Secretary General of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah.
News ID: 3461883 Publish Date : 2017/01/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Devotees of Ahl-ul-Bayt (AS) held a ceremony Saturday night in Perth, Australia, to celebrate the birthday anniversary of Imam Hassan Askari (AS), the 11th Shia Imam.
News ID: 3461882 Publish Date : 2017/01/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – A partially constructed mosque for the Islamic Center of Lake Travis, US state of Texas, was engulfed in flames early Saturday morning.
News ID: 3461881 Publish Date : 2017/01/08
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The United Nations on Friday said its human rights envoy for Myanmar will probe escalating violence in the country, including a military crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, when she visits next week.
News ID: 3461878 Publish Date : 2017/01/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Unidentified gunmen killed eight members of Afghanistan's Hazara minority who were working as miners in the northern province of Baghlan, a local government official said.
News ID: 3461877 Publish Date : 2017/01/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The largest mosque in Khartoum, the capital of Sudan, was inaugurated in the city’s al-Azhari neighborhood.
News ID: 3461876 Publish Date : 2017/01/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – All public servants in Austria, including school teachers, must be banned from wearing Hijab (Islamic headscarves) at work, according to legislation being drafted by Sebastian Kurz, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Integration.
News ID: 3461875 Publish Date : 2017/01/07
ISTANBUL (IQNA) – Following recent terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Turkey, special security measures have been put in place at the main Shia mosque in the city.
News ID: 3461874 Publish Date : 2017/01/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Al Khalifa regime forces in Bahrain once again prevented Shia Muslims from holding Friday prayers at Imam Sadiq (AS) Mosque in the village of Diraz, near Manama.
News ID: 3461873 Publish Date : 2017/01/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi announced on Friday the building of what will be the largest mosque and the largest church in Egypt in the new capital by the coming year, and that he will be the first to donate money for the project.
News ID: 3461872 Publish Date : 2017/01/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – The final stage of Iraq’s 9th national Quran competition will be held in the capital city of Baghdad in February.
News ID: 3461871 Publish Date : 2017/01/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas firmly warned US President-elect Donald Trump of the potential consequences of moving the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem al-Quds, describing the likely move as an “aggression” against the independent state of Palestine.
News ID: 3461870 Publish Date : 2017/01/07
TEHRAN (IQNA) – Residents of all faiths in Lincoln, Britain, are being invited by the Islamic Association of Lincoln to the city’s mosque for an annual open day.
News ID: 3461869 Publish Date : 2017/01/06
