The holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS), eighth Shia Imam, in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad is clad in black mourning for the month of Muharram and martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) martyred in the Battle of Karbala back in 680 AD.

Farabi Cinema Foundation and National Cinema Center of Armenia have inked a deal on sponsorship and production of joint cinema projects.

With the advent of Muharram, mourning month when Muslims mark the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) in the Battle of Karbala back in 680 AD. These passion plays show the life and martyrdom of every companion and family members of the third Shia Imam in the Battle of Karbala.

"The ministry is to establish Quran schools in all of the country’s major mosques," highlighted Egypt’s Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Minister Mohamed Mukhtar Goma.

​Iran's fighter jets have carried out numerous sorties over the country's western borders as part of joint military drills by the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) which continued for the second day on Monday.

Senior Iranian cleric slammed the recent independence referendum in Iraq’s Kurdistan region calling that as a move to guarantee the security of Israel.

Body of Iranian soldier, Mohsen Hojaji, is returned to Iran after a swap deal between Lebanon’s Hezbollah and Daesh terrorists. 25-year-old Mohsen Hojaji was arrested and decapitated by Daesh terrorists in Syria in early August.

Tel Aviv has planned construction of 2’000 settlement units in the occupied West Bank contrary to the international scrutiny of the expropriation and settlement expansion policies by the regime.

North Korean Foreign Minister has claimed rights for his country to take measure against Washington threats including shooting down its bombers.

"Isalmic Republic of Iran's missile inroads has multiplied several fold since US officials' criticism of the program," stressed A senior commander.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says his country will close borders with Iraq’s Kurdistan over the much disputed independence referendum in the semi-autonomous region on Monday.

Hojjatol Islam Mousavi visites a group of Kurdistan unity supporters and activists

Iraqi Parliament Members have called Baghdad to deploy forces to regions disputed with Kurds following controversial independence referendum held in the country’s Kurdistan region.

Islamic Republic of Iran is to organize the 2nd edition of Mustafa Prize ceremony so as to grant the Organization of Islamic Cooperation’s prestigious science and technology award to top researchers and scientists of the OIC member states.

Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has expressed his concerns over Kurdistan region’s independence referendum warning against its “potential destabilizing effects”.

The United Nations has reported Israel’s denial of the Security Council resolution and continuation of its settlement construction “at a high rate” contrary to the international body to halt the policy.

US President Donald Trump has been rebuked by rights group over his new travel ban with some claiming that the new restriction is another translation of old Muslim ban.

Iraqi and Turkish armies have begun a major military drill on the common border following a much controversial independence referendum has been held in Iraq’s Kurdish region.

An Iranian female researcher has won the prize for the best interdisciplinary research of “Erwin Schrödinger” on mechanism to design solutions for leukemia treatment.