Iraqi media reports have announced that several ISIL top commanders as well as militants have been killed in the recent aerial attacks by government forces in Western Anbar Province.
Ali Larijani has been re-elected as the speaker of Iran’s Tenth Majlis (parliament) to serve in the post during the first year of the legislative body’s four-year term.
Hundreds of Bahraini people have staged rally in the capital Manama on Tuesday protesting against a Supreme Court of Appeal extending the jail term for prominent cleric Sheikh Ali Salman.
A senior Islamic Republic official has criticized Al Saud over the cancellation of this year’s Hajj pilgrimage for the Iranian nation, saying the Saudi family prevented Iranians from making a "dignified" religious expedition.
Iranian Islamic center calls international Islamic body, Muslim scholars and governments to maintain security of Hajj pilgrims denouncing Saudi uncooperative approach which led to Iran’s abstention from Hajj 2016.
The head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the delivery of the country’s surplus heavy water to the United States is conditional on Washington making full payment in advance.
A week to the fasting month of Ramadan, prayer leaders and people join to clean mosques and prepare for the fasting month of Ramadan. Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Movahedi Kermani, prominent Iranian Friday prayer leader joins the people to clean Imam Hassan (AS) Mosque in the capital Tehran.
Prominent Iranian cleric expressed regret over the recent announcement on Iran’s abstention to attend Hajj 2016 stressing that as a result of Takfiri statements.
Grand Ayatollah Safi Golpaygani sent a message to the international conference on “Ahl al-Bayt’s Doctrine regarding the issue of radicalism and terrorism” in Norway stating: “Terrorist attacks are a manifestation of the most brutal aspects of violence, ignorance, corruption and deterioration of a group of people who know nothing about the true Islam....
“Currently 44 specialized centers are active in seminary schools in Qom as well as in other Iranian provinces which host as many as 4000 seminary students,” Head of Islamic seminaries said.
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani hailed the atmosphere created after the removal of anti-Tehran sanctions back in January, saying that the country is gradually restoring its pre-sanctions economic situation.