People in the northeastern city of Birjand, capital of Southern Khorasan Province, perform traditions to begin the month of Muharram, martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussien (AS), third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

During the military parade of Holy Defense Week, the Iranian armed forces unveiled new ballistic missile of Khorramshahr.

On Friday, September 22, Iran unveiled a new ballistic missile during a military parade in Tehran that marks the first day of the Sacred Defense Week. The week commemorates the anniversary of the outbreak of Iraq’s imposed war on Iran in the 1980s.

Washington over the past few weeks has been repeating rhetoric on leaving the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), nuclear deal between Iran and P5+1. While there has been much talk about the U.S. leaving the deal Reuters has issued reports that a new plan is being scrutinized at the White House for staying in the deal while maintaining more ...

Holy shrine of Hazrat Masoumeh (AS) is clad in black with and the mourning flag is hoisted on top of the dome for the month of Muharram and martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH).

Iranian short film ‘Retouch’, directed by Kaveh Mazaheri, and ‘Animal’ by Bahman and Bahram Ark will vie at the 53rd Chicago International Film Festival.

Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said Sat. that US President Donald Trump’s anti-Iran remarks at the UN General Assembly were aimed at pleasing certain reactionary states in the Middle East.

  Bangladesh refugee camps for Rohingya Muslims are on the brink of a "public health disaster," Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has warned, saying filthy water and faeces flow through shanties bursting with Rohingya Muslims who have fled violence in Myanmar. Nearly 430,000 Rohingyas have poured into Bangladesh’s Cox’s ...

The first meeting of Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council has been held chaired by Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi.

Weekly Friday Prayer Led by Sunni Cleric Akhound Abdolkarim Javer was held in Gonbad Kavous

  Traffic is still rare in Syria's Dayr al-Zawr due to a fuel shortage, but life has slowly returned to its markets since government forces broke the siege of the city. Russian-backed government forces on September 5 ended the Islamic State group's three-year siege of a government enclave in the city in eastern Syria. They are ...

“Currently, your brothers in resistance groups and organizations, as part of the devotee pioneers, are under Supreme Leader’s command and are sacrificing their lives. They will be present where there is need for fight against terrorism, Takfiris and their supporters,” Sheikh Akram Al-Ka’bi stated.

Senior state cleric in Saudi Arabia has ruled women should not be allowed behind the wheel because they have "a quarter the brainpower of men".

In early August 2017, a young Arab prince bursting with confidence strode onto the Washington diplomatic stage. Khalid bin Salman, younger brother of the all-powerful Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had just been appointed his country’s ambassador to the United States.

Kuwait will hold a conference on reconstructing war-torn Iraq early next year, the US presidential envoy said on Friday.

Muslims around the world have just observed the begining of Islamic New Year on Thursday, Muharram 1st, 1439 Hijri (September 21st, 2017), here are seven fast facts you should know about the event. 1. Known in Arabic as Ras al-Sana al-Hijriya, the day commemorates when the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) emigrated from his hometown of Mecca to the city ...

Weekly Friday Prayer Led by Sunni cleric Akhound Rahman Bardi Mohammadi in Gorgan

The parades across the country feature military units from various divisions of the Armed Forces, including the Army, the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) as well as the Police Force. The week-long events are held in commemoration of Iranian forces’ eight-year defense of the Islamic Republic in the face of Iraq’s 1980-88 imposed war against ...