Iraqi officials irate as Saudi daily publishes cartoon against Ayatollah Sistani

Iraqi officials have condemned the publication of an offensive cartoon of prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in a Saudi-owned newspaper, saying the depiction stems from the failure of Riyadh's Takfiri plots.

Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over top IRGC general’s assassination

Leader says Zionist regime will be uprooted, liberating Palestine an obligation

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the struggle to liberate Palestine is an obligation and an Islamic goal, adding “everyone must assist the Palestinian nation in this holy struggle”. He also said thanks to Imam Khomeini's intelligent initiative - to unite Muslims on the issue of Holy Quds and in support of the oppressed people of Palestine.

Operation Eagle Claw in Iran’s central Tabas Desert still stands as warning to Trump

The Operation Eagle Claw, a failed US military operation in Iran’s central Tabas Desert that was launched in an attempt to release former US embassy staff held in Tehran after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, was an “absolute catastrophe” and serves as a warning for President Donald Trump not to initiate a war against Iran, a political analyst and former US Senate candidate has said.

Leader says United States' sanctions have made Iran self-sufficient

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the United States' sanctions have made Iran self-sufficient as he calls for unity in the new Iranian year which began Friday morning.

FM Zarif says cowardly assassination of Gen Soleimani pushed Iran, US very close to war

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States’ “cowardly” assassination last month of senior Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani pushed Washington and Tehran “very close” to war.

Thousands of Iranians mark 40th day after Lt. Gen. Soleimani’s martyrdom

Thousands of Iranians gather at Tehran’s iconic Imam Khomeini Grand Prayer Grounds (Mosalla) to mark 40 days since the martyrdom of senior Iranian anti-terror commander Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani and his companions in an airstrike by terrorist US forces outside Baghdad International Airport.

More than 100 US forces diagnosed with brain injuries from Iran strikes

The US military is reportedly planning to announce a more than 50-percent rise in the number of cases of traumatic brain injury (TBI) among its soldiers following Iran’s retaliatory strikes on an American military base in Iraq last month.