Mourning ceremonies being held to mark Ashura worldwide

Ashura is the culmination of a 10-day annual mourning period in the lunar calendar month of Muharram for Imam Hussein (AS), who was martyred along with his 72 companions in the Battle of Karbala in southern Iraq in 680 AD after fighting courageously for justice against the much larger army of the Umayyad caliph, Yazid.

Top Bahran cleric refutes Shia-Sunni divide, says Israel main issue of Muslim world

Bahrain’s leading cleric Sheikh Isa Qassim says there exists no divide between Shia and Sunni Muslims, but the Islamic world is in fact split into a camp that champions normalization with the Tel Aviv regime and one that adheres to the cause of resistance against Israel and the United States.

Iranian mourners commemorate Tasu’a

Tasu’a, in the Islamic lunar calendar refers to the ninth day of Muharram, a day before Ashura when Imam Hussein (AS), a grandson of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad (Peace be upon Him), and his 72 companions were martyred in the Battle of Karbala. Iranian mourners commemorate Tasu’a, on the eve of Ashura, the day marking the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam, under strict health measures imposed to contain the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Iran remembers 1953 US-led coup against then Iran PM

Iran is remembering the anniversary of the 1953 coup against the government of then democratically-elected Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddeq.

Leader says foreign providers agreed to sell Iran vaccines only after domestic jab production

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says foreign providers of COVID vaccines initially reneged on their promises and refused sales to Iran.

On Hiroshima anniversary, Iran raises alarm at US nuke modernization

FM Zarif says time for US to kick habit, end addiction to sanctions

On the sixth signing anniversary of the landmark Iran nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlights the failure of the United States' so-called 'maximum pressure campaign' and sanctions, citing Tehran’s progress, including in the nuclear field, despite the bans.

On 33rd anniversary of plane tragedy anniversary: US violence keeps targeting Iranians

Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif recalls the US’s downing of an Iranian passenger plane on the tragedy’s anniversary, saying Washington continues to target the Iranian nation with violence to date.