Iran marks anniversary of assassination of Rajaei, Bahonar

Iran has marked the anniversary of the 1981 assassination of then president Mohammad Ali Rajaei and former prime minister Mohammad Javad Bahonar.

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.

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The chain of events that ended in February 1979 with the overthrow of the Pahlavi regime

Imam Khomeini called Eid al-Ghadir is one the greatest Eid and Islamic feast

Eid al-Ghadir is one of the most important festivities on the Islamic calendar. It marks the beginning of Shia Islam, when 14 centuries ago Prophet Mohammad introduced Imam Ali ibn Abi Taleb as the next caliph of Muslims and their religious leader or Imam.

Muslims around globe marking day of Arafah

Muslims around the world are marking the Day of Arafah. The occasion is the pinnacle of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

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.

Hundreds of bodies found near another former Church-run residential school in Canada

Hundreds of unmarked graves, many believed to be of children, have been found at the site of another former Church-run residential school in Canada. The graves are located near the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, said the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous First Nations (FSIN), which represents 74 nations in the province, in a press release on Wednesday.