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Iran’s definite policy is to cooperate with Asian coun...

( Iran )

Tehran:Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in a meeting with Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang in Tehran on Tuesday, highlighted a host of economic, technical, trade and cultural grounds for the expansion of relations between the two countries, saying: “The courage and resistance of the nation of Vietnam and its prominent figures like [veteran revolutionary leader] ‘Ho Chi Minh’ and [military commander] ‘General [Vo Nguyen] Giap’ against aggression by foreigners...

With high turnout, people demonstrated their trust in the Is...

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Tehran:Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, in a last meeting on Thursday with the chairman and members of the outgoing Assembly of Experts, in highly significant remarks, praised the meaningful and glorious participation of people in the February 26 elections for the Islamic Consultative Assembly (the Iranian Parliament) and the Assembly of Experts as well as their announcement of firm allegiance and loyalty to the Islamic Republic of Iran’s establishment. Ayatollah...

Iraqi Sunni Mufti praises Hezbollah’s anti-terror driv...

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Baghdad:Senior Iraqi Sunni cleric Khalid Mulla said that the Lebanese Islamic Resistance Movement of Hezbollah is targeted because it is against Daesh terrorists in Iraq and Syria and against Israeli occupation.   Speaking at a congregation to voice support to Hezbollah here on Sunday, the leader of Iraq’s Sunni Ulema Association  Mufti Khalid Mulla said that the resistance movement’s leader Seyed Hassan Nasrallah is opposing sectarian and divisive plots. The mufti also cautioned...

Lady Fatima is beacon of inspiration for Muslims:Hojjatul Is...

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Tehran:Friday prayers leader of Someh Sara Hojjatul Islam Ismail Sidiqi held Lady Fatima Zahra (SA) as the best model for Muslims in abiding the Islamic teachings and instructions. Offering his condolences on the martyrdom anniversary of the revered daughter of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the religious cleric underscored, “Fatima Zahra (SA) was infallible and the proof of God almighty on the earth.” “Fatima Zahra (SA) and Lady Maryam (SA) are entitled as the leader of women and the...

Saudi Arabia Puts Itself in Israeli Box:Sheikh Qassem...

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Beirut:Deputy Secretary General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem said Saturday that Saudi Arabia is declaring enmity against Hezbollah when it describes the party as “terrorist group,” stressing that “Saudi Arabia and its allies are in fact hostile to the luminous and influential achievements of the party and put themselves in the box of Israel.” During a speech he delivered in Bekaa region east of Lebanon, Sheikh Qassem said that “Saudi Arabia is trying to confirm Hezbollah...

Young businessman killed in Russia laid to rest in Kashmir A...

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Srinagar: A young Kashmiri businessman, Yasir Shiraz, 27, who was hacked to death by unidentified robbers and decamped with cash and his other belongings at Kazan province of Russia, was Saturday laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard at Hassanabad in Kashmir. According to his friend, the body of Yasir who succumbed to his injuries on Wednesday arrived at Srinagar International Airport on the week hours of Saturday morning was buried at his ancestral graveyard at Hassanabad in Rainawari. Amid, tears...

United Nation calls on Bahrain’s government to carry o...

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Manama:The United Nations high commissioner for human rights has censured the government in Bahrain for its harsh crackdown on dissent, calling on Manama to carry out fundamental reforms. 

Zeid Ra’ad Al-Hussein on Thursday expressed concern about frequent cases of arrest...

Mideast wars totally political: Imam Khamenei...

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Tehran:Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the ongoing wars in the Middle East are “totally rooted in political motivations.” The Leader on Thursday called on clerics to thwart “the American and Zionist plot to create divisions” and avoid touching on divisive issues among Shia and Sunni Muslims.    “The enemies of Islam are trying to turn these differences into a religious strife so that they don’t end easily. We must not contribute...

Syed Ali Geelani suffers heart attack in New Delhi,Shifted t...

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Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani has suffered a heart attack in Delhi Thursday and was rushed to Max Hospital for immediate treatment. He is in ICU right now.   Family sources from Delhi said the ailing leader was driven to Escorts Hospital in the morning for routine health check up. He returned within two hours and was at his Malviya Nagar residence.   It was there that he suffered a heart attack. His daughter who was attending to him drove him to Max...

5,000 Daesh terrorists are in Libya:Foreign Minsiter Italy...

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Rome:Some 5,000 militants with the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group are in Libya, Italy’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. “According to our analyses, there are today around 5,000 Daesh fighters in Libya,” Paolo Gentiloni said, warning that those militants have the capacity to carry out “dangerous incursions” into neighboring countries. Italy is alarmed by a potential spillover of violence from Libya into its shores as Libya has been in chaos since former dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, was...