Report

  • Afghans mark Arbaeen amid security threats, coronavirus pandemic

    Oct 08, 2020 18:22

    This year, people in Afghanistan have preferred to mark Arba'een inside mosques, cultural centers and other religious sites due to serious concerns about security threats mainly coming from the Daesh terrorist group as well as the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Iranians mark Arba'een with social distancing

    Iranians mark Arba'een with social distancing

    Oct 08, 2020 13:01

    In Iran, due to the coronavirus pandemic, only a handful of the centers got permission for Arba'een mourning ceremonies, and were only allowed to be held with strict limitations.

  • Leader attends mourning ceremony and Arba’een Supplication recitation

    Leader attends mourning ceremony and Arba’een Supplication recitation

    Oct 08, 2020 11:02

    On the day of Arba’een, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei attended a mourning ceremony on Thursday, October 8, 2020, in the Husseiniyeh of Imam Khomeini. In this ceremony, the Arba’een Supplication was recited.

  • Iraqis mark Arba’een in shadow of pandemic (2)

    Iraqis mark Arba’een in shadow of pandemic (2)

    Oct 08, 2020 10:55

    While the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has prevented foreign pilgrims from travelling to Iraq to mark this year’s Arba’een, local Iraqi people have attended processions in commemoration of the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Husain (AS).

  • Iraqis mark Arba’een in shadow of pandemic (1)

    Iraqis mark Arba’een in shadow of pandemic (1)

    Oct 08, 2020 10:44

    While the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic has prevented foreign pilgrims from travelling to Iraq to mark this year’s Arba’een, local Iraqi people have attended processions in commemoration of the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Husain (AS).

  • Zarif to visit China on Friday

    Zarif to visit China on Friday

    Oct 08, 2020 10:11

    Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit China on Friday for talks on a range of bilateral, regional and international issues.

  • COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end: WHO

    COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end: WHO

    Oct 06, 2020 14:15

    A vaccine against COVID-19 may be ready by year-end, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday (October 6), without elaborating.

  • Chicago saw most homicides in Sept. since crack era of 1993

    Chicago saw most homicides in Sept. since crack era of 1993

    Oct 05, 2020 10:24

    Chicago, the United States’ third-largest city, saw the most homicides in September since 1993, the end of the nation’s horrific, decade-long crack cocaine catastrophe.

  • Limited Umrah pilgrimage resumes after coronavirus hiatus

    Limited Umrah pilgrimage resumes after coronavirus hiatus

    Oct 04, 2020 09:09

    Saudi authorities have partially resumed the year-round Umrah pilgrimage after a seven-month hiatus over the coronavirus pandemic, allowing a limited number of people to perform the rituals in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina with strict observance of health protocols.

  • Egypt discovers 27 sarcophagi aged over 2,500 years

    Egypt discovers 27 sarcophagi aged over 2,500 years

    Sep 22, 2020 04:15

    Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 27 stone coffins at the ancient necropolis of Saqqara, a burial ground that is also home to one of the world’s oldest pyramids, the ministry of tourism and antiquities said.