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Massive mourning crowds mark Tasua in Iran
Jul 28, 2023 02:01Millions of Shia Muslims across Iran commemorated Tasua on Thursday, the ninth day of the lunar month of Muharram, which precedes Ashura, the day when Imam Hossein (PBUH), the third Shias' Imam, was martyred.
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After repeated burning of Qur'an, Iraq urges Denmark to prevent offensive acts against Islam
Jul 27, 2023 02:57Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has reaffirmed Baghdad’s condemnation of the recurring acts of desecration against the Holy Qur’an in Denmark, calling on the Danish government to prevent such heinous measures targeting Islamic sanctities.
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Iranian victims of former Iraqi dictator’s chemical attacks sue key suppliers
Jul 26, 2023 04:24Nearly four decades have passed since the regime of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein carried out chemical attacks against Iranians. Some of the victims of those attacks have filed a lawsuit against two Dutch companies for supplying that regime with chemical weapons during its imposed war on Iran during the 1980s. A meeting was held in the Tehran Peace Museum to pursue the case.
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Senior cleric Sadr lashes out at US meddlesome policies in Iraq
Jul 24, 2023 10:51Prominent Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has strongly decried Washington over its malicious intentions concerning Iraq and its nation, describing the United States as the enemy of peace and democracy.
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OIC to hold emergency meeting on recurring Qur’an desecration in Europe: Iraq
Jul 23, 2023 10:17Iraq’s Foreign Ministry has announced that the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) plans to hold an emergency meeting to discuss the recurring acts of the desecration of the holy Qur’an in Europe.
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Hundreds of Iraqi protesters attempt to storm Danish embassy over Qur’an burning
Jul 22, 2023 11:56Hundreds of protesters have clashed with security forces in Iraq as they tried to storm the Danish embassy in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone in reaction to reports of a Quran burning in the Nordic country.
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Pentagon files refute US claims about civilian casualties in Baghdadi raid in Syria
Jul 22, 2023 10:11A set of newly-released confidential documents reject claims by the Pentagon that the US military’s 2019 deadly airstrikes on the Syrian hideout of the leader of the Daesh terrorist group did not leave civilian casualties.
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Leader calls for ‘severest punishment’ for Qur’an desecration
Jul 22, 2023 08:41Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for the “severest punishment” for the perpetrator of the desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden.
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Iran summons Sweden ambassador over 2nd incident of state-authorized Qur'an desecration
Jul 21, 2023 06:12Iran has summoned Sweden's ambassador to Tehran over a second incident of state-authorized desecration of the Holy Qur'an in the Swedish capital, conveying the Islamic Republic's vehement protest against the heinous act of blasphemy.
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Iraqi protesters storm Swedish embassy in Baghdad over planned Qur’an desecration
Jul 20, 2023 04:10Hundreds of Iraqi protesters have stormed the Swedish embassy in the capital Baghdad and set part of it on fire in protest against the second planned desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden.