• Grand Ayatollah Sistani condoles Leader on Soleimani’s martyrdom

    Grand Ayatollah Sistani condoles Leader on Soleimani’s martyrdom

    Jan 05, 2020 14:20

    Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani has offered condolences to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei over the martyrdom of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani, the Commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

  • Grand Ayatollah Sistani condemns US assassination of ‘heroes of anti-Daesh fight’

    Grand Ayatollah Sistani condemns US assassination of ‘heroes of anti-Daesh fight’

    Jan 03, 2020 10:35

    Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Sistani has strongly condemned the US assassination of Iranian Commander Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, calling them the “heroes of fight against Daesh” terrorist group.

  • Birthday of Hazrat Zainab (PBUH)

    Birthday of Hazrat Zainab (PBUH)

    Jan 01, 2020 10:38

    Greetings and congratulations on the blessed birthday of an Immaculate Lady whose virtuous personality transcends the barriers of time, space, geography, and even faiths, for the role she played in safeguarding humanitarian values.

  • Two anti-regime activists killed as Saudi regime forces storm Dammam

    Two anti-regime activists killed as Saudi regime forces storm Dammam

    Dec 26, 2019 02:33

    At least two political dissidents have been killed in Saudi Arabia when regime forces raided a village in the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals continues unabated in the country.

  • Delay in Sheikh Zakzaky’s release raises doubts in Nigerian gov’t

    Delay in Sheikh Zakzaky’s release raises doubts in Nigerian gov’t

    Dec 19, 2019 05:51

    Sections of the Nigerian press have begun to express doubts on Nigeria’s claim to be a functioning democracy, by noting that Mohammadu Buhari first took power in 1983 in a military coup as a general, long before his election in 2015 as a democratically elected president, who earlier this year began his second term – on the basis of questionable voting.

  • Iran pursuing case of Nigerian cleric's health via diplomatic channels: Foreign Ministry

    Iran pursuing case of Nigerian cleric's health via diplomatic channels: Foreign Ministry

    Dec 09, 2019 04:00

    Iran constantly pursues the case of Nigeria’s top Shia Cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky through diplomatic contacts with the Nigerian government in line with efforts to help improve his health, says the Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman.

  •  Nigeria transfers Sheikh Zakzaky, wife to 'dilapidated' jail

    Nigeria transfers Sheikh Zakzaky, wife to 'dilapidated' jail

    Dec 06, 2019 09:09

    Nigerian authorities transfer top Shia cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, and his wife to a dilapidated prison, where many detainees have so far died due to lack of medical attention.

  • Nigerian Muslim leader languishing in jail despite court's ruling

    Nigerian Muslim leader languishing in jail despite court's ruling

    Dec 03, 2019 09:39

    In a statement issued to the press, the Islamic movement in Nigeria described the continuous detention of Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife Zeenat as one of the worst violations of the rule of law.

  • The deafening silence on Sheikh Zakzaky

    The deafening silence on Sheikh Zakzaky

    Nov 17, 2019 14:22

    There is hardly any news about the condition and whereabouts of the Leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) ever since his abrupt return to his country from an Indian hospital three months ago and his whisking away by the Nigerian security forces to an undisclosed destination.

  • One killed as Nigerian forces open fire on Sheikh Zakzaky supporters

    One killed as Nigerian forces open fire on Sheikh Zakzaky supporters

    Nov 14, 2019 13:21

    At least one person has been killed and several others injured after Nigerian police used live ammunition to break up a religious gathering by supporters of senior cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky.