In a message to the closing ceremony of Iran’s 37th National Quran Competition, Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani described the Holy Quran as a sun that never sets.
The 37th National Quran Competition of the Islamic Republic of Iran wrapped up in a ceremony on Monday.
A number of senior officials including Expediency Council member Hojat-ol-Islam Ali Akbar Nateq Nouri, attended the closing ceremony.
The first groups of Iraqi forces have reportedly entered the suburbs of Tikrit, the administrative center of northern Salahuddin province, as an operation is underway to recapture the city.
Iran’s nuclear negotiators have left Tehran for talks with US and European representatives on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program in the Swiss cities of Geneva and Montreux.
The Syrian army has made more gains in the fight against the foreign backed Takfiri group in the southern part of the Middle Eastern country, Press TV reports.
A Russian military chief says the country's Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) are ready to defend the country against any possible “lightning-speed” nuclear strike.
The government in Egypt has indefinitely postponed the country’s parliamentary polls, which had originally been scheduled for March, after the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) struck down as unconstitutional one of the laws that regulate the electoral process.
Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the ECO Regional Planning Council (RPC) wrapped up at the ECO Secretariat in Tehran. The RPC, held annually, focuses on the policies and programmes of the Organization, and evolves its work programme and calendar of events for the coming year.
A Muslim convert from South Korea after visiting the Razavi holy shrine said, “The Razavi holy shrine and the sacred premises is the symbol of architectural styles and pure artistic manifestations.”
Reacting to reports that a Canadian Muslim citizen was refused litigation right to restore her car for donning Islamic headscarf, a crowdfunding support campaign has raised more than $20K to pay for court fees and buy her another car.
Head of Iran's Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization (ICHHTO) Masoud Soltanifar announced that Tehran has asked international and Islamic bodies to prevent destruction of Iraqi museums.
US Secretary of State John Kerry has expressed the Obama administration’s dissatisfaction with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to address
In a symbolic gesture of tolerance, hundreds of Norwegians formed on Saturday, February 28, a human chain around Oslo mosque, showing respect and solidarity with the Muslim community amid soaring Islamophobic attacks across Europe.