A Muslim woman who has devoted more than 25 years to helping women and multicultural communities has received this year's New South Wales Human Rights Award in a ceremony attended by Minister for Citizenship and Communities Victor Dominello.

The construction of the world’s two highest minarets at the Grand Mosque in Makkah has ignited debates after experts warned that the new constructions could dry up Zamzam water resources.

A senior Iranian naval commander says the country’s armed forces track all the enemy’s moves and will suppress any threats.

Iranian president’s special advisor on ethnic and religious minorities’ affairs has condemned the ISIL crimes against the Yazidi Kurds in Iraq.

Chairman of the Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said on Saturday that regional countries should form a think-tank to thwart the complicated plots in the region.

An Iranian deputy foreign minister says Iran will hold one-on-one talks with six world powers over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program ahead of a scheduled high-level meeting in September.