Iran has welcomed a Russian-backed ceasefire deal recently reached between the Ukrainian government and pro-Moscow forces in an effort to end months of fierce fighting in the country’s east.
A former US Congressional staffer says the United States and its allies have created ISIL Takfiri group as a bogeyman in order to pave the ground for the redeployment of their troops into Iraq.
Iraq’s Kurdish Peshmerga forces have continued fighting against Takfiri ISIL militants, retaking a number of areas near the militant-held city of Mosul, Press TV reports.
President Hassan Rouhani in a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard here on Sunday expressed the hope that the West will be serious in its fight against terrorism.
Commander of Iran's Ground Forces says the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) plan to stage a joint military maneuver in southeastern Iran in the second half of the current Iranian calendar year.
A controversial plan has emerged in Saudi Arabia to demolish the holy tomb of the Prophet Muhammad (S) and relocate his body to an anonymous grave in the Jannat al-Baqi’ cemetery, in a move which is likely to draw an angry response from the Muslim world.
Ayatollah Safi-Golpaygani has said that the destruction of Islamic holy sites and monuments is one of the greatest betrayals in the history of Islam. He said that Muslims should not tolerate any indignity and disgrace to the holy shrine of the Prophet Muhammad (S).
A political analyst has slammed Bahrain’s Saudi-backed crackdown on activists, saying both the ruling Al Khalifa family and the Al Saud regime support Takfiri ideology, Press TV reports.