Iraqi government forces backed by military aircraft have engaged members of the ISIL militant group during a series of cleanup operations in the western and northern parts of the country, killing dozens of the terrorists in the process.
Iran has lodged a complaint with the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) over Riyadh’s blockade on Yemen and Saudi Arabia's blocking of aid deliveries to its neighboring country.
Iran’s Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian has warned of possible water supply cuts and rationing in the summer, calling on the public to slash consumption.
One of the senior clerics of Najaf has stressed that the execution of Ayatollah al-Nimr will cause a revolution in the predominantly Shi’ite regions under the control of the House of Saud and due to the fear of this revolution, the Saudis will not dare to implement the death sentence on this revolutionary scholar.
A Lebanese Sunni scholar has condemned the aggressive actions of Saudi Arabia on Yemen, saying that the continuation of their aggression shows that the House of Saud has no respect for the sacred months or for God’s commandments.
Iranian clerics have staged sit-ins in two holy cities to express their solidarity with top cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who is on death row in Saudi Arabia.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described Saudi Arabia's ongoing military aggression in Yemen as a big mistake, saying the venture will certainly backfire on the kingdom.
Organizers of this event say “over one million dead in Iraq and hundreds of thousands killed in Afghanistan- at the cost of billions of pounds to the British taxpayer.”