Authorities in Nigeria have called for prosecution of Sheikh Ibrahim al Zakzaky, recently ordered to be freed following a year of indefinite detention.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says there is a need to wage a cultural war on terror instead of merely taking a military approach to the scourge.
Russia and China have blocked on Monday a United Nations Security Council resolution which would have mandated a week-long truce in Syrian city of Aleppo.
"By holding annual unity conference the required grounds for promoting unity and rapprochement will be provided for Muslims and religious leaders," underscored the religious cleric.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says peace and stability can be restored to the region and the entire world only through dialog and negotiations.
Amnesty International has warned Persian Gulf Arab states ahead of their upcoming meeting in Bahrain that cases of human rights violations in these countries should not be “swept under the carpet”.
“The Americans think that they can regain their authority in the region by infiltrating and destabilising the Islamic Republic of Iran and every day, they impose flimsy excuses to pressure the nation," Hujjat al-Islam Moallemi underlined.
Iraqi government forces have made new advancements into southeast regions of Mosul, in another part of the major operation to liberate the city from the grip of ISIL terrorists.