(CNN) — Iranian centrist candidate Hassan Rouhani has won the Islamic republic’s presidential election, Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar announced Saturday. Iranian officials reported a high turnout, with nearly 73% of some […]
Source: ET TEHRAN: Moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani, bolstered by a late surge in support from suppressed Iranian reformists, took an early lead in the presidential election to find a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, initial results showed Saturday. The first round results gave Rowhani 52 percent of the vote, more than three […]
by Ramzi Baroud My friend Hanna is Syrian and also happens to be Christian. The latter fact was rarely of consequence, except whenever he wished to boast about the contributions […]
We look at the impact of increased sanctions against the Islamic Republic and ask who it really affects. The United States has unveiled aggressive new sanctions targeting Iran’s currency and car industry that are among the toughest yet. They are aimed at making Iranian money all but unusable outside the […]
Source: abna.ir (Ahlul Bayt News Agency) – Haj Allah Yat Akhoond Derakhshan, prayer leader of Hanafiyeh Mosque in Bojnourd, Northern Khoasan Province, in an interview said Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) was appointed to complete the […]
Source: tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The 30th International Quran Competition was inaugurated at the Summit Conference Hall in Tehran on Friday. Reciters and memorizers from over 70 countries are participating in this year’s […]
Source: Asia Times: Khomeini’s rebel grandchildren rock the vote Outspoken demands by Zahra Mostafavi Khomeini that former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani’s candidacy in next month’s presidential vote be restored highlight how, on issues ranging from democracy to women’s rights, several grandchildren of the late revolutionary leader are challenging the […]
After regional and international stances became clear, the struggle in Syria and over Syria has become clear. This is a war that will alter the region’s map. If Bashar al-Assad’s regime survives, Hezbollah and Iran win as well. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that this is crucial […]
Source: Asiatimes. Iran’s roster of would-be presidents has been whittled down to eight from nearly 700, courtesy vetting by the Guardian Council. Two potential big draws are ruled out – former president Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim, too much outgoing President Mahmud Ahmadinejad’s man. That leaves an uninspiring […]
Source: NY Times By STEVEN LEE MYERS WASHINGTON — Countries around the world, including allies of the United States, have used laws on blasphemy and apostasy to suppress political opponents, the State Department said on Monday in an annual report chronicling a grim decline in religious freedom that has resulted in rising […]
Source: www.tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — The Aria Animation Studio, a major private Iranian animation company, plans to offer “Muhammad, the Last Messenger of God”, a 3D animation series on the life story […]
Source: http://www.english.farsnews.com TEHRAN (FNA)- A prominent Iranian scholar strongly condemned the recent desecration of the shrine of a highly revered Shiite figure in Syria by Wahhabi extremists, and said the […]
Source: www.tehrantimes.com TEHRAN — Iranian filmmaker Majid Majid was honored at the International Conference of Diplomacy and Soft Power in the Seerah of the Holy Prophet Muhammad (S), which opened on Wednesday […]
Jordan and Turkey to also play role in US-brokered plan to contain, rather than thwart, Iran, London’s Sunday Times reports by Times of Israel staff Israel is working on joining […]
Source: www.economist.com The authorities think that too many people are claiming to be the Mahdi EARLIER this year Iran’s authorities arrested a score of men who, in separate incidents, claimed to be the Mahdi, a sacred figure of Shia Islam, who was “hidden” by God just over a millennium ago and […]
Source: www.presstv.ir Iran is planning to hold the first International Logotype Festival, focusing on representing the Islam’s prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in the capital city of Tehran. The internationally renowned Iranian filmmaker […]
Source: LUBP Iran uses Hazara settlers in demographic war to turn the Baloch into a minority in their own land. Its not just a Sunni-Shia issue. Tens of thousands of Hazaras who fled to Iran from Afghanistan are now being settled in Balochistan with Pakistani citizenship cards. I met the […]
This means we are in for a protracted, extended, multi-year war & we will be seeing a million + death toll – like the Iran-Iraq war. This is a huge […]
RT: It would be more convenient for Israel if the US attacked Iran because they have the capacity to do so, journalist and author Yossi Melman told RT. The Israeli […]
Source: A Times. By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON – The administration of President Barack Obama should put more emphasis on diplomacy in its quest for a satisfactory resolution of Iran’s nuclear program, according to a major new report released by The Iran Project. The report, endorsed by nearly three dozen former […]