Development and Use of Nukes “Forbidden” by Islam
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei says the country has no reason to go for nuclear arms as the development and use of such weapons is religiously forbidden.
Islamic countries should do more in support of women
Chairing the 7th Summit of the Muslim Women Parliamentarians as part of the ongoing PUIC Summit in Tehran, Iranian MP Parvaneh Salahshouri stressed the need for supporting women and children against violence and discrimination in the Islamic countries. Chairing and speaking at the 7th Summit of the Muslim Women Parliamentarians as part of the 13th Session […]
Shia-Sunni amity in Afghanistan to foil plots: Expediency Council chief
TEHRAN – Friendship between the Shia and Sunni communities in Afghanistan will lay waste the plots of the enemies of Islam, the chairman of Iran’s Expediency Council said on Monday. Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi made the remarks in a meeting with the visiting Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Afghanistan Mohammad Mohaghegh, who has traveled to […]
Erdogan Criticizes Saudi Crown Prince’s ‘Moderate Islam’ Pledge
TEHRAN – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan criticized the recent vow by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to make Saudi Arabia a bastion of “moderate Islam”. “Islam cannot be either ‘moderate’ or ‘not moderate.’ Islam can only be one thing,” Erdogan said in a speech at a program hosted in Ankara by the Organization […]
‘British Shia tool against true Islam for political interests’
TEHRAN– A British based satellite TV station promotes a ritual (banned by Shia clerics) to be done during the processions of the Islamic Month of Muharram. The interview addresses various dimensions of the issue. A group of Shias who persist on bloodletting for the mourning of Imam Hossein in the Islamic months of Muharram and […]