A Shia academic, a disabled protester and a number of detained minors were among 37 people that Saudi Arabia executed in its recent mass execution on "terrorism" charges, a new report has revealed. Human rights groups state that at least 33 out of the 37 individuals executed on Tuesday were from Saudi Arabia's persecuted Shia minority, the Middle East Eye reported Thursday.
Friday, April 26, 2019 11:19
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the enemy is waging an “economic war" on Iran, but the country will defeat it.
Friday, March 22, 2019 07:26
Iran has censured a “cruel” ruling by Bahrain’s highest court that upheld a life sentence against prominent opposition figure Sheikh Ali Salman, saying the Manama regime is after stifling all critical voices in the kingdom.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019 10:08
16 Azar (7 December) has become the official Student Day in Iran after the 1979 Revolution. On that day, December 7, 1953 (16 Azar 1332 in the Iranian calendar) three students of the University of Tehran were murdered by Iranian police in the Pahlavi era. Every year there are local demonstrations at many universities organized by students.
Friday, December 07, 2018 06:30
The administration of United States President Donald Trump is plotting to use a terrorist outfit called the Mujahedin-e-Khalq Organization (MEK or MKO) to promote regime-change in Iran, according to a former long-time MKO member.
Sunday, July 08, 2018 03:22
At least 305 people, including dozens of children, were killed and over 130 others injured in a shooting attack and bombing at a mosque in the restive Sinai Peninsula,
Friday, November 24, 2017 08:53
Saudi Arabia has executed Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr in defiance of international calls for the release of the prominent Shia cleric.
Saturday, January 02, 2016 01:16
The Lebanese movement Hezbollah in a statement has described the sentence handed down to the cleric as unjust and politically motivated.
Saturday, October 18, 2014 01:24