Tehran, Jan 10, IRNA Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said what is happening in France now is the result of wests behavior in Syria. He made the remarks in his speech to the closing ceremony of the 28th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran on Friday. He said the incidents in France in the past few days - which he described as an absolutely ...

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Irans Speaker of President Ali Larijani (pictured)has blamed this weeks killing of 12 peopleatthe French magazine Charlie Hebdoon Western intervention in Syria. Addressing the closing ceremony of the 28th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran on Friday,Larijani saidWednesdays mass killing and subsequent violence and deaths were the outcome ...

Tehran, Jan 10, IRNA - A senior cleric said on Friday that Tehran has been taking major practical steps to help proximity of the Islamic faiths including the approval of a legislation which allowed Iranian Sunnis to run their cities in Sunni populated areas nationwide. President's special assistant for religious minorities Ali Younesi made the remarks ...

Tehran, Jan 10, IRNA -- A Nigerian scholar says an international conference in Tehran on Muslim unity that wrapped up work on Friday clearly showed that the Muslim community needed to get united in materializing the Palestinian cause. Ibrahim Abdollahi was speaking to Qods News Agency on the sidelines of the conference. The Nigerian Alim said the ...

Tehran, Jan 9, IRNA Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought said enemies have felt that with the victory of the Islamic revolution and resistance of Iranians against conspiracies, the power of Islamic world is being shaped. Ayatollah Mohsen Araki made the remarks before Tehran's Friday Prayers leader started ...

TEHRAN (IQNA) Muslim scholars and figures attending the 28th International Islamic Unity Conference called for combating Takfiri Fitna (strife) and promoting common religious grounds. Saudi cleric Seyed Hashim al-Shakhs was among the scholars addressing the conference on the second day. He regretted that Fitna has spread in many Muslim countries ...

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Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday referred to the people of Lebanon as a symbol of rapprochement, interaction and coexistence among different religions and tribes. He also welcomed the ongoing negotiations between the Hezbollah of Lebanon and its Tayyar Al-Mustaqbal (Future Movement) which started last week. Zarif ...

Tehran, Jan 8, IRNA Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday said that Muslims would by no means benefit from disputes and sedition, warning sedition-seekers against consequences of their actions. Zarif said those who are after creating sedition and tension in Muslim countries should realize that their acts would backfire. The Iranian ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday accused the world powers of interfering in the Middle East by stirring up unrest and discord, and asked Shiite and Sunni Muslims to boost unity to defuse enemies' plot. They are definitely the foreign hands that turn the natural, intellectual and theoretical differences into quarrel ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Jordans Minister of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs blamed enemies of Islam for the growth of extremism in the region, and said they are seeking to undermine Islamic states. We believe this dangerous phenomenon (extremism) is fueled by the enemies of Islam, Hayel Daoud said, addressing the opening session of the 28th International Islamic ...

A selection of the latest news stories and editorials published in Iranian news outlets, compiled by AEI Critical Threats Project Iran Analyst Mehrdad Moarefian and Marie Donovan, with contributors Chris Rawlins, Diana Timmerman and Warren Marshall. To receive this daily newsletter, please subscribe online Key takeaway:The Supreme Leader indicated ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Head of the Supreme Islamic Council of Iraq Ammar Hakim emphasized the necessity for convergence and unity among Muslims, and described unity as the gate of victory. The visiting Iraqi politician raised the issue addressing the opening session of the 28th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran on Wednesday. Hakim ...

Tehran, Jan 7, IRNA - Deputy Secretary General of Hezbollah Sheikh Naim Qassem said here on Wednesday that the current challenges facing the Islamic world are politically motivated and have nothing to do with religion. Qassem made the remarks while addressing the 28th International Conference on Islamic Unity in Tehran. If Muslims become united, ...

Tehran, Jan 7, IRNA Spokeswoman of the Foreign Ministry Marziyeh Afkham on Wednesday called on scholars and scientists of the Islamic world to seek ways to ideologically struggle against sectarianism and extremism. Speaking to IRNA on the sidelines of the 28th International Conference on the Islamic Unity which opened here this morning, Afkham stressed ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) Secretary general of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought (WFPIST) called on the leaders of the Islamic countries to ramp up efforts for unity among Muslims, stressing the need for further tolerance among nations. Addressing the opening session of the 28th International Islamic Unity Conference in Tehran ...