16 Azar (7 December) became official Student Day in Iran after the 1979 Revolution

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.

An Arab intellectual says Imam Khomeini’s message echoing across globe

An Arab intellectual has stressed the personality and universal message of Imam Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic is echoing everywhere across the globe.

Imam Khomeini felt proud of being a Basiji (member of mobilization forces)

Imam Khomeini defined mobilization forces (Basij) as “the school of love and the academy of martyrdom.”

Leader says sensitivity of US to Middle East is due to the rise of Islam

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says a "resistance movement" based on Islam is building up across the world, which is unsettling world powers, especially the US.

Imam Khomeini explained that Islam only values virtue and piety

Khashoggi murder would have been impossible without US support: President Rouhani

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has denounced the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying perpetrating such a “heinous” crime would have been impossible without the support of the United States, a close Riyadh ally.

Leader says relying on West will not contribute to the country's growth

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Iranian nation should look to countries in the East on its path of scientific progress, because relying on Western states will not contribute to the country's growth.

IRGC says Mastermind behind Ahvaz terrorist attack killed in Iraq’s Diyala

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says a high-ranking commander of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group, who apparently masterminded the recent deadly terror attack in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, has been killed in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala.