Prominent Imam Khomeini's pupil Ayatollah Shahroudi passes away

Head of Iran’s Expediency Council, Ayatollah Seyyed Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi, who was one of prominent pupil of the late founder of the Islamic Republic has passed away at the age of 70 after months of suffering acute ill health.

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.

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Israeli spy agency Mossad admits colluding with MKO over anti-Iran plot

Israel's spy agency Mossad has openly acknowledged that it cooperated with the MKO terror group over a plot to implicate the Islamic Republic in a would-be bombing in Paris.

FM Zarif says Trump's threats, symptomatic of US aiding extremists

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has criticized US President Donald Trump's hypocritical approach on chemical weapons, saying his threats show that the United States is aiding extremists.

Hope, optimism main characteristics of late Ayatollah Rafsanjani

Hope has been one of major characteristics of late Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, who has been a right-hand of Imam Khomeini, the leader of contemporary Muslim world.

Iran set to hold congress to commemorate ex-President Rafsanjani

Tehran is going to host a congress in commemoration of former Iranian president and chairman of the country’s Expediency Council Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani on his first death anniversary, Tasnim news agency reported.

Iranian capital hosting summit on countering Takfirism

The two-day event has kicked off in Tehran, with more than 500 Shia and Sunni scholars from 90 countries in attendance.