TEHRAN - In a message to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday, Grand Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani praised his participation in Ashura ceremony. December 20, 2010 20 December 2010 TEHRAN - ...

(Adds commemorations in Iran) By Alistair Lyon, Special Correspondent BEIRUT, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Attackers killed 40 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in Iraq on Tuesday and Hezbollah's leader warned of the ...

TEHRAN, Dec 25, 2009 (AFP) - A senior hardline cleric Friday urged Iranians not to misuse Ashura ceremonies this weekend to create "disunity", amid police warnings of a crackdown on illegal gatherings ...

Earlier this month, a ceremony took place in Baghdad that was unthinkable under Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein: Ashura, the annual Shiite ritual marking the slaying of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the ...

Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, on Saturday, July 5, made a public appearance for the first time since Iran and Israel's conflict began. The BBC reported that Khamenei was at a mosque ...

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Photos of Iranian model Amin Sal'es went viral after fans noticed his resemblance to Johnny Depp. @dev.charlie He’s the Persian version. Images of a Johnny Depp lookalike taking part in a solemn ...