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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has pardoned or commuted the sentences of a number of Iranian prisoners on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr. The Leader’s decision came in response to a letter from Iran’s Judiciary Chief Ayatollah Sadeq Amoli Larijani asking for clemency regarding eligible convicts ahead …

Thousands of protestors have marched through the streets of central London to the US embassy to protest against the ongoing Israeli onslaught on the Gaza Strip. According to organisers as many as 9000 took part in the annual Al-Quds demonstration, inaugurated in 1979 by late Ayatollah Khomeini, who declared the …

The following are the remarks of United Nation’s Secretary General Ban Ki Moon after meeting Ayatollah Sistani in Najaf earlier today. Assalam Alaikum. Ramadan Kareem. I am extremely honored to have met His Eminence Grand Ayatollah Al-Sistani today for the first time. He is a man of the deepest wisdom …

Islamic State militants claimed responsibility on Wednesday for an overnight suicide bombing in Baghdad which killed 33 people, one of the deadliest recent attacks in the Iraqi capital. The hardline Islamist group which has led an offensive through northern and western Iraq said the explosion in Kadhimiya, site of a …

US Democrats in the Senate have included $225 million for Israel’s Iron Dome missile system in a bill amid Tel Aviv’s attacks against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Chairwoman of the Senate Appropriations Committee Senator Barbara Mikulski said the Democrats wanted the budget in an emergency funding bill on Tuesday, …

A London estate agent who was arrested for putting up a Palestinian flag on his premises has been released on bail. Police were called to the offices of the Muslim male, who prefers to remain unnamed for now, after a single passer-by complained about the flag on which the businessman …

An 18-year-old Australian man was behind a deadly suicide bomb attack in Iraq last week, authorities said Monday, with Attorney-General George Brandis calling it a “disturbing development.” The blast last Thursday near a mosque in Baghdad left several dead, including the teenager, who left Melbourne for the region last year. …

A suicide bombing in southern Baghdad killed seven people and wounded 18 others on Saturday morning, police and a local hospital source said. The bomb exploded at a police checkpoint in the Abu Dsheer district, south of the capital, the sources said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for …

A pro-Palestinian protester shouts anti-Israeli slogans in a massive street march in Paris, Sunday, July 13, 2014. French authorities have forbidden pro-Palestinian protests in some cities, citing potential tension between the opponents of the Israeli atrocities and the backers of the Tel Aviv regime. A police official said Wednesday that …

Iranian Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani says the Islamic Republic will do all in its power to help the Palestinian nation. Iran supports the Palestinian nation as well as unity among Muslims, Larijani said in a meeting with ambassadors of Islamic countries in Tehran on Tuesday. “We take it upon ourselves …