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The leader of Nigeria’s Shia community Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, whose three sons were killed yesterday by Nigerian troops in Zaria said the Shia were without arms and never armed themselves in their history. Zakzaky said in a brief telephone interview: “We were armless during our procession, and ...

An old Kurdish saying goes: “When a cat wants to eat her kittens, she says they look like mice.” In 1962, on the eve of the American invasion of Vietnam, US propaganda movie “Red Nightmare” portrayed the peoples of the Communist Bloc as bellicose, duplicitous, semi-human fanatics. The Warner Brothers-produced ...

Scholars have always been at the forefront of the revolutionary movement in the Islamic Republic of Iran. From the struggle leading up to the revolution to the revolution itself, from the 8 year war to the struggles of society today,  the scholars have been on the front lines as role ...

Grand Jurist, Ayatollah Jawadi Amoli, speaking to journalist regarding the revolution day demonstrations in Qum, stated the reality of answering the call to come out in support of the system: “This presence is answering the call of the intellect, of one’s true nature, of independence and political awareness.”   The ...

Ayatollah Mohsin Araki, the Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought, on the side-lines of the revolution day demonstration, stated the reason why people came out with more vigour then previous years: “The inappropriate stances of America in the negotiations such as the broken ...

Yesterday, in a religious gathering in Tehran, respected scholar Hujjut al-Islam Panahiyan spoke about the importance of understanding the strength of the enemy from the right perspective. He stated: “Those who believe that the arrogant powers are great in their strength do not believe in the divine promises. When Imam ...

Shaikh Taj al-Deen al-Helali, a scholar from al-Azhar University and the previous mufti in Australia, in a conversation with international journalist spoke about the foundations of the Islamic Revolution of Iran.   “Without a doubt the Islamic revolution of Iran, directed by Imam Khomeini, was based on Quranic principles and ...

Mehr News recently ran a news item featuring former head of the Islamic Republic’s Revolutionary Guard, Mohsen Rafiqdoost. In the report, the former head of the Revolution Guard mentions a story from the 8 year imposed war in which they spoke to Imam Khomeini about furthering the Shah’s nuclear weapons ...