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Ayatollah Khamenei: Hezbollah Alive, thriving, strongest defender of Lebanon

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Leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei, has praised the Lebanese movement of Hezbollah in countering the Zionist regime's aggressive crimes, saying the movement is alive, thriving, and fulfilling its historic role. 
Foreign Policy

Ayatollah Khamenei: ‘Hamas is alive, to remain alive’

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Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised Hamas political chief Yahya Sinwar, referring to him as a victorious fighter, and affirmed that the Resistance Front will continue its path despite Sinwar's martyrdom. He also added the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas is "alive and will remain alive."
Local

Massive crowd participating in Tehran Friday Prayers

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A huge number of worshippers from across Iran have attended this weeks’ Friday Prayers in the capital Tehran led by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.
Religion

Ayatollah Khamenei stresses Muslim unity as key to foil ill-wishers’ plots

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stressed the importance of the issue of unity, describing it as a key to thwart ill-wishers’ conspiracies against Muslims.
Incidents

Iranian man who saved 150 pilgrims in Iraq hotel fire succumbs to injuries

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An Iranian man who rescued at least 150 pilgrims after fire devoured a hotel in Iraq’s shrine city of Karbala last month, died of injuries on Saturday.
Religion

Report: Head of Iran’s Islamic Center Hamburg leaves Germany

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The president of Iran’s Islamic Center Hamburg (IZH) left Germany on Wednesdays evening, 48 hours before the deadline set by German authorities ran out, according to a report by DW.
Religion

Iranian president visits holy shrines during Iraq trip

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Iran’s President Massoud Pezeshkian, who is on a trip to neighboring Iraq as his first official trip as the newly-elected president, visited on Thursday the al-Kazimiyya shrine located in the suburb of Baghdad, which houses the burial places of the 7th Shia Imam, Musa al-Kazim, and his son and the 9th Shia Imam, Imam Jawad.
Religion

Millions in Iran’s Mashhad pay homage to Imam Reza

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Huge numbers of mourners gather in the shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam, in the Iranian city of Mashhad to mark his martyrdom anniversary.
Religion

Millions in Iran mark 8th Shia Imam’s martyrdom anniversary

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Millions of people in Iran mourn the martyrdom anniversary of the 8th Shia Imam, Ali ibn Musa al-Reza.
Religion

Iranians hold ceremonies to mourn Imam Hassan’s martyrdom, Prophet’s demise

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Iranians marked the passing away anniversary of the revered Prophet Muhammad and the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hassan Mojtaba, the second Shia Imam on Monday, the 28th day of the month of Safar on the Islamic calendar.
Foreign Policy

Iran calls for OIC’s decisive action against Israeli war crimes in Palestine

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Iran's representative at a foreign ministerial meeting of the Islamic countries stressed the need for decisive actions to halt the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people, urging immediate and firm measures by the international community and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to stop the Israeli atrocities, particularly in the Gaza Strip.
Foreign Policy

Iran extends condolences over deaths of 28 Pakistani pilgrims in bus accident in Yazd

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Iran’s first vice president has offered his condolences over the deaths of at least 28 Pakistani pilgrims heading to the Iraqi holy city of Karbala for Arbaeen pilgrimage in a bus crash in the central Iranian province of Yazd on Tuesday night.
Religion

Millions heading for Karbala to observe Arbaeen

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Millions of Shia Muslims are heading to Karbala, Iraq to observe the Arbaeen ceremonies, which mark 40 days after the martyrdom of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia Imam and his companions. 
Religion

Arbaeen pilgrims brave 47-degree heat

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Arbaeen pilgrims are enduring intense heat, reaching 47 degrees Celsius, as they walk from Najaf to Karbala in Iraq.
Religion

Hundreds of thousands of Iranian pilgrims depart for Iraq’s Karbala for Arbaeen rituals

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Over 720 thousand Iranian pilgrims have left Iran to Iraq’s Karbala through Mehran border crossing during the past ten days to take part in the Arbaeen walk, according to Tasnim news agency.
Foreign Policy

Iran acting FM: Shutting down Islamic centers in Germany against human rights, serves Israel interests

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The acting Iranian foreign minister, in a phone conversation with the top German diplomat, said the German police move to shut down Islamic centers in the country is against the principles of human rights, serving Israel's interests.
Religion

4 Iranian pilgrims still in Saudi Arabia 

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4 Iranian pilgrims still in Saudi Arabia  The deputy of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization says 4 Iranians out of the total number of pilgrims are still in Saudi Arabia. 
Religion

Largest Taziyeh performed in Iran’s southern village

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Iranian Taziyeh performers, who enact the events of Karbala and the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam, and his 72 companions, have staged the largest of its kind in southern Iran.
Religion

Iranians commemorate Ashura with nationwide noon prayers

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On the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, Iranians gathered to commemorate the final prayer of Imam Hussein and his loyal companions in Karbala by performing the noon prayer of Ashura in congregation.
Religion

Millions in Iran mark Ashura, mourn Imam Hussein’s martyrdom

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Shia Muslims across Iran and worldwide are marking on Tuesday the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shia Imam and the Prophet’s grandson, Imam Hussein.
Religion

Saudi Arabia frees Iranian pilgrim 20 days after detention

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Saudi authorities have released an Iranian Hajj pilgrim 20 days after arresting him in the city of Medina.
Religion

Iranians mourning Imam Hussein’s martyrdom on Tasua

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Millions of mourners in Iran are taking part in nationwide processions of Tasua, the ninth day of Muharram on the Islamic lunar calendar, one day before the third Shia Imam, Hussein ibn Ali, and 72 of his companions were martyred on the plains of Karbala, in today’s Iraq, over 13 centuries ago.
Religion

Traditional “sineh dour” mourning ceremony in Iran’s Shahroud

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The "sineh dour" is a longstanding mourning ritual in the northeastern Iranian city of Shahrud, Semnan province, which also commemorates the warriors of the imposed war era known as the Sacred Defense.
Religion

Najafis in Iran’s Qom mourn Imam Hussein’s martyrdom by torch-carrying rituals

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Every year, on the 8th, 9th, and 10th nights of the month of Muharram, on the Islamic calendar, Najafi residents of the Iranian shrine city of Qom carry torches as a symbol of mourning for Imam Hussein, the third Shia Imam and the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, who was martyred along with 72 of his companions on the plains of Karbala over 14 centuries ago.
Religion

Iran and Iraq to launch the Khorramshahr-Basra sea line 

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Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi says Iran and Iraq have reached an agreement to launch the Khorramshahr-Basra sea line, in south of the two neighbors. 
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