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Iranians mark beginning of mourning month of Muharram 

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Iran marks the start of the month of Muharram during which Shia Muslims mourn the martyrdom of anniversary of the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad and the third Shia Imam, Hussein ibn Ali.
Religion

Police arrest two women and a man for desecrating a religious site in Tehran 

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Iranian police have arrested a man and two women for insulting a religious site in district 6 of the capital Tehran.
Religion

“Iran’s Leader Ayatollah Khamenei opposes burning of holy books”

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A member of the office for the preservation of the works of Iran’s Leader has said that the burning of holy books in front of the Israeli embassy in Denmark by someone who is standing beside the picture of Iran’s leader is suspicious and indefensible.
Local

Iran’s Leader offers condolences to Hezbollah chief over demise of Muslim scholar

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has extended his condolences to the Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah over the passing of a religious authority and Shia scholar from Lebanon.
Religion

UN Human Rights Council approves resolution on religious hatred after desecration of Holy Qur’an in Sweden

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The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has passed a motion on religious hatred and bigotry in the wake of the desecration of the Holy Qur'an in Sweden that led to widespread outrage and protests across the Muslim world.
Religion

Assyrian Iranians mark thousand-year ceremonies in NW Iran

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Assyrians in the northwestern Iranian province of West Azerbaijan held a thousand-year ritual honoring the Saints of the Church. The event was held on Sunday evening at Mardanial church in Urmia, the provincial capital.
Religion

Iranian Sunni Muslim cleric condemns terrorist attack in Zahedan

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Iranian Sunni Muslim cleric Molavi Abdolhamid has condemned the terrorist attack on a police station in the southeastern city of Zahedan in Sistan and Baluchestan Province. Molavi Abdolhamid expressed deep regret over the incident.
Security

Iran and Iraq to set up security posts for Arbaeen march

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Iran and Iraq have agreed to set up joint security posts on their border to control Arbaeen march. That’s according to the Iraqi interior Minister Abdul Amir Al-Shammari.
Religion

Tehran’s streets host 10-km-long celebration march on Eid al-Ghadir

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Iran’s capital, Tehran, hosts a 10-kilometer-long street celebration to commemorate Eid al-Ghadir, one of the most significant holidays for Shia Muslims worldwide.
Religion

Renowned Iranian singer Chavoshi reacts to desecration of Holy Qur’an in Sweden

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Popular Iranian musician and singer Mohsen Chavoshi slams the burning of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden, saying the sacrilegious move is rooted in a failure to distort the divine book of Muslims.
Local

Iranians rally against desecration of Quran in Sweden

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Iranians have held a protest rally outside the Swedish embassy in the capital Tehran to condemn the burning of the Quran in the European country.
Religion

Iran president condemns insult to Quran in Sweden, saying Muslims not to forget it

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has harshly reacted to the burning of the Holy Quran in Sweden describing it as a desecration of all religions.
Religion

Oldest Iranian Hajj pilgrim dies of heart attack after rituals in Mina, Saudi Arabia

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The oldest Iranian Hajj pilgrim dies of a heart attack after concluding the religious rituals in Saudi Arabia.
Religion

Pictures: Iranian worshippers attend Eid al-Adha prayers countrywide

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Iranian worshipers take part in mass prayers commemorating Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice across the country.
Religion

Iran blasts desecration of Holy Qur’an in Sweden

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The spokesman for the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned repeated desecration of the Holy Qur’an in Sweden as an act running counter to origional human rights values.
Religion

Millions join Eid al-Adha prayers across Iran

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Millions of Iranians, along with Muslims worldwide, celebrate the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, which commemorates the end of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Religion

Iran Leader says Hajj rituals can thwart plots of arrogant powers, Zionists against humanity

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has stressed the annual Hajj rituals can foil all the plots of the arrogant powers and the Zionists against humanity.
Religion

‘Largest Hajj pilgrimage in history’ begins in Saudi Arabia, 2.5 million in attendance

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The pilgrimage of Hajj has begun as crowds of Muslims donning white robes circle the Kaaba, the cubed structure at the epicentre of Islam’s holiest site, their prayers ringing through the air. The number of pilgrims this year is expected to break records at more than 2.5 million.
Religion

Cleansing ritual performed at Imam Reza’s holy shrine in Iran’s Mashhad ahead of birth anniv.

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The custodians of the Shrine of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam, perform a cleansing ritual at the holy site in the northeastern city of Mashhad, as Iranians prepare to celebrate the venerated Shia Muslim figure’s birth anniversary on Wednesday.
Religion

Iran sends 1st batch of Hajj pilgrims to Saudi Arabia

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Iran sends a first batch of pilgrims from 10 provinces to Saudi Arabia for the 2023 Hajj rituals in the holy city of Makkah.
Religion

Iran leader says Hajj aims to unify Muslims against Israel, arrogance

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has said that the Hajj rituals aim to forge unity among the Islamic Ummah in the face of the Israeli regime and global arrogance.
Religion

Iranian rights official says members of religious minorities no different than other Iranians

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Secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council Kazem Gharibabadi says members of religious minorities in the country are in fact part of the Iranian population as a whole.
Religion

Muslim devotees mourn Imam Jafar Sadeq on martyrdom anniversary 

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A group of Muslim devotees known as the Sadeqiyoun Society have held a procession to mark the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Jafar Sadeq, the sixth Shia Imam, in Mashhad, northeastern Iran. 
Religion

Iran’s Raisi meets with Patriarch of Assyrian Church of East

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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has met with Mar Awa III, the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, emphasizing faith and morality.
Religion

Iran executes two convicts for insulting and burning Holy Quran

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Iran’s judiciary says two people convicted of sacrilege including for burning of copies of the Holy Quran have been executed.
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