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Saudi Mismanagement Has Killed 90,000 Pilgrims in 14 Years, Documents Reveal

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Documents recently leaked from Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry disclosed that over 90,000 pilgrims have lost their lives during the Hajj rituals in Mecca over the past 14 years.
Middle East

Iranians Hold Massive Rallies to Protest Saudi, Bahraini Crimes

IFP Media Wire -
Iranians have staged demonstrations in the capital, Tehran, and several other major cities across the country to condemn the Saudi crimes and the Bahraini regime’s crackdown on dissent.
Middle East

Anti-Iran Terror Cell Received US Training: Report

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An anti-Iran Kurdish terrorist group says it has received many rounds of military training from US advisers as well as arms and ammunition from both Washington and European countries.
Middle East

Arab League Must Stop Saudi Support for Terrorists: Iran

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Iran says the Arab League must urge Saudi Arabia to put an end to its killing of civilians in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Bahrain and supporting terrorist groups founded and nurtured by the Saudi regime itself.
Middle East

Anti-Saudi Outrage in Streets of Iraqi Capital

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Shortly after the anti-Saudi remarks made by the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, streets of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad are now full of billboards showing people’s hate towards the Al Saud regime.
Middle East

Ayatollah Khamenei Blasts Global Silence over 2015 Hajj Tragedy

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Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei slammed human rights organizations and other countries for choosing to remain silent over the deaths of pilgrims during last year’s Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia
Judiciary

President Vows Iran’s Political, Legal Action on Mina Tragedy

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani underscored on Wednesday that his administration will press ahead with legal and political measures to restore the country’s rights in connection with a fatal crush of Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia that killed hundreds of Iranians last year.
Middle East

Iran Hits Back at Saudi Prince for Hajj Comments

Fatemeh Askarieh -
Iran’s Foreign Ministry took a swipe at Saudi Arabia’s crown prince for accusing the Islamic Republic of politicizing the Hajj pilgrimage, slamming the recurring allegations as an attempt to whitewash Riyadh’s failure to ensure the security of pilgrims.
Foreign Policy

No Resemblance between Muslims’ Islam, Saudi Wahhabism: Zarif

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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif stressed that there is “no resemblance” between the religion of most of the Muslim world, including Iran, and what Saudi and Wahhabi clerics preach.
Middle East

Hajj Security in the Hands of Israelis

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Saudi Arabia's controversial contract with an Israeli company for providing pilgrims with electronic bracelets in this year's Hajj has sparked protests in the Muslim world.
Foreign Policy

Iran Condemns Terrorist Attacks in Baghdad, Kabul

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned recent terrorist attacks in the capitals of Iraq and Afghanistan, warning that Takfiri terrorist groups have targeted the region’s stability and security.
Middle East

‘Angelina Jolie’ of Kurdistan Killed in Fight against ISIS

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One of the most renowned female Kurdish fighters, known as the Kurdish Angelina Jolie, was killed in fierce clashes with ISIS in Syrian border town of Jarabulus.
Middle East

Over 3m Saudi Women Don’t Have ID Cards

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The Saudi government has announced that more than 3 million Saudi women, aged 15 and above, do not have national Identification Cards.
Middle East

Iran Ready to Boost Security Cooperation with Iraq: Envoy

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The Iranian ambassador to Baghdad says the Islamic Republic is prepared to further strengthen cooperation with Iraq in the fight against the Takfiri ISIS terrorist group.
Religion

Iran Leader’s Message to Muslim World: Muslims Must Understand Blasphemous, Faithless Nature of Saudi Rulers

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The Leader of the Islamic Revolution strongly slammed “murderous” Saudi rulers for refusing to allow an international probe into last year’s deadly Mina crush, urging Muslims to “correctly understand their (Saudis’) blasphemous, faithless, dependent and materialistic nature".
Foreign Policy

Oman Sees Regional Enthusiasm for Iran Ties

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Oman’s interior minister pointed to the growing enthusiasm from the regional countries for closer relations with Iran, saying Muscat sees no barrier to the expansion of ties with Tehran.
Middle East

Women Banned from Wearing Burqa When Entering ISIS’ Security Centres

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Although the ISIS terrorist group had earlier made it obligatory for women to wear burqa [full face veiling], it has now banned its use for the women who are getting into security centres in the ISIS-held Iraqi city of Mosul.
Energy

Iran Rebukes Saudi Arabia ahead of OPEC Meeting

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An Iranian oil official said the country is ready to help restore balance to the oil market but did not hold out much hope given that some producers are pumping crude at record levels.
Crisis

ISIS Sets New Football Rules: If You’re Injured, You May Reciprocate!

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The ISIS terrorist group has reportedly banned football referees in one of its Syrian strongholds and set new football rules as the previous ones were not in line with Islam’s Sharia.
Middle East

9 Wonderful Features of War-Hit Yemen

IFP Editorial Staff -
Although Yemen has been gripped by war, bombing, and bloodshed for the past one year and a half, the country is replete with secrets and wonders that are not known to many.
Middle East

Iran Hits Back at Saudi FM’s Comments, Urges Riyadh to Reconsider Policies

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Bahram Qassemi rejected the recent anti-Iran allegations raised by Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir as “too boring and repetitive”, calling on the Saudi regime to change its “unconstructive” regional policies.
Foreign Policy

Iran Slams Saudi Minister’s Anti-Iran Claims

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry categorically condemned recent remarks by Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister against Tehran, describing them as “baseless” and “repetitive”.
Middle East

Ground-Breaking Deal on Aleppo Imminent: Russian Deputy FM

IFP Media Wire -
A major agreement on settling the situation in Syria’s Aleppo is at hand, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
Middle East

Iran Urges Turkey to Halt Military Action in Syria

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Iran’s Foreign Ministry said the continued military presence of Turkey in the Syrian territories without the Damascus government’s consent will aggravate the situation in the region, and called for an immediate halt to the Turkish military operations in the Arab country.
Foreign Policy

Spokesman Reiterates Iran’s Sovereignty over Persian Gulf Islands

IFP Media Wire -
The three Persian Gulf islands of Abu Musa and the Greater and Lesser Tunbs are indispensable parts of Iran, the country’s Foreign Ministry spokesman underlined, dismissing recent anti-Iran claims about the islands raised by the Arab League chief.
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