Quds Day is an Islamic day and a day for a general Islamic mobilisation. I hope that this event will be the precursor to the creation of a party for the oppressed throughout the world which will go by the name of the party of the oppressed. I hope that all the oppressed will join [...]

Quds Day is the day for the weak and oppressed to confront the oppressors In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful Quds Day is an international day, it is not a day devoted to Quds alone. It is the day for the weak and oppressed to confront the arrogant powers, the day for [...]

Announcement of International Quds Day In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful For many years, I have been notifying the Muslims of the danger posed by the usurper Israel which today has intensified its savage attacks against the Palestinian brothers and sisters, and which, in the south of Lebanon in particular, is continually [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast says Tehran is still waiting for a response from the Vienna Group. Mehmanparast noted that the group — which involves the US, Russia, France and the International Atomic Energy Agency — is yet to pin down an exact date for the resumption of negotiations. “They have still not officially [...]

The Iranian Armed Forces Headquarters has rejected as misleading any direct Israeli-Palestinian talks, saying such talks are bound to fail. Different “misleading” plans under the name of peace talks have been devised by the US and the Zionist regime but they have all failed due to “global awareness,” it said in a statement on Wednesday, [...]

An Iranian lawmaker has slammed certain Arab countries for their dependence on Western powers, saying Arab leaders are bound to fall. “Leaders of Arab countries are dependent on Western powers which will bring them no fate but collapse,” Mohammad Karim Shahrzad told Fars news agency on Thursday ahead of the upcoming direct talks between the [...]

An Iranian lawmaker has censured direct talks between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Israel in Washington, saying the US-led plan will fail. “As previous plans by the US and Zionist regime against the Palestinian people achieved no result, this plan will also bear no fruit,” Gholamali Haddad-Adel said on Wednesday. He added that International Quds [...]

Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman says the enemies of Islam seek to create discord among Muslim countries to continue oppressing them. If Muslim countries unite to confront the aggressions against the interests of the Muslim world, they can become a great power and prevail over Israel and its supporters, Ramin Mehmanparast said on Wednesday. “We believe [...]

Iran’s Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi says Tehran is engaged in a “multifaceted and complicated” defensive war which has been imposed by the US. “This is not a conventional military warfare, it is harder and more complicated than that,” ISNA quoted Moslehi as saying on Wednesday. The Iranian Intelligence minister added that the conflict was not [...]

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called for the trial and punishment of the invaders of Iraq, saying such a move would end terrorism. “Those behind such a wrong decision, which led to the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent people, must be punished,” Ahmadinejad said in an interview with al-Alam news channel on Wednesday. [...]

The Iranian president says any Israeli-Palestinian peace talks are bound to fail as long as the main problems of the Palestinian nation remain unresolved. “Tens of rounds of negotiations have been held for more than 30 years and tens of plans have been put forward but they have all failed,” President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in [...]

Senior Iranian cleric Grand Ayatollah Naser Makarem Shirazi has lambasted terrorist activities committed by Wahabis, saying terrorism has no place in Islam. “The extremist Wahabis… have spread terrorism under the name of Islam,” Ayatollah Makarem Shirazi said on Tuesday, Fars News Agency reported. “By attempting to brand themselves [as Muslims] the Wahabis have damaged the [...]

On the eve of International Quds Day rallies, a senior Iranian lawmaker has called on Muslims across the globe to strengthen unity against Israel. “At this sensitive juncture, when the Zionist regime faces the most awful time in political and military terms, Muslim countries are required to further endorse the liberation of holy Quds by [...]

Iran has extended a credit line of more than 200 million euros to Bolivia to help the industrial development of the South American country. The agreement included the transfer of technology to Bolivia, Iranian Minister of Industries and Mining Ali Akbar Mehrabian said at a joint press conference with Bolivian President Evo Morales in the [...]

Muslims across the world observe Laylat al-Qadr, or the holy ‘Night of Glory’ marking the revelation of the holy Quran to Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Laylat al-Qadr is viewed as one of the most significant religious occasions for Muslims as special prayer rituals and services are held on the eves of the last ten odd days [...]

A senior Iranian lawmaker says investment of effort into preserving Israel’s existence is futile and that the regime should give the Palestinians their rights. “The massive turn out of the world’s Muslims on the Quds Day proves the fact that investment of effort to maintain the existence of the Israeli regime is a futile endeavor,” [...]

The Leader of the Islamic Ummah and Opressed People has criticized international organizations for failing to administer aid to flooded Pakistan, urging Muslims’ quick assistance to help recover the country. “Unfortunately, international organizations have not carried out their duties well to render services to disaster-stricken people, which itself needs to be analyzed and scrutinized,” Imam [...]

Iran hits back at former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton for calls to attack Iran’s nuclear sites, saying his remarks have neither a political nor military core. “John Bolton’s remarks lack any true political or military basis and lack the perception of a politician,” Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi told Fars [...]

Iran’s Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar is set to visit flood-ravaged Pakistan on Thursday to assess the extent of damage in the country. “The interior minister, along with a group of representatives of the Leader of the Islamic Ummah and Opressed People Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the head of Iran’s Red Crescent Society, as well [...]

Iran says the financial support that “leaders of sedition” received is not a matter of election or post-election unrest, it started years ago. “This funding was provided by NGOs and organizations that cooperated with them over the past years,” Iranian Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi told Fars news agency on Tuesday. According to Moslehi, the organizations [...]