In historic meeting, Ayatollah Sistani and Ayatollah Javadi Amoli discuss Quranic scholarship

Iran’s Grand Ayatollah Javadi Amoli met with Iraq’s top Shia authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, on Monday in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf and discussed their scholarly works as well as relations between the two countries.

Imam Khomeini described the holy shrine of Imam Rida (PBUH) in city of Mashhad as a site of ...

The status and place of expediency in Imam Khomeini’s political thought and practice

Author: Ruhollah Mohammadzadeh University: Mazandaran University, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences

Seyyed Hassan Khomeini visits Vatican Embassy in Tehran to offer condolences on Pope Francis' ...

The late founder of the Islamic Republic Seyyed Hassan Khomeini visited the Vatican Embassy in Tehran to offer condolences on the passing of Pope Francis.

Ayatollah Sistani offers condolences on passing of Pope, hails his role in promoting peace

Iraq's most prominent Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has extended his condolences over the death of Pope Francis, praising his distinguished role in promoting peace and tolerance, as well as his unwavering solidarity with the oppressed across the world.

The dimensions of how Iran’s Islamic revolution has been influenced by Hosseini movement

Imam Khomeini believes that Imam Hossein (PBUH)’s uprising is a model and a school of thought. This view has influenced his ideas and contrary to the Sunnis and many of Shia scholars he referring to Imam Hosein’s uprising in where Islam’s principle is endangered has said that ordering regarding the famous and holding back regarding that which is forbidden even if it has bodily and financial losses is mandatory and as the rule of the oppressor is the biggest forbidden thing he has said that rising up against the Shah’s regime is mandatory for the scholars and the people and thus he turned into a revolutionary leader.

Imam pursued fate of Musa Sadr

The founder of the Islamic Revolution wrote several letters to international leaders to know about the fate of Shia cleric Imam Musa Sadr.

Eid al-Fitr celebrated as holy month of Ramadan comes to a close

Muslims in Iran and many other countries are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, after the new moon of the lunar month of Shawwal was sighted the previous night.