Iranian worshipers perform prayers on Eid al-Adha (the Feast of Sacrifice)

Muslim pilgrims start second downsized Hajj rituals

A few thousand Muslim pilgrims have streamed out of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia to launch the annual Hajj pilgrimage for the second downsized rituals staged during the coronavirus pandemic.

Russia: Vienna talks prove US overestimated impact of ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran

Reacting to the almost one-month pause in the Vienna talks aimed at reviving the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, Russia’s permanent representative to the international organizations in the Austrian capital says the course of the talks proves that the US overestimated the impact of its so-called maximum pressure campaign on Iran.

FM Zarif says time for US to kick habit, end addiction to sanctions

On the sixth signing anniversary of the landmark Iran nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif highlights the failure of the United States' so-called 'maximum pressure campaign' and sanctions, citing Tehran’s progress, including in the nuclear field, despite the bans.

European Union distances itself from Slovenia PM’s remarks at anti-Iran terror group’s event

The EU foreign policy chief says the remarks delivered by Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa at a summit organized by the anti-Iran Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group “does not represent” the official position of the 27-nation bloc.

Iran on MKO circus: Western politicians selling themselves cheap

Iran has denounced the presence of certain Western politicians in a hybrid physical and virtual meeting organized by the Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group, saying they are selling themselves cheap for the circus.

Dozens of groups urge Canada to halt 'prejudiced targeting' of Muslim charities

More than 130 Canadian civil society groups, charities and Muslim institutions have called for a probe into what they describe as “Islamophobic” tax audits that unfairly target Muslim charities.

Hundreds of bodies found near another former Church-run residential school in Canada

Hundreds of unmarked graves, many believed to be of children, have been found at the site of another former Church-run residential school in Canada. The graves are located near the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan, said the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous First Nations (FSIN), which represents 74 nations in the province, in a press release on Wednesday.