Iraq a source of pride for Arab world, Islam: Velayati

TEHRAN – Ali Akbar Velayati, a top foreign policy adviser to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, has said neighboring Iraq is a source of pride for the Arab world and Islam.

Leader’s representative visits slaughterhouse in Brazil

TEHRAN – Hojatoleslam Reza Taqavi, the Leader’s representative in the Agriculture Ministry, has visited the biggest slaughterhouse of the JBS company in Brazil’s Campo Grande.

By Maryam Qarehgozlou

Why Catholic mom implores girls to ditch leggings?

Maryann White’s plea to girls not to wear leggings provoke backlash as modest dressing is losing its meaning

TEHRAN — In a letter published in the University of Notre Dame’s student newspaper “The Observer” on March 25 a catholic mom, Maryann White, begged female students to stop wearing leggings which sparked inevitable backlash, but why the concept of modest dressing is lost on so many in recent decades?

By Martin Love

Pity any nation that has veered from the moral messages of Islam or Christianity

NORTH CAROLINA - Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 99, and apparently still alive, is an American poet and publisher of books who got his start as an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina, where he majored in journalism and went on to a notable career as both a writer and painter.

By Kevin Barrett

Iran’s Islamic Revolution: The real Islamic alternative

“Islam was and is not only a viable option, but is the only alternative to an Occident that is increasingly troubled by social and ideological crises.” – Murad Hoffman

Islam is at stake in Northern Nigeria

Professor Dahiru Yahya delivered a speech at the Conference on Opportunities and Challenges in Nigeria in which he called on the international community to demand accountability from the Nigerian Federal Government for atrocities it has committed in Nigeria.

By Javad Heirannia

MEK Sources of funds are Iran’s regional rivals: ex-CIA official

TEHRAN – Professor Paul Pillar, who was CIA intelligence analyst for 28 years, tells the Tehran Times that “A rationale for removing the MEK from the U.S. terrorism list was that in recent years the group has not been involved in killing Americans.” 

Hassan Khomeini: Unity is strategy of the Islamic Republic

TEHRAN – Seyed Hassan Khomeini, the grandson of Imam Khomeini, said on Sunday that unity is a long-term strategy of the Islamic Republic and all domestic factions have a deeply-held belief in the primacy of unity.

By Mohammad Homaeefar

Imam Khomeini changed the world for the better: German activist

TEHRAN – Imam Khomeini not only changed the Muslim world, but he also changed the entire world for the better through his movement, says Jurgen Grassmann, a Shia German peace activist based in Berlin.

Lawmakers pass Islamic punishment law

TEHRAN – The Iranian parliament on Wednesday voted in favor of making the Islamic punishment law permanent, ISNA reported.

250 top scholars to attend Islamic Unity Conference

TEHRAN – Secretary General of the World Forum for Proximity of Islamic Schools of Thought has said that the Islamic Unity Conference (IUC) in Tehran will be attended by nearly 250 guests from 70 countries.

Daesh was created to tarnish image of Islam, general says

TEHRAN – By creating Daesh (ISIS) terrorist group the enemies intended to portray Islam as a disgusting religion, the deputy commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said on Tuesday.

Museums close earlier than usual during Ramadan

TEHRAN – Museums affiliated with the Cultural Heritage, Tourism, and Handicrafts Organization close an hour earlier than usual to mark the holy month of Ramadan, ISNA reported on Saturday.

By Hossein Askari, Contributor Professor of Business and International Affairs at George Washington University

Trump’s ‘Beautiful’ Deals with Arabs Will Boomerang

President Trump has said time and again that he would bring his deal-making talents, which he claims to be second to none, to his new job as president of the United States.

By Hossein Askari, Contributor Professor of Business and International Affairs at George Washington University

King Salman: Relinquish Guardianship of Islam’s Holy Sites!

Mecca and Medina, situated in Western Saudi Arabia, are Islam’s two holiest sites. The region is the birthplace of Islam and of the Prophet Mohammad. Every Muslim is required to make a pilgrimage (during Hajj) to Mecca at least once in a lifetime, if he or she is physically and financially able to do so. During Hajj, all Muslims, be they kings or paupers, are equal, each person wearing two simple white sheets with nothing to distinguish between ruler and subject and rich and poor.

By Farhana Khera & Johnathan Smith

Don’t be fooled, Trump’s new Muslim ban is still illegal

President Trump’s executive order barring immigrants from seven Muslim-majority countries experienced nearly universal defeat in the federal courts. On Monday, he issued a revised version of that order, but it still suffers from a fundamental, and fatal, flaw: It constitutes unlawful religious discrimination.

‘America, Israel have problem with truth of Islam’

TEHRAN – Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani, a substitute Friday prayers leader of Tehran, told worshippers that Israel and the U.S. view the “truth of Islam” as a problem.

Rafsanjani calls for efforts based on ‘Islam’ and ‘wisdom’

TEHRAN – To maintain dignity of the country and the people, efforts should be made based on “Islam” and “wisdom”, Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, chairman of the Expediency Council, said on Thursday.

Cleric: Muslims shattered blasphemy in Aleppo

TEHRAN – Tehran's interim Friday prayer preacher has expressed satisfaction with the Syrian government’s victory over terrorists in Aleppo, saying “Muslims overcome heresy.”