Rasa – Kianoush Rostami, who won a gold medal in weightlifting in the recently concluded Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, received an honorary badge of service in the Holy Shrine of Lady Fatimah al-Ma’sumah in Qom, Iran.

Rasa – The Director of Pilgrims Affairs of the Oppressed Relief Department of the Holy Shrine of Imam al-Ridha, announced the attendance of over thirty thousand first-time-pilgrims to the Holy Shrine of Imam al-Ridha during the last four months.

Rasa – “The museums of the Holy Shrine of Imam al-Ridha demonstrates the unity of the Islamic world,” the Pakistani ambassador to Iran said.

Rasa – Iranian President Hasan Rouhani praised the country’s athletes who took part in the Rio Olympic Games for bringing glory to the country and displaying Iranian self-confidence and moral values.

Rasa – A group of Yemeni soldiers visited the Quran, the carpet, and the central museums in the Holy Shrine of Imam al-Ridha as well as the Supreme Leader’s donations treasury.

Rasa – Ayatollah Khamenei has praised all members of Iranian sports teams taking part at the 2016 edition of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Rasa – On the birth anniversary of Avicenna, Rasa News Agency publishes the Supreme Leader’s statement about the great Persian polymath.

The first official mosque is to be erected in the Greek capital, Athens, ending an almost two-century ban on building a Muslim worship place by the government.

Rasa - The motto of this year’s International Mosques Day is “Mosques, Pivot of Unity of Islamic Ummah”, an official said.

Rasa - The 29th conference of Muslims of Latin America and the Caribbean began in the Brazilian city of Sao Paulo on Friday.