Rasa - Video-sharing website YouTube has reportedly blocked an account belonging to Iranian Arabic-language news network Al-Alam under pressure from Saudi Arabia, the TV channel says.

Rasa - The head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization said more than 800,000 Iranians have registered for pilgrimage to Karbala, Iraq, on Arbaeen, the 40th day after the martyrdom anniversary of the third Shiite Imam, Imam Hussain (AS).

Rasa - Managing Director of Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation Alireza Tabesh said details of an initial agreement for premiering two Iranian films ‘Muhammad (PBUH), the Messenger of God’ and ‘Princess of Rome’ in Europe have been discussed during a recent meeting in Italy.

Rasa - Members of the American Film Institute, including renowned Hollywood filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, watched “Muhammad, the Messenger of God”, the latest biopic by the Iranian director Majid Majidi, in a special screening.

Rasa – The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia has claimed that Iranian director Majid Majidi’s “Muhammad: The Messenger of God” film is a “debauchery” and a “distortion of Islam.”

Rasa - A translation of the Holy Quran in Kurmanji Kurdish has been published in Iran.

Rasa - The conference on World Mosque Day opened in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani here on Thursday.

Rasa - The conference on World Mosque Day opened in the presence of President Hassan Rouhani here on Thursday.

Rasa - The 39th edition of Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF) has chosen the Iranian film “Muhammad (PBUH)” directed by Oscar-nominated Majid Majidi as its opening film.

Rasa - The eighth General Assembly of Islamic Radios and TVs Union (IRTVU) started work on Sunday in the Iranian capital of Tehran.