Tags - Iraq
Rasa – Iranian pilgrims are pouring across the border into Iraq in unprecedented numbers for a huge annual religious gathering but also to flex Shi’ite muscle in the face of ISIS.
News ID: 1783 Publish Date : 2014/12/09
News ID: 1768 Publish Date : 2014/12/06
Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani:
Rasa – Ayatollah Nouri-Hamadani has stated that the Arba’in pilgrimage poses a significant threat to the West and amazes the entire world. This pilgrimage demonstrates the power of Islam.
News ID: 1759 Publish Date : 2014/12/05
Ayatollah Safi-Golpgaygani in meeting with UN Iraq representative:
Rasa – Grand Ayatollah Lotfollah Safi-Golpaygani has met with Nikolay Mladenov, the UN’s Special Representative for Iraq and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq , at his home and office in Qom.
News ID: 1753 Publish Date : 2014/12/03
Rasa - Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah received Iraq i Vice President Nuri al-Maliki as their meeting tackled the latest security and political developments in Iraq and Syria.
News ID: 1741 Publish Date : 2014/12/03
Iraqi Sunni Scholar:
Rasa – Shaykh Khalid Abdul-Wahhab al-Mulla, the chairman of Iraq ’s Council of Sunni Scholars, has explained the reality of the situation in Iraq and the threat Takfirism and extremism pose to the region.
News ID: 1734 Publish Date : 2014/12/02
Rasa – A senior Iranian military commander warned that Tehran would take tough and direct action in Iraq if Baghdad or other Iraq i cities which host the Shi’ites’ holy shrines come under attack by the terrorists.
News ID: 1721 Publish Date : 2014/11/30
Director of Basij Council of Iraq:
Rasa – In an exclusive interview with Rasa News Agency, Aqil al-Husayni, the director of the Basij Council of Iraq , stated that the establishment of the Organization for Mobilization of the Oppressed (Basij) in Iraq is a “miracle.”
News ID: 1720 Publish Date : 2014/11/30
Rasa - Kurdish officials say Kobani has received attacks apparently coming from Turkish territory for the first time.
News ID: 1719 Publish Date : 2014/11/30
Rasa - 20 million Shia Muslims - as well as some Sunnis, Christians, Yazidi and other faiths - are on their way to Karbala, Iraq to participate in the world's largest annual gathering of people, the religious pilgrimage of Arbaeen.
News ID: 1686 Publish Date : 2014/11/27
The Iraqi Foreign Minister:
Speaking in Qom, Iran this Sunday, at the ‘World Congress on Extremist and Takfiri Movements in the Islamic Scholars’ View’ Iraq i Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Ja’fari called on Muslim scholars to enlighten the world people about Takfiri groups and the horrors they commit in the name of Islam.
News ID: 1680 Publish Date : 2014/11/25
Rasa - Takfiri groups are seeking to tarnish the image of Islam, a senior Iranian cleric says at an international conference on the threats of Takfiri movements.
News ID: 1677 Publish Date : 2014/11/25
Rasa - Isis fighters have shot dead 25 members of a Sunni Muslim tribe near the major city of Ramadi in Iraq , according to local officials.
News ID: 1664 Publish Date : 2014/11/22
Rasa - Iraq i Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani have condemned people who insult the family and companions of the prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in order to stir sectarian tensions between Sunnis and Shias.
News ID: 1646 Publish Date : 2014/11/17
Ayatollah Hashemi-Shahroudi in meeting with Nouri al-Maliki:
Rasa – Earlier this week, Nouri al-Maliki arrived in Tehran on an official visit to Iran to meet with senior officials of the Islamic Republic of Iran. While there, he met with Grand Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahroudi.
News ID: 1617 Publish Date : 2014/11/13
Ayatollah Sistani:
Rasa - Iraq ’s most influential Shia cleric said on Friday that corruption in the armed forces had enabled Islamic State to seize much of northern Iraq , criticism that will pressure the government to enact reforms in the face of an insurgency.
News ID: 1585 Publish Date : 2014/11/08
Ayatollah Sistani:
Rasa - Iraq ’s most senior Shia cleric, Ayatollah Sistani, has called on Baghdad to rush to the aid of the country’s Sunni tribes in their fight against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.
News ID: 1563 Publish Date : 2014/11/05
Rasa - Iraq stepped up security amid fears of the Islamic State group launching major attacks as thousands of Shiites flocked Monday to the shrine city of Karbala for an annual pilgrimage.
News ID: 1543 Publish Date : 2014/11/03
Rasa - Iraq ’s most senior Shia cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has called on Baghdad to rush to the aid of the country’s Sunni tribes in their fight against the ISIL Takfiris.
News ID: 1521 Publish Date : 2014/11/01
Rasa - Iraq ’s police say at least 15 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks near the capital, Baghdad, amid ongoing battle between the Iraq i army and the ISIL Takfiri militants.
News ID: 1519 Publish Date : 2014/10/31