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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said that Iran will not violate the JCPOA, but if the opposite side violates it Iran will burn it. Khamenei’s statements come as US presidential candidates are currently threatening to tear up the Joint Read more
The activities of Al Wefaq National Islamic Society have been suspended by a Bahraini administrative court and the ministry of Justice and Islamic affairs stated that it was due to their “activities that sow and divide the unity of citizens.” Read more
Egypt’s State Council Administrative Court challenged to rule on the government’s decision to hand over the two Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia under the April controversial agreement Tuesday set up June 21 for its verdict, reports say. President Al Read more
Morocco has set up a new Foundation for African Ulema (Islamic scholars) an institution destined to unify stands and strategies of African clerics against religious extremists. The North African Kingdom, a beacon of moderate Islam, is leading the war against Read more
“We have seen this all a couple of years ago and know the Security Council decision was used in the exact opposite way than was stated in the document,” Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Gennady Gatilov, told the Russian news agency Read more
Member States of the United Nations voted Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, as the Chairman of the UN Legal Committee with 109 votes out of 175 after they failed to reach a consensus as they did for the Read more
The dispute between Tehran and Riyadh concerning the Hajj is on the verge of taking a new dimension after Prosecutor General Mohammad Jafar Montazeri said Iran will file a lawsuit against Saudi Arabia over the 2015 Hajj stampede which occurred Read more
King Hamad of Bahrain has promulgated the bill amending the 2005 Political Societies Law after the parliament approved it last month. The new law separates religion from politics as the state media, Bahrain News Agency, stressed that “under no circumstances Read more
Several countries, including the United States and France expressed delight over the military progress of the Libyan “regular forces” against the Islamic State in Sirte as forces try to weed out the terrorist group. Brett McGur, special envoy of the Read more
Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance parliamentary bloc reacted to the authorities decision to close around 100 Hezbollah-linked bank accounts and their plans to close thousands more, saying the decision means that the Central Bank has renounced national sovereignty. The parliamentary bloc Read more