Ayatollah Khamenei pays tribute to Iran’s Paralympic athletes

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has paid tribute to Iran’s Paralympic athletes, who set the country a new record with their performance in this year’s Asian Para Games.

How human soul can become empire of divine and rational powers, Imam Khomeini explained

According to Imam Khomeini, if the faith and reason take possession of the mind, and they command all human faculties to work in their own direction, man acts according to the dictates of reason and faith.

Imam Khomeini's legacy of views about oppressed treasured across globe

Khashoggi murder would have been impossible without US support: President Rouhani

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has denounced the murder of dissident Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, saying perpetrating such a “heinous” crime would have been impossible without the support of the United States, a close Riyadh ally.

Turkey vows to put on trial Saudi officials, tied to Khashoggi case

An advisor to Turkey’s president has vowed that the country will prosecute all those involved in the suspected kidnapping or murder of a dissident Saudi journalist in Riyadh’s consulate in Istanbul, even if it involves the Saudi consul himself. Turkish investigators looking at footage from security cameras at the consulate saw men taking some boxes from the building to a black car following the disappearance.

Human rights from viewpoint of Islam with focus on Imam Khomeini’s position in this regard

In this thesis I have examined first the roots of Islam’s human rights and also that group of human being’s basic rights that have been noted in Islam’s teachings and their impact cannot be seen in human rights global declarations and other related treaties. Then I have noted the existing comparative methods between human rights concepts and Islam’s decrees and I have examined the cases about which there is a disagreement.

What is Imam Khomeini’s stand regarding champions and athletic sports? Had he made any ...

President Rouhani says US sanctions amount to economic terrorism

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says "unilateral and illegitimate" sanctions imposed by the United States against the Islamic Republic are tantamount to "economic terrorism" and are in violation of world nations’ right to progress.