Thursday, 19 August 2021 (YJC)_Millions of Muslims across the world observe Ashura, which commemorates the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and the grandson of Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon Him).
Tuesday ,3 August 2021 (YJC)_ The repressive Saudi regime carried out the death sentence of "Ahmad Ali Saeed Al-Janabi", a Qatif Shiite, for participating in peaceful protests.
Thursday, 04 March 2021_UN human rights experts have urged Saudi Arabia to release three young Shia Muslims detained for allegedly taking part in anti-regime protests when they were minors, citing torture and unfair trials.
Sunday, 23 August 2020_At least three people have been killed and dozens of others injured after Nigerian police attacked mourners marking the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Mohammad (Peace be upon Him), in the northern state of Kaduna.
Tehran 21 April _Amnesty International has condemned Saudi Arabia over the spike in the number of executions in the country, stating that the death penalty is increasingly being used as a political weapon against Shia dissidents in the ultra-conservative kingdom.
Tehran 03 January_Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has strongly condemned the US assassination of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani and his comrades, calling them the “heroes of fight against Daesh” terrorist group.
Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court has sentenced five anti-regime dissidents from the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province to death, as a crackdown led by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman against pro-democracy campaigners, Muslim preachers and intellectuals continues in the country.
TEHRAN, Nov 9 _Iraq’s most prominent Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has called on security forces to avoid using excessive force in the wake of anti-government protests that have entered their third week.
TEHRAN, Nov 1_Iraq’s top Shia cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has urged the end of bloodshed and warned of civil war and chaos in the Arab country after dozens of deaths during the recent wave of protest rallies across Iraq.
TEHRAN, oct 5_ Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, the top Shia cleric of Iraq, has urged security forces and protesters to avoid violence, expressing sorrow over some sporadic unrest that has led to several casualties.
TEHRAN, Jul 30 - Saudi Arabia's Specialized Criminal Court sentenced an anti-regime activist from the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province to death.
TEHRAN, Feb 12 -Iraq’s two leading Shia parliamentary coalitions of Sairoon (Marching Towards Reform) and al-Fatah (Conquest) have renewed their calls for the withdrawal of American forces from the Arab country.
TEHRAN, October 17 -A young woman has been shot and injured after Saudi regime forces stormed the kingdom’s oil-rich and Shia-populated Eastern Province as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its brutal clampdown against pro-democracy campaigners and political dissidents.
TEHRAN, August 31 - Amnesty International has accused Nigeria’s government of carrying out unlawful arrests and practicing “enforced disappearance,” calling on Abuja to clarify the fate of hundreds of Shia activists taken into custody.
TEHRAN, July 28 - A combined team of soldiers and police on the orders of Governor El-Rufa'i again opened fire on peaceful Shia mourners in Nigeria on 25/7/2018 in Zaria, injuring 4 persons with gunshots.
TEHRAN, February 13 - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei lauded the strong unity among Iran’s Shia and Sunni Muslims despite all enemy attempts to sow discord among them.
TEHRAN, February 11 - Saudi regime forces have arrested three young Shia men, including a minor, in the kingdom’s Shia-populated and oil-rich Eastern Province as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its brutal clampdown against members of the religious community.