The far-flung militias represent crucial regional projections of Tehran’s power, emissaries from the Persian nation to conflict-ridden Arab countries.

The Supreme Leader, who ruled the Islamic Republic for nearly four decades, has been killed by Israel and the United States.

MUSCAT: 'Ramadhan is the month of peace, and peace should prevail on earth in our lives,' said Abdul Raheem McCarthy, an ...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who assembled theocratic power in Iran over the decades as its supreme leader and sought to turn it into a regional powerhouse, has been killed in U.S. and Israeli strikes.

When luxury towers rise like in UAE while sacred lands remain under siege on lines of Masjid Aqsa, the symbolism becomes ...

Shia doctrinal differences, with opponents arguing that Shia beliefs allegedly insult the Prophet's companions and wives, making martyrdom declarations inappropriate.

From Egypt to Pakistan, the sectarian geography shows that US-Israeli strikes on Tehran are more than a bilateral conflict.

In recent years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei prioritised his survival – and that of his regime – above all else, writes Andrew Thomas.

The General Authority for the Care of the Affairs of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque announced that 10,789,467 worshippers visited the Prophet’s Mosque during the first 10 days of Ramadan ...

Rooted in Shiism, the official religion of the Islamic Republic, martyrdom is not merely a theological concept but a powerful strand in the country’s collective memory and political imagination.

A former president of the country, Khamenei became supreme leader, combining political and spiritual power, in 1989 after the ...