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WTVA
March 21, 2018
January 9, 2012 - The IAEA confirms that uranium enrichment has begun at the Fordo nuclear facility in the Qom province in northern Iran. January 23, 2012 - The European Union announces it will ban the import of Iranian crude oil and petroleum products. January 29, 2012 - A six-member delegation fromÃâà...
Al-Monitor
March 18, 2018
On March 6, Iranian authorities arrested Shirazi, who was beaten and insulted in front of his father, Grand Ayatollah Sayed Sadeq Shirazi, while the Shirazis were on their way home in the city of Qom. Hussein's detention stems from a recent lecture he gave to Qom seminary students on jurisprudence inÃâà...
Iran Human Rights Monitor (blog)
March 16, 2018
The Iranian regime resorted to crack down on people celebrating the country' fire festival which is annually celebrated on the eve of the last Tuesday of ... Sayyad Darvishi, the deputy commander of the Security Force of Qom, said some 90 people were arrested during the incidents on Tuesday and 35Ãâà...
Al-Arabiya
March 16, 2018
He thus had his own political and religious ambitions - especially that Shiite references always had their traditions which are based on independence from political regimes. The two conflicting logics caused tension between Shirazi's office in Qom and the authorities, specifically with Ettela' at, i.e. the IranianÃâà...
Anadolu Agency
March 13, 2018
Last Friday night, four people -- who later claimed to be followers of Iranian cleric Hossein Shirazi -- climbed up to the embassy's balcony and removed an Iranian flag. The four were quickly taken into custody by UK police. Shirazi was detained in front of his house on March 5 in Qom city of Iran.
Anadolu Agency
March 13, 2018
Last Friday night, four people -- who later claimed to be followers of Iranian cleric Hossein Shirazi -- climbed up to the embassy's balcony and removed an Iranian flag. The four were quickly taken into custody by UK police. Shirazi was detained in front of his house on March 5 in Qom city of Iran.
Anadolu Agency
March 10, 2018
He said the Shia cleric has been placed under house arrest in Qom city in southwestern Iraq since last week. Shirazi was detained by Iranian authorities last week after he criticized Iran's ruling system during a religious sermon. Originally an Iraqi national, Shirazi is known for his harsh criticism of IranianÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
March 7, 2018
Iranian authorities have detained an Iranian cleric who recently accused the Iranian establishment of being repressive and unjust. The detained cleric, Hossein Shirazi, is the son of the 75-year-old Ayatollah Sadegh Shirazi -- a senior cleric who is said to have followers in Iran and Iraq. Both have beenÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
March 7, 2018
Shirazi, who is the son of the Iraqi Shiite of Iranian descent, Grand Ayatollah Hossein al-Shirazi, is known to oppose the Vilayat-e-Faqih and believes in the separation of religion and the state. He is popular among Shiites in Iraq and Iran. Iranian authorities did not announce the reasons for the arrest,Ãâà...
PRESSTV
March 3, 2018
The Swiss firm Stadler Rail has denied reports that it signed a $1.4 billion contract to build 960 subway wagons for Iran. The Swiss embassy in Tehran ... “On the margin of the First Iranian-Swiss Economic Commission meeting in Tehran, a major infrastructure deal was signed. By the end of 2020, IraniansÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 28, 2018
Tara Sepehri Far, an Iran researcher with Human Rights Watch, said the rift between Iranian authorities and the country's Gonabadi Sufi order is not just over ... In 2006, a Sufi lodge was destroyed in Qom, and more than 1,000 dervishes were reportedly arrested after a high-ranking cleric, Ayatollah HosseinÃâà...
Long War Journal
February 23, 2018
'Martyrdom' photo released by Iranian media. From top left: Founder of Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Bahraini Sheikh Isa Qasim, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. Today, Iranian state media publicized funeral ceremonies held in Qom for “three martyrs of the Bahraini people's resistance.
Arab News
February 22, 2018
The Iran-flagged boat Ya-Hussayn taken from the US Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy in the Arabian Gulf on Jan. 10, 2012. (Reuters) ... They appeared at a lecture in the Iranian holy city of Qom praising their dead fellows, according to a video filmed and distributed by activists. At a wake held in Qom for theÃâà...
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
February 20, 2018
The Nematollahi Gonabadi order is Iran's largest Sufi order, with members across the country, including in major cities like Tehran and Isfahan. Like most Iranians, they are followers of Shi'a Islam. They pray five times a day and fast during the month of Ramadan. Their rituals include reading spiritual poetry.
Jakarta Post
February 8, 2018
Compared to Tehran, where only a few women were seen wearing chador on the streets, Qom, as the country's second holiest city after Mashhad, surely offers a more mystical view of Iran. The shrine, which consists of a mosque and a tomb, was packed with pilgrims as well as tourists from different parts ofÃâà...
RadioFarda
December 31, 1999
Iran's ambassador to London Hamid Baidinejad on his Twitter identified the group as “members of the Shirazi cult,” a label Iranian officials and security forces ... Grand Ayatollah Sadeq Shirazi who is a high-ranking cleric and his son Hossein who was arrested on Tuesday March 6 in Qom, oppose AyatollahÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
December 31, 1999
The followers of Ayatollah Hossein al-Shirazi stormed the Iranian embassy in London on Friday to protest against the capture of the Iraqi religous scholar in Qom by Iranian authorities. A Persian language channel broadcasting from outside of Iran reported that the followers of Shirazi stormed the embassyÃâà...
Al-Arabiya
December 31, 1999
The incident came after Iranian authorities arrested last Wednesday Hussein Shirazi, son of famous Shiite cleric in Qom Sadiq Shirazi, because a prior sermon in which he described the Supreme Leader of the Iranian regime Ali Khamenei as a “Pharaoh.” Sources confirmed that regime forces violentlyÃâà...
RadioFarda
December 31, 1999
A group of Ayatollah Sadeq Shirazi's supporters attacked the Iranian embassy in London Friday afternoon. Montazeri characterized Shirazi's supporters as “a Qom-based group that has been active in Iran for years.” Speaking on the arrest of Shirazi's son in Qom last week, Montazeri said: “A court in QomÃâà...
